The breaking news story this week was about a
13th sign and has people wondering what their
sign really is. Relax and rest easy. If you’re a Gemini, you’re a Gemini still. The Zodiac signs as we know them are the constellations that occupy the ecliptic. The ecliptic is the apparent path of the Sun as it moves through the heavens during the course of the year. We know that Earth revolves around the Sun but from our view point it appears to be moving. This apparent movement is what gives us the seasons. Back in antiquity when the Sun moved into Aries, it really was in the constellation Aries. Today due to the precession of the equinoxes that moment places it in the constellation of Pisces. Not to worry, Western Astrologers use a different system of measurement. The point where the Sun reaches the equator, going from South to North is the moment when spring begins, the Spring Equinox. Western Astrologer’s measure the Zodiac from this point; this is zero degrees of Aries. This system is called the Tropical Zodiac and here in the Northern Hemisphere is tied into the seasons. The Tropical Zodiac, measuring from zero Aries, allots 30 degrees to each of the 12 signs of the Zodiac giving us the 360 degree circle of the Zodiac. Ophiuchus is in the news because some astronomer noticed that due to the precession of the equinoxes this constellation is inching its way onto the ecliptic, something it has been doing for millennia. So paranoid Scorpions and fastidious Virgo’s can relax, Ophiuchus is not strong arming its way into the Zodiacal line up. Here's a Link for More Info about Ophiuchus
13th sign and has people wondering what their
sign really is. Relax and rest easy. If you’re a Gemini, you’re a Gemini still. The Zodiac signs as we know them are the constellations that occupy the ecliptic. The ecliptic is the apparent path of the Sun as it moves through the heavens during the course of the year. We know that Earth revolves around the Sun but from our view point it appears to be moving. This apparent movement is what gives us the seasons. Back in antiquity when the Sun moved into Aries, it really was in the constellation Aries. Today due to the precession of the equinoxes that moment places it in the constellation of Pisces. Not to worry, Western Astrologers use a different system of measurement. The point where the Sun reaches the equator, going from South to North is the moment when spring begins, the Spring Equinox. Western Astrologer’s measure the Zodiac from this point; this is zero degrees of Aries. This system is called the Tropical Zodiac and here in the Northern Hemisphere is tied into the seasons. The Tropical Zodiac, measuring from zero Aries, allots 30 degrees to each of the 12 signs of the Zodiac giving us the 360 degree circle of the Zodiac. Ophiuchus is in the news because some astronomer noticed that due to the precession of the equinoxes this constellation is inching its way onto the ecliptic, something it has been doing for millennia. So paranoid Scorpions and fastidious Virgo’s can relax, Ophiuchus is not strong arming its way into the Zodiacal line up. Here's a Link for More Info about Ophiuchus
Thank you. Hopefully people will read this.
ReplyDeleteOld (very old) news is right.