posted October 10, 2007 10:18 PM              

so me and my new boyfriend have pretty much exactly the opposite sort of elemental configurations.

me:
LOTS of air
plenty fire
average earth
one water

he:
LOTS of water
average fire
two airs
one earth

so does this mean that we balance eachother, or that we can't relate? i am curious about your experiences with the balancing of the elements!! and also, i dunno, but wouldn't some planets have more OOMPH and thus count as more? and if so, is this really all that relevent?

posted October 10, 2007 10:56 PM              

My bf is mostly air and fire, whereas I'm mostly water with earth and fire. At times it seems like a balance where one of us compensates for what the other lacks, but at other times it amounts to "I don't get you!".

The TV show 'Sapphire and Steel' sums it up really well. In fact the characters' names pretty much describe them. Sapphire is spiritual and intuitive (more of a water influence from I observe of her character), and Steel is logical and takes action (more of an air/intellect and fire/action influence). But they are a team and they couldn't do what they do so effectively without the other. Steel needs Sapphire's intuitive help, and Sapphire needs the action that Steel takes. Sapphire also softens things with her much better emotional understanding/empathy of the situations they encounter. Notice that I haven't described either of them as "earth"... why, because these characters are not human.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire_&_Steel

Anyway, that was a bit long-winded but I think it illustrates what we're talking about. I think that in some relationships the other person can supply what is missing, and it ends up being complementary. On the tougher side, but still positive, it can also serve as a learning experience.

posted October 13, 2007 09:05 AM              

yeah, that is what i was thinking. i like how we sort of have sort of a half and half situation where we share the same of some and have the oposite of others. i think that makes for a very good balance.