BRUTISH. Leo and the last half of Sagittarius were so classified, because unfavorable as cots accenting these
arcs appear to produce savage, coarse mannered, intractable and inhuman traits.
CHANGEABLE. Certain Signs were so classed because they are said to change their natures according to
their positions. These are:
.........................In the East.......In the West
...Taurus................Hot...............Cold
...Gemini................Hot and dry.......Cold and moist
...Leo...................Hot and dry.......Hot and Moist
...Virgo.................Hottish Cold......Moist
...Sagittarius...........Cold and moist....Hot and dry
...Capricorn.............Cold and dry......Cold and moist
Wilson in his dictionary calls these foolish distinctions.
CHOLERIC: said of the Fire Signs, Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.
COLD::HOT. THE COLD SIGNS: The ancients classed all the even-numbered Signs as Cold Signs, but
most modern authorities list only Cancer and Capricorn in this classification. The odd-numbered Signs were
termed Hot Signs. The modern terms Positive and Negative have largely displaced the designations Hot and
Cold.
COMMANDING. v. Northern.
COMMON. v. Mutable.
CONCEPTIVE. The four Fixed Signs: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.
CROOKED. Taurus, Capricorn, Pisces are listed by Wilson as liable to produce crooked legs or arms when an
afflicted Moon is posited in one of them; yet he scoffs at the classification.
DESCENDING. v. Ascending.