Cartographer: The Balanced Type
Element: Balanced
All four elements are in balance in you, so you understand every side and join them into one picture.
All four elements are in balance in your chart, and none holds more than 3 of the 11 points. You understand every side and join them into one picture.
Strengths
Overview, fairness and adaptability are your strengths. You switch between pace, order, exchange and calm as the moment requires. You see the whole map and know the route from every side.
Shadow side
Your shadow side is the open choice. With every option within reach you hesitate, serve every side and lose sight of your own direction. Growth begins when you pick your element on purpose and stay with it for a while.
Everyday life
Daily life asks something different of you each day: some days action, some days order, some days company, some days stillness. Ask yourself in the morning which one you need, and then give it room.
Your rule for today: Choose your element on purpose today: pace, order, exchange or calm, whatever the situation needs.
Love and relationships
In relationships you meet people where they are. You understand the fire, earth, air and water in your partner and translate between them. Name your own wish clearly as well, so you are not only the one who adapts.
Work and career
At work you connect teams, bridge departments and see how the parts fit together: project leadership, mediation, strategy, planning, consulting. You lead by making the whole picture visible and every person's part in it clear.
The element of your sun sign vs. your type from the whole chart
Your sun sign stands in one of the four elements, and it is a single placement. Your Codex Type is calculated from all 11 points of the chart: the sun, the moon, the ascendant and the planets. The dominant element decides your type. That is why your sun sign and your Codex Type can belong to different elements, and why two people with the same sun sign can have different types.
Whichever element your sun stands in, balance can lead: moon, ascendant and planets spread so evenly that no element dominates, and the sun becomes one voice among many.
Your counterpart
The element with the fewest points in your chart decides your counterpart. With evenly spread elements it can be any of these:
- Your counterpart is the Trailblazer: next to people who simply set off, your plans take their first step. Trailblazer
- Your counterpart is the Lighthouse: next to people who stand steady and see things through, what you begin lasts. Lighthouse
- Your counterpart is the Nomad: next to people who change how you see things, your world grows wider. Nomad
- Your counterpart is the Navigator: next to people who sense what lies beneath the surface, your conversations go deeper. Navigator
The seal and the code
Every type has its own seal, made of the four element triangles, which grow with the points of each element. The seal on this page shows a typical distribution for this type; yours is drawn from your own chart.
The code is two numbers from the calculation: the points of your strongest element and of the element with the fewest points, for example 5:1. All 11 points of your chart go into it, so the code shows at a glance how pronounced your type is. The closer the two numbers, the more balanced your chart.
How your type is calculated
We calculate how strongly fire, earth, air and water work in you, from the sun, the moon, the ascendant and all planets of your birth chart. The dominant element defines your Codex Type. If all four elements are in balance, a type of its own applies.
Each of the 11 points of your chart goes into the calculation with the element of its sign, all with equal weight. If no element holds more than 3 of them, your chart is in balance and this type applies: Cartographer. If several elements tie for the lead, the order sun, moon, ascendant, planets decides.
Your date, time and place of birth. The exact time matters because the ascendant is one of the 11 points.
The other Codex Types
- Lighthouse
Element: Earth
You stand firm, others find their bearings by you, and you finish what you start.
- Nomad
Element: Air
You live on ideas, encounters and movement, and your mind joins what others keep apart.
- Navigator
Element: Water
You sense what lies beneath the surface and guide others safely through feelings and turning points.
This type as a pair
How this type works with each of the types, its own included. Each page describes what connects the two, where it rubs and how they make up:
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