Elemental imbalances occur when an individual has a limited element present in their birth chart and most often an excess of another. An unattended imbalance can cause stress of extremes of an element being projected by ones personality (Think of the knights in the Tarot).
Having 10 planets in the natal chart, including the rising sign, we naturally have a high chance of having an elemental imbalance in our birth chart and personality.
An imbalance of elements often looks like a minimum of 2 planets in an element, often seen as only having 2-0 planets missing from being familiar with that elements associations.
Having aspects from planets that naturally contain the missing elemental energies prominent in the natal chart (example, if you lack air but have many mercury aspects), this can aid the elemental lack, though it will not necessarily bring the elements in ones personality into balance for the planet will still be in an excess sign (example mercury in pisces), and it will still act accordingly to the element it’s placed in.
Fire Signs: Aries/Leo/Sagittarius
Air Signs: Gemini/Libra/Aquarius
Earth Signs: Taurus/Virgo/Capricorn
Water Signs: Cancer/Scorpio/Pisces
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Signs, symptoms and manifestations of having a limited element in the chart
Limited Fire:
Lacking passion and enthusiasm to do things
Having difficulty standing up for yourself
Tending to drift along with the flow of things which ends up being time consuming and making things progress slower than others
Feeling easily offended by harsh words or criticisms
Feeling uncomfortable around those who are quite flamboyant and expressive
Can’t stand noise of fast movement of things and people
Being highly introverted
Often feeling a lack of creativity
Lethargy and low energy often
Inertia and lack of motivation to take action
Feeling cold often
Often being too passive
Hypersensitivity to everything/everyone
Limited Air:
Leaping before thinking which ends up resulting in problems later on
Cognitive issues
Disconnected from others (either from self isolation of difficulty relating to people)
Limited socialising
Difficulty understanding other perspectives and ideas
Prefer expressing the self through non-verbal ways of communicating
Not a fan of social media and/or technology
Quiet (or very loud) speaking voice
Difficultly conveying thoughts and ideas cohesively
Tending to care more about ones own endeavours or how one self feels over another
Putting oneself down in analytical and ‘logical/rationalising’ areas of life (aka “Im dumb because i don’t know or understand this”)
Getting too emotionally involved with people, places and situations
Having a difficult time when it comes to standing back and rationally observe whats going on.
Limited Earth:
Having difficulty creating a practical plan and routine
Not caring too much about the material world and possessions
Having a difficult relationship with ones own body (can develop eating problems, wanting body modifications, excess dieting and bodybuilding)
A difficulty getting in touch with the body and its functions (can’t tell if hungry or full, if its hot or cold ect)
Having a difficulty staying grounded and often day dreaming
Giving things away to freely
Having a poor sense of taste, touch, sight, smell and hearing in one form or another
Difficulty creating the reality one wants
Not feeling connected to nature or animals
Getting too lost in thoughts, ideas and feelings and forgetting the reality of whats going on around you
Not caring about money or material possessions making the day-to-day life difficult
Not bothering keeping track of money and bills
Avoidance of hard work if possible
Easily physically fatigued
Limited Water:
Difficulty bearing with ones own emotional nature and that of others
Repressing emotions then realising them in private when they overflow
Becoming angry/agitated
Difficultly empathising with others
Not truly understanding what one is feeling
Expressing feelings inappropriately (getting angry over the little things/being calm when a tragedy occurs ect)
Rejecting ones own pain/refusing to feel it
Getting frustrated with those who are in an overly emotional state
Trying to rationalise and make feelings a practical and manageable thing
Thinking oneself out of feeling (excess air)
Expressing rage then calming down immediately after (excess fire)
Over spending (excess earth)
Difficultly in discriminating or recognising inutile hints and psychic messages
Avoiding closeness and touch of others
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Signs, symptoms and manifestations of having an excess element in the chart (3+ planets in element)
Excess Fire:
Feeling restless and having trouble sitting still/relaxing
Constantly thirsty/Drinking very little water
Feeling restless
Fluctuating Temper/Easily provoked
Loud and bold (at inappropriate times)
Over enthusiastic about ones own passion
Expression can overbear others at times
Can be desensitised to the feelings of others
Frustration when things are going ‘slow’
Leaping before looking
Excess air:
Talking too fast/Too loud/Too much
Not listening to others
Excess thinking to the point of blurring out reality
Dominant and sometimes intrusive thoughts
Fluctuating emotional stability
Difficulty relating to others on an emotional level
Detachment to people, places and things
Over intellectualising and over processing things
Consistent/loud mind chatter
Inability/Difficulty relaxing due to a need to move or fidget
Short attention span
Excess Earth:
Stubbornness
Low energy/Vitality
Slow process on tasks
Can lack drive and enthusiasm
Set in ones own ways
Emotionally distant by focusing only on what the 5 senses can provide
Focus on material gain and maintenance
Excluding family and relationships for work
Over/Under eating
Obsession with body (for good or bad)
Overworking ones self
Slacking and lazing around excessively
Excess Water:
Fearful and oversensitivity
Focusing too much on feeling to the point of creating a foggy reality
Not seeing reality for what it is
Living in a world of daydream
Feelings hurt easily
Fluctuating emotional state that can be difficult to control
Lacking drive to take action
Avoidance of everyday tasks if possible (chores/jobs/managing money)
Excess desire to connect with the higher realms and detach from the body
Physical weakness/lethargy
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How to balance your elements
When we are unbalanced, we either draw others to use (or us to them) to act as an external reflection of the things we lack within ourselves, however, its possible to engage in other activities that can help bring our elemental lack into appropriate balance that can allow for self-healing and improved wellness.
At times due to elemental imbalances in out chart, we may be drawn to another who has excess of the element we lack (even signs) as to experiences a sense of ‘ying and yang’ by interacting with another. You may find you personally may greatly clash with another, yet you are reluctant to part because they seem to ‘fulfil’ you in a way you can’t explain.
For the element you lack the most in your chart, see the table below to find out ways you can help bring the lacking element in your personality.
