What is a fixed sign?
A fixed sign wants to keep things as they are. The fixed sign is where life is OK, you don't need it to change, you want it to stay that way. For example, the first fixed sign is Taurus. Taurus has found the pleasure of life. It doesn't want life to move on, it's enjoying what's there now. Why change it? When you've got the comfortable sofa, when you've got the good lifestyle, you don't want progress, you want to leave it there. That's what Taurus contribution is to fixed signs: let's leave things be. The next fixed sign is Leo. Leo's where you shine, Leo is where you're having fun. Leo comes out in the summer. Nobody wants their holidays to end, nobody wants the fun of life to end, and Leo doesn't want the world to change. Leo wants it to stay as it is. If you're a child, Leo is your playtime. You don't want the bell to ring, you don't want to have to go back to school. You want to play. Leo is associated with holidays. Nobody wants their holiday to end. That's why Leo is a fixed sign. The next fixed sign is Scorpio. Scorpio likes control. You can't control things that aren't fixed. You need to know where things are and then you can control them. Scorpio also has an intensity to it. You can't have an intensity to something that's moving around and changing. You need it to stay exactly where it is. That's what gives Scorpio its fixed sign quality. If you've got a lot of Scorpio in your chart, if you've got a lot of fixed signs in your chart, people might see you as stubborn, for example. Scorpio has that stubbornness. That's why in relationships, Scorpio doesn't want change. It wants it the same. It wants to concentrate and focus on what is, so that it can get to the intensity of it. The last fixed sign is Aquarius. Why is Aquarius fixed when its so pioneering? It's because Aquarius is ahead of its time. Aquarius knows what the other eleven signs don't know. Why would you change your mind if you know that you're ahead of the time? Aquarius is a fixed sign because it thinks it's the most aggressive. The world will change to see life from an Aquarian point of view. That's why we're living in the age of Aquarius. This is why computers, for example, are going on. You can look at the modern age and think: we're the people who invented computers. That's what gives them their arrogance. Aquarians knew the world was going that way. Aquarius is ahead of its time and that's why it's fixed. It doesn't want to compromise on what it sees as ancient history.
