In astrology, a negative, receptive, nocturnal, passive or feminine sign refers to any of the six even-numbered signs of the zodiac: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn or Pisces. Western astrology is the system of astrology most popular in Europe and the United States. ... This article is about the astrological concept. ... Taurus (♉) is one of the constellations of the zodiac, and its name is Latin for Bull. ... In astronomy and astrology, Cancer (♋), Latin for crab, is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac. ... See VIRGO (physics) for a French-Italian project in physics. ... Scorpius (♏, and Latin for scorpion) is one of the constellations of the zodiac. ... Capricornus (♑), a name meaning Horned Goat in Latin, is one of the constellations of the zodiac. ... Pisces (♓, Latin for fish (plural)) is a zodiac constellation which lies between Aquarius to the west and Aries to the east. ...

These signs constitute the earth and water triplicities. They are termed "negative" because they are supposed to be naturally less communicative, more receptive and more sensitive than the fire and air triplicities. They prefer to draw upon personal resources to achieve their lives' goals and tend to be reserved, cautious and often retiring - in extreme cases standoffish. They are seen as likely to want and have only a small, but very loyal, group of acquaintances. They broadly match the introvert personality. They are sometimes termed "past-oriented" because it is supposed that negative signs will focus on the past and be more resistant to change than positive signs. Whilst it is true that astrology certainly argues them to be generally more cautious about change, with the water signs at least, this can be offset by their often extremely compassionate nature. In traditional Western astrology an earth sign is considered to be one of the earth triplicity, which is Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn. ... In astrology a water sign refers to any of the signs Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces. ... In the field of astrology a triplicity is a group of three signs belonging to the same element. ... In astrology, a fire sign refers to any of the three signs Aries, Leo or Sagittarius. ... In astrology, an air sign refers to any of the three signs Gemini, Libra and Aquarius. ... This article deals with the psychological term Introversion. ...

In romantic relationships, it is thought by astrological theory that positive signs are compatible with positive signs and negative signs with negative signs because of the similarities in their basic personalities and romantic needs. It is thought that the gregarious nature of the positive signs is likely to be unacceptable both emotionally and physically to negative signs, whilst negative signs are seen as too boring, cautious or shy by positive signs, so that in almost all cases a relationship between the two will lead to conflict that cannot be resolved.

See also

• triplicity
• earth sign
• water sign