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2007-08-13 06:09:35 · 5 answers · asked by nitish 1 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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It doesn't matter. It's all fake.

The most popular form of traditional Western astrology is sun sign astrology, the kind found in the horoscopes of many daily newspapers. A horoscope is an astrological forecast. The term is also used to describe a map of the zodiac at the time of one’s birth. The zodiac is divided into twelve zones of the sky, each named after the constellation that originally fell within its zone (Taurus, Leo, etc.). The apparent paths of the sun, the moon, and the major planets all fall within the zodiac. Because of the precession of the equinoxes, the equinox and solstice points have each moved westward about 30 degrees in the last 2,000 years. Thus, the zodiacal constellations named in ancient times no longer correspond to the segments of the zodiac represented by their signs. In short, had you been born at the same time on the same day of the year 2,000 years ago, you would have been born under a different sign.

In fact, there should be 13 signs, not 12.

2007-08-13 06:21:57 · answer #1 · answered by thenightscribe 4 · 0 0

You can know what your zodiac sign is by posting this same question over on the Yahoo!Answers: Entertainment & Music : Horoscopes section.

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2007-08-13 06:33:30 · answer #2 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 0 0

Try this technique. . .

Find the coordinates of the sun on your date of birth by downloading the daily sun table at the first link.
http://www.pietro.org/Download/Downloads.htm#DailySunTable

Now go to http://www.sky-map.org and find where in the sky those coordinates are. Drag your cursor to the nearest constellation and a window will pop up telling you what it is called.

Note that this will disagree a bit with astrological calendars which seem to cue off of the equinoxes and solstices and are a couple of thousand years out of date!

2007-08-13 08:14:48 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Quark 5 · 0 0

based on your birthday...that determines what you r zodiac sign is

2007-08-13 06:19:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Easy.

Ask someone in the Horoscope area, not Astronomy.

2007-08-13 06:39:50 · answer #5 · answered by most important person you know 3 · 0 0

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