Qualities

Also known as Modalities and Quadruplicities.

The 3 qualities are different styles or manners of expression of the 4 elemental energies. These qualities go by the names cardinal (angular), fixed (succedent) and mutable (cadent).

For example, the twelve signs of the zodiac can be divided into Cardinal (Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn), Fixed (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) and Mutable (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces). Each group contains one sign from each element, and each of the four member signs share a common mode of expression, having certain characteristics in common.

See also Angular Houses, Cadent Houses and Succedent Houses.

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