Kunkle correctly pointed out that the traditional astrological dates for our zodiac signs do not match up to what is happening in the sky. Since the zodiac was created by the Babylonians over 2000 years ago, the Earth's perspective on the stars has shifted slightly. This has shifted the dates of your Sun Sign (the location in the sky when you were born). In short, 88% of people aren't the sign they think they are. Below are the traditional dates next to the actual dates. If you don't want to know the truth, turn away now!
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I understand that it is difficult to learn that your whole astrological life has been a lie. But don't panic. Astrologers use the Tropical Zodiac (where the constellations were in 150AD). They seem to be stuck on that because it is "more accurate." But to me (and the Babylonian creators of the zodiac) a Virgo is a Virgo because the Sun stood in front of the constellation Virgo when you were born. It wasn't sitting in front of Leo. The reality of the zodiac is very simple - anyone can see it. Using the outdated dates cheapen the original Babylonian idea of the zodiac. If you told the Babylonian king that the Sun was going to be in Leo and he went outside to check and it wasn't, that astrologer would be in big trouble :) They were measuring the relationship of the Sun, Moon, and planets with the ancient star patterns that they pass through. You can't take the stars out of the equation. Don't call me a Sagittarius when the Sun was really in front of Scorpio when I was born...
*Oh by the way, the 13th zodiac sign included in the chart above (Ophiuchus) is a guy holding a giant snake. Have fun with that one...
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