A planet for all seasons
Astrology is grounded in an understanding of the seasons and the ways in which nature, along with all life, changes as core qualities like heat, moisture, coolness and dryness shift through the year. These four core qualities were originally understood to define the essence of all things. Each planet and season is a combination of two of these four primary qualities. A planet or season is either hot or cold; and then it’s also either dry or wet.
Seasonal qualities
Spring is a season of heat and moisture; it combines the qualities of hot and wet. The hot influence raises things up while the wet quality encourages growth.
Summer is a hot and dry season where the moisture of spring gives way to dryness. If spring comes with lots of moisture (rain), there will be abundant growth and ripening of fruit and flowers during the high heat of summer.
Autumn is a season defined by the qualities cold and dry. The cold quality slows things down and we see this in nature as plant growth slows and, by the end of autumn, stops altogether. Dry has a separating influence, which can lead to things hardening and pulling apart. Autumn is considered the most difficult season for the human body
