A Summary of the Element of Air:
The Element of Air corresponds to the mental realm where thoughts become the structures through which energy precipitates and coalesces into form. There are 3 Signs of the Zodiac that exemplify the qualities of Air: Libra, Gemini and Aquarius. This Element seeks social and intellectual connections, often expressing through sharing and communicating ideas to others.
An excess of the Element of Air in one’s chart could produce experiences of being ungrounded, scattered, indecisive or inconsistent. Lack of Air Elements may express as lack of perspective or objectivity, learning difficulties or poor communication skills.
The Element of Air from a Psychological Standpoint:
The Thinking Type: What earth neglects – namely the connection between facts – is precisely the strong side of the Air Signs Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius. In this Element, the emphasis is on abstract thought, theory and ideas. Consciousness is directed at the most logical, objective approach and assimilation of the things observed or experienced. The Air Signs gladly discuss their findings with others, being known for their ability to communicate. Through the logical process of thinking and exchange, the Air type is often flexible in speech and action, though this flexibility can become so exaggerated that there may be little stability.
Air examines the behavior of those around them as well as their own for logic; thus the Air type runs the danger of being too rational in their motives and can appear to be cool and unfeeling. Their attempts to force life into a mold of rigid formulas and motives without taking the value of feelings into account can be self-defeating. An emotional approach to things poses difficulties for them, as their feelings can’t be rationalized, nor can they be captured in words. Their emotional life is their weakest area.
The consciousness of the Air type is aimed at combining objects and ideas as logically as possible; this combination is the frame of reference from which they judge how life should be. On the whole, they have no sense of the realistic value of their thoughts and theories; these form reality for them, their reality, just as a fantasy world is reality for a fire type. This is why an Air type doesn’t need to be practical; practicality is a typical earth quality.
Skillful Qualities:
Mental, intellectual, social, abstract, rational, logical, clever, conceptual, quick, theoretical, communicative, friendly, curious, alert, gregarious, inquisitive, humane, objective, fair, impersonal, impartial, dispassionate, unbiased, tolerant, calm, refreshing, unprejudiced, adept, witty, adroit, balanced, cooperative, versatile, dexterity, skillful, observant
Unskillful Qualities:
Spacy, ungrounded, intangible, wordy, verbose, ethereal, insubstantial, over-intellectual, repetitive, hyperactive, loquacious, aloof, nosy, meddlesome, gossiping, vague, distant, detached, uncaring, unfeeling, removed, inconsistent, shallow, flighty, nervous, indecisive, squirrely, vacillating, remote, imitative, superficial,
thoughtlessness