Astrology fans

[holly_evolving]

Your astrological sign may not be what you think it is.

http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/your-astronomical-sign.html

Comments

[ariestar.livejournal.com]

This is not an accurate alignment of astronomy and astrology. The astrological signs have to do with what alignment the "planets" (including the Sun and Moon) have relative to the Earth, which were marked 2200 years ago according to the stars. The astrological _houses_ have not moved--the stars that show up behind them "have" (depending on your perspective, of course). So, the "old" dates are still the ones to go by--they're the ones that will tell you the personological alignments. Just because the constellation Gemini was behind the sun when you were born doesn't mean the sun was in the house of Gemini... it was, in fact, on the cusp of the houses of Leo and Cancer.

Also, the actual constellations are not the same size: Virgo and Scorpio are two of the largest constellations in the sky, whereas Aries is TINY... Still, the houses are determined by other factors; either a fixed-house system divides the sky up into 30-degree segments, or the Placidus system divides the space between the horizon and Midheaven evenly on each side, giving uneven houses.