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Cardinal signs
Represents the initiating principle, associated with starting new things, taking action, and leadership.
What Cardinal means
initiating action, leadership, and starting new things
Keywords: initiating, leading, starting, action-oriented, enterprising
The four Cardinal signs
One from each element, which is why these four have so little in common temperamentally. What they share is timing - the same instinct about when to move.