Re Cardinal Quality and Fixed Quality
Dec 4 2010, 3:09 AM EST
Many passages from novels, biographies etc are excellent sources of material illustrating astrological concepts.
Here is a passage from Nevil Shute's "Ruined City":
She was amazed. 'But - you can't do that...' she said. 'I mean - you are the Company. You started it for us.'
He nodded. 'That's so. But there are two sorts of people in the company world - the starters and the runners. The people who can start things up aren't usually the best at running them - you want a different sort of mind for that . I've been a starter all my life - I never was a runner. But all my Board are runners - Cheriton, Hogan and Grierson. They're all good runners. Your Company would be quite safe with them.'
A wonderful illustration of the Cardinal and Fixed energies, referring to the 'starters' and the 'runners'. Note that Nevil Shute himself, like his character speaking in my quote, was a starter: Sun in Capricorn.