Astrology is frequently identified as the discipline that interprets the perceived influences of celestial motions on human behaviors and temperaments.

Creating a horoscope from this subject—a diagram or chart indicating the respective planetary and zodiac positions at a chosen moment, typically one's birth—amplifies our understanding of astrology.

Established around 500 BC, Western astrology gave birth to the concept of the zodiac. Consisting of an imaginary sphere surrounding the earth, it maps the sun's path through constellations during the year.

The Zodiac is segmented into twelve divisions, each named after the particular constellation apparent in that sector.

Classical elements were widely utilized in ancient philosophies to explicate nature's behavior. Each sign was correlated with one of these elements (earth, air, fire, or water) and revolved around a realm of concentration—social, personal, or universal.

Water signs, tied to growth, identity, and emotions, interact differently with other elements. With fire, it dreads evaporation; air could cause it to scatter, but earth shapes and directs it.

Fire signs, signifying action, zeal, and vitality, fear smothering by earth and extinguishing by water, but find rejuvenation in the air's company.

Air signs, symbolizing thought, viewpoint, and communication, reckon that water will obscure it, earth will suppress it, but fire will energize it.

Earth signs associated with sensation, steadfastness, and practicality worry that air and fire can dry it out, but trust that water will restore and nurture it.

Each sign is also related to one of the three modalities: cardinal (or movable), fixed, or mutable. Zodiac signs follow a pattern, with three signs in each of the four quadrants.

Each quadrant signifies a season, commencing with a cardinal sign, progressing to a fixed sign, and concluding with a mutable sign.

Mutable signs—Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces—portray adaptability, resilience, and integrality.

Fixed signs—Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius—represent persistence, focus, and individualism.

Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) display creativity and inception.

Here's a compact overview of zodiac sign characteristics:

Aries (Cardinal, Fire, Personal): bold, spirited, assertive, spontaneous.

Taurus (fixed, earthly, personal): enduring, self-enjoying, resourceful, comprehensive, and faithful.

Gemini (mutable, airy, and personal): agile, rational, curious.

Cancer (cardinal, water, or personal): protective, sensitive, and emotionally connected.

Leo (fixed, fire, social): expressive, magnanimous, dignified.

Virgo (mutable, earthly, social): discerning, pragmatic, proficient.

Libra (Cardinal, Air, Social): Harmonious, cooperative, and equitable.

Scorpio (fixed, water, social): zealous, gentle, intense.

Sagittarius (mutable, fire, universal): easygoing, honest, and adventurous.

Capricorn (Cardinal, Earth, Universal): Judicious, deliberate, skeptical.

Aquarius (Fixed, Air, Universal): unconventional, egalitarian, aloof.

Pisces (mutable, water, universal): creative, empathetic, frequently distracted.