When I began studying Astrology, I learned that a Grand Trine is a wonderful gift. It can indicate real talent and very special abilities. When I started out in private practice, I found that people with Grand Water Trines had artistic ability, but sometimes did nothing with it. I was shocked when I encountered people with Grand Earth Trines who were on welfare. They did not feel they had to work. I also see it with women who marry successful men who take care of them. I had a client who had a Grand Air Trine who got into terrible trouble . All his life he could talk his way out of anything. He thought he could do it one more time, but he ended up in jail.
Of all the Grand Trines, I do find the Grand Fire Trine is the most beneficial, because it endows these people with courage. These people are risk takers and have a lot of fun. But they won't reach their greatest potential without reinforcing squares. They have an abundance of energy and keep themselves very busy. They're warm and charming, and people respond to them positively, but they are also used to having everything fall into their laps. They take for granted what other people have to work hard for. They just assume life is easy for everybody. They don't understand why other's may hesitate or analyze before stepping forward, because they are used to taking risks and coming out on top. They simply won't achieve their greatest potential without reinforcing squares. Often they don't recognize their limits, so they burn out.
Grand Earth Trine people have gone bankrupt, money comes so easily to them they become careless or don't take the proper precautions to protect their finances. I had clients who were investment brokers who thought they were going to profit forever and didn't. People with Grand Water Trines have an emotional self-containment, and many times their creativity tends to be more internal rather than something put into tangible form and shared with the world. They have enormous creativity, but use it only for their own enjoyment. They can be emotionally fulfilled within themselves and may end up being loners. They are often content living alone because they are self-contained and emotionally self-sufficient.
The Grand Air Trine denotes an able communicator who can process information easily and comfortably, but I've also seen many people with this aspect who attend school forever and never do anything in the real world. They get hooked on the learning process. They can reach age fifty without ever really working a job. I have a client with a P.H.D who did postdoctoral work, but has never worked. He enjoys learning more than utilizing the information. He lives frugally on a small inheritance. People with Grand Air Trines have great intellectual ability, sometimes lack common sense, and often neglect their physical well being. They know a lot about many different things. They study and read voraciously, but they are not doers. They don't know how to get out of their minds and manifest their work in the material world.
Those with a Grand Fire Trine can be too rash and take too many chances, like a fireman who rushes back into a burning building at great personal risk. They feel they have nine lives. They can be too impulsive, but sometimes can survive things that other people cannot. I had a client who lived through a German concentration camp, and then went back to Hungary. His Grand Fire Trine and the help of a good astrologer later got him to safety when he needed to escape from the communists. He also had good reinforcing squares. He then came to the United States and started a business that became very successful. People with Grand Trines are very lucky, but they also need a driver, such as a T.Square, to push them along to greatness.
