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Mutable signs Also called mutable · common signs
Gemini , Virgo , Sagittarius and Pisces ; the traditional group between fixed signs and the next seasonal turning point.
In this entry Meaning Word origin How we know Connected concepts Sources Word origin · etymology Latin-derived adjective.
Mutable comes from Latin mutabilis, changeable, from mutare, to change; the name supplies the classification's changeability metaphor.
Merriam-Webster: mutable ↗
How we know · epistemology Traditional classification
The grouping is inherited from zodiacal classification rules. Its association with changeability is symbolic, and should not be mistaken for a measured behavioral category.
Ptolemy: Tetrabiblos I.4–24, Robbins translation ↗
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