To me, this seems to be correct. Although I am a Taurus at heart, my Virgo and Sagittarius parents have given me a wonderful identity problem regarding whether I want to be a carefree wanderer or a meticulous planner.
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You have too many planets in one sign
Although your solar sign is said to represent the essence of your soul, other planets in your natal chart can add complexity to your personality. A strong Venus placement may allow you to love differently than your star sign stereotype, while your Mercury sign may influence the way you communicate. However, you can manifest as a quite different sign if your Venus, Mercury, Mars, and Pluto are all in the same sign.
Why do I behave so differently from my zodiac sign?
“Our charts are a mixture of 10 planets in 12 signs and 12 houses from an astrological perspective. Because of the positions of our moon, other planets, and rising signs, we may not behave as our Sun sign would. Just one component of a complicated chart is our Sun sign.”
Why is the zodiac wrong?
But the precession of the Earth’s rotational axis, which causes astrological signs to diverge from the zodiac, is the fundamental cause. The Earth’s equator gently bulges due to its rotation, much like how a skater’s skirt fanned out as she spins. The Earth quakes like a top because to the gravitational force of the Moon and Sun on the bulge. Over a period of 25,800 years, the wobble makes the Earth’s axisthe line around which it rotatesswing slowly in a circle.
The constellations appear to slide to the east by around a degree per human lifetime, changing how the zodiac appears to us on Earth. Hipparchus of Nicaea made the slow discovery of precession with the naked eye in about 150 B.C.
The vernal equinox, or the first day of spring, was in Aries in ancient times. It entered Pisces due to precession approximately 100 B.C., remained there until 2700 A.D., when it will enter Aquarius, and so on. It will finally return to Aries and the cycle will start all over again in 25,800 years.
Astrology may be entertaining as a game with its predictions of destiny and personality. The topic, however, has no scientific foundation. What Monopoly is to the real estate market, science is to the subject.
Astrology draws attention away from the planets’ very real influences, particularly their gravitational interactions, which actually modify the sizes, shapes, and tilts of their orbits. Past ice eras on Earth were probably brought on by such shifts. Direct impacts between Earth and celestial bodies can result in extremely quick changes, as was the case 66 million years ago when an asteroid hit the Yucatan Peninsula and had global consequences, including the extinction of dinosaurs and the emergence of mammals.
Astrological prophecies will lead you nowhere at all, but astronomical studies will eventually enable the prediction of such events.
Can you have two zodiac signs?
Not quite. People who are born on a zodiac cusp are distinct individuals whose date of birth combines the energy and characteristics of two different signs, rather than formally being born under two signs. This results in a unique astrological personality with a fusion of attributes.
Are zodiac signs actually important?
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces are the 12 signs of the zodiac that represent the divine. According to Time Magazine, they have their roots in the astrology of the ancient Egyptians, to which the Greeks later contributed. People are classified according to the sign, or constellation, in the sky at the time of their birth because the signs correspond to constellations that show in the sky, most notably around particular dates.
The validity of the zodiac signs’ capacity to foretell the future and characterize a person is largely contested by modern science. Even a NASA kids website outright refutes the veracity of Zodiac signs.
The zodiac was made by who?
NASA claims that the Babylonians already had a 12-month calendar based on the moon phases when they formed the zodiac. Despite the fact that they found 13 constellations that make up the zodiac, they chose to exclude one so the signs would more closely coincide with their 12-month calendar.
Before you Aries, Cancers, and Leos start making fun of your new Ophiuchus friends, keep in mind that the addition of this 13th constellation slightly changes the time frame for each zodiac sign. As a result, even though I have loved my life as a textbook Pisces, I have discovered through research that I am now an Aquarius. (Gasp!)
Even though this knowledge dates back 3,000 years, it was just rediscovered when NASA published some scientific facts about how the Earth’s axis has changed and no longer points precisely in the same direction as it previously did, which impacts how long each constellation is visible in the night sky.
The astrology community (and Twitter) went crazy, and many ardent supporters believed NASA “added a sign to the zodiac, upending the familiar and beloved signs. However, that is untrue. An astrological sign was not added by NASA. Their Tumblr blog post states that they “I merely performed the math. If anyone is to be held accountable, it should be the ancient Babylonians for omitting Ophiuchus in the first place.