The Real Sun-Signs of modern era

I am an Astrologer – that means I look at the stars and planets and believe that their movements out there in space somehow affects and influences my life here on planet Earth.

Yes, there’s a whole load of arguments about if the starts determine everything, then do we have free will? And if we know what’s going to happen (through astrology), how can we change it? Surely everything is `fated’ so what’s the point in free will? etc etc. Well, that’s a debate worth having – another time. Just like, `is God real’? and if so, is God good or evil…(because if God is good, then why does he or she or it allows bad things to happen to us? etc) That’s definitely a debate worth having.. without getting into `because it says so in some book or a Prophet said so, or because a Saint believed so etc).

This one is about astrology – especially one where we have been accepting that every month our Sun `travels’ through a different background of stars (Zodiacs).. For so long we have believed there are 12 signs to the western astrological system. (By we, I mean people..and for many hundreds of years). And many already know that the zodiacs (Constellations) are not of equal size in width across the celestial equator (where the Sun travels along).

But did you know that it’s really way off now? Because, over 3,000 years the earth axis of rotation has changed, and so the starts that line up the celestial equator are slightly `off’ now..

I found out just by how much in a NASA website! This is the latest measures.. If you were born in the 70’s or 60’s or 50’s or even in 1800’s.. this still applies…because all that is still `modern and present day’ by cosmic standards..

This is all because those Babylonians left out one of the signs (of the 23) to fit things in nice and equal …even in their times..

This is how long the Sun takes to travel through Constellations now.. (credit to Dr.Dr. Lee T. Shapiro, Director
Morehead Planetarium University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Source of info: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/starfinder3/

Constellation	Dates	Number of Days
Sagittarius	Dec 18 – Jan 18	32
Capricornus	Jan 19 – Feb 15	28
Aquarius	Feb 16 – Mar 11	24
Pisces	Mar 12 – Apr 18	38
Aries	Apr 19 – May 13	25
Taurus	May 14 – Jun 19	37
Gemini	Jun 20 – Jul 20	31
Cancer	Jul 21 – Aug 9	20
Leo	Aug 10 – Sep 15	37
Virgo	Sep 16 – Oct 30	45
Libra	Oct 31 – Nov 22	23
Scorpius	Nov 23 – Nov 29	7
Ophiuchus	Nov 30 – Dec 17	18

So erm, if you thought you were a particular Sun-Sign, think again.. And it’s going to give a head ache to all the astrologers, sadly. It’s bad that the scientists already give astrologers a hard time ..but this sort of thing pushes forecasts and even chart analysis a bit `unbelievable’.

Truth is, astrology is – despite working with real stellar objects that have measurable cycles – an esoteric system. It’s not hard science. but it is hard-boiled Esoterica. It works with established rules, formulae, predictions, qualities..and intuition.

Well, that’s the kind of astrology I do anyway..