posted October 02, 2005 07:05 PM              

Cardinal is like centrifugal force which moves outward away from the center. It radiates outward by beginning or initiating action. It moves away from self toward others. It seeks outside of itself for fulfillment. It has difficulty ending and finishing. It is called rajas guna. The psychopathologies of Cardinal are paranoid tendencies and phobias. Look at Richard Nixon’s chart. He had a lot of Cardinal signs and houses, and he “was not a crook” but had “enemies.” Remember, whatever it is, it is always “out there” with Cardinal. Nixon was his own worst enemy.

The Fixed quality represents centripetal motion, drawing in from the periphery to the center. This can be considered magnetism. The quality of inertia or tamas guna, is associated with these signs. They are stable, hold onto the status quo and are good at follow-through and completion. They have difficulty with beginning or initiating and with making changes. They tend to be at rest and stay at rest, but once in motion, tend to stay in motion along a particular track. The fixed psychopathology tends toward obsessive/compulsive disorders. Look at Bill Clinton’s chart. When backed into a corner over the Monica Lewinsky affair, he “stonewalled” and obsessed over the meaning of the words “is” and “sexual relations.”