there is more than one zodiac

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 17 Dec 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Kaylee Marie	17 Dec 2004
For all those that did not get the answer you were expecting, you might want to look into Vedic astrology. It uses different dates for the signs, based on where the stars actually are in the sky. Western astrology is based on the solstices and equinoxes. The spring equinox moved out of Aries over 1500 years ago. It is now well entrenched in Pisces, but will move on to Aquarius within the next 400 years or so. So according to Vedic astrology and astronomers worldwide, those people born March 21 are actually born in the sign of Pisces, not Aries. The Vedic and Western zodiacs match up for about 25% of the population (i.e., those born in the last week of the Western sign). So some Leos really are Leos, but a lot of them are Cancers according to the Vedic zodiac. If you never felt you matched your sun sign, or got a different answer on this quiz than you expected, this could be why. Or you might identify more with your ascendant than your sun sign, but that's a whole other discussion... I'm a Gemini, so I tend toward know-it-all-ism. ;) Sorry if I've offended any die-hard Western astrologers out there. If you like the Western zodiac, then by all means continue to use it. Sorry to get off-subject here. I realize this is a tarot board. Just thought some of you might be interested. :)

jumptothemoonyea	17 Dec 2004
another way to look at ourselves is to run heliocentric chart in sidereal or tropical system ... from this cosmic angle I am in Cancer in sidereal, Leo in tropical ... it seems what we are depends on what angle is used :)

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