What's Your Sign, Baby?

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by gigi@Jan 20 2003, 12:59 AM
Colin - Earth sign - I'd lean towards Virgo....(but I know you were talking about some 'new' sign that you are??)

The earth wobbles in it's orbit so the sun wasn't in the constellations most of us think of as "our sign" when we were born.

The sun was in Ophiuchus when I was born.

Astrology isn't based on the real position of the earth and stars. It's based on fixed dates that have no correspondance to reality anymore. Of course, the Chaldeans had no idea of this when they invented or at least popularized astrology.

Here is a modern table of where the sun is for various dates. Compare it to your own sign and you will see your sign is likely different than the one given in the old tables copied and recopied from ancient times. These are only approximate as there is slight annual variation.

Constellation Dates

Capricornus January 19 to February 15
Aquarius February 16 to March 11
Pisces March 12 to April 18
Aries April 19 to May 13
Taurus May 14 to June 19
Gemini June 20 to July 20
Cancer July 21 to August 9
Leo August 10 to September 15
Virgo September 16 to October 30
Libra October 31 to November 22
Scorpius November 23 to November 29
Ophiuchus November 30 to December 17
Sagittarius December 18 to January 18

By the old table I was a sagitarrius. Fire sign, right?