Your temperament is your emotional nature. It’s habitual: a continuous flow of desire which, as your general demeanor, encompasses your consistent emotional response patterns and moods.
Your disposition is your usual way of thinking, feeling, and behaving. It’s closely related to your character and habitual inclinations and is relatively stable and consistent across different situations.
Your temperament and disposition are key factors to consider in your work life and close associations. You won’t be happy doing a job if it doesn’t fit in with your temperament; and you won’t feel at-ease and comfortable with associates if their temperaments are incompatible with yours.
Your basic temperament and disposition
Assess planets in signs or refer to the Elements summary of your chart’s astrodyne report.
The zodiac signs are classified as fire, earth, air and water and your basic temperament is indicated by the sign locations of the planets, ascendant and Midheaven in your birth chart.
If you have many planets in fire signs or the fire element has the highest astrodyne power score you have an eager, enthusiastic temperament. You’re inspirational and on the move: a fast operator who’s eager to do things and get things done.
If the fire element is harmonious you’ll harness your zest and enthusiasm to a task and accomplish something worthwhile; but if its discordant you’re inclined to fire-up, get excited, rush in, get distracted and lose interest.
If you have many planets in earth signs or the earth element has the highest astrodyne power score you have a practical, logical temperament. You’re motivated by the practical aspects of life – work and money – rather than theory and speculation.
If the earth element is harmonious you’ll apply your practicality to a task and do a thorough, worthwhile job; but if it’s discordant you’re inclined to place the financial and material rewards ahead of job satisfaction.
If you have many planets in air signs or the air element has the highest astrodyne power score you have a mentally active, nervous temperament. You’re aspirational, thoughtful, academic, talkative and changeable.
If the air element is harmonious you’ll apply your aspiration to a task and provide a worthwhile, social service; but if it’s discordant you’re inclined to over-think things, change your viewpoint and talk too much.
If you have many planets in water signs or the water element has the highest astrodyne power score you have an emotional temperament. You’re receptive, sympathetic and responsive to the wants and needs of your associates.
If the water element is harmonious you’ll harness your emotions to your work and social connections with rewarding outcomes; but if it’s discordant you’re over-emotional and easily distressed by setbacks and the misfortunes suffered by others.
It’s highly likely that your temperament and disposition will be a combination of two elements. A fire-earth combination indicates and enthusiastic-practical temperament; a fire-air combination indicates an enthusiastic-intellectual temperament; and a fire-water combinations indicates an enthusiastic-emotional temperament.
An earth-air combination indicates a practical-intellectual temperament; and an air-water combination indicates an intellectual-emotional temperament etc.
In rare instances all the planets, ascendant and Midheaven can be located in two elements indicating a unique temperament which is deficient in two of the elements. It makes you different, even special, but finding a type of work that you truly like and forming close compatible associations won’t be easy.
Your outstanding temperamental traits
The qualities and traits of your dominant planet, more than any other single factor, are embedded in your temperament and disposition. Also consider its decanate location.
And your temperament and disposition will feature the qualities and traits of your prominent planets and the decanates occupied by the Sun, Moon, ascendant and Mercury particularly if they are prominent.
Any planet that forms a high-powered aspect with your dominant planet and the Sun, Moon, Mercury, ascendant and chief ruler of house 1 indicates qualities that will express as temperamental traits.
Your objective is to carefully analyze birth chart data in order to create an accurate profile of your temperament, disposition and outstanding traits and qualities.
Your existence and special type of intelligence and ability is an investment by God in the business of life. Your birth chart is an ID tag and when you learn the outstanding qualities of your temperament, disposition and character you’ll know who you are and why you are here.
By harmonizing discord, you enhance your usefulness and success potential.
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