Do we really see what we are looking at?
Imagine a peeled orange with 12 segments. These segments are filled with seeds. Are all the seeds alike? Basically, yes.
Now imagine that space around our solar system is like-wise divided into twelve orange-like-segments, the poles of earth aligned with the top and bottom of each segment. Within 15 light years of Earth each segment has two or three stars within it, within 100 light years each segment has a hundred or more stars within it, and then there are millions of stars further out in space within the bounds of our imaginary orange segment. Are all of those stars alike. Unlike the seeds, no. Some stars are small dark dwarf stars, spent and collapsed from more-normal stars, some are giants that might be hundreds of times bigger than our Sun, others radiate energy upon Earth (at times) which can reach 10,000 times what our nearby sun radiates even though they might be 40,000 light years away.
Now comes the impossible task. Imagine that all of those diverse stars, near and/or very far away, radiate something such that they collectively coax our orbiting solar system planets passing through their segment (relative to Earth) to be angry, more prone to taking action, seeing things as threatening and needing to be protected against. Then imagine that the next segment of space with its billions of variable star types happens to collectively influence planets moving through its bounds with a more harmonious nature, an attitude that is kind of cool, a desire for peaceful surroundings and comfort.
Imagine that each of these twelve segments, collectively containing billions upon billions of stars, were all arranged such that they bestowed a certain set of influences on Earth that promoted specific attitudes, responses, feelings, inclinations, likes and dislikes --- and that each segment, while different from the others were part of a whole system of influences designed just for us here on Earth.
Absurd isn't it.
Other than myth, marking holidays, helping to tell time or to navigate while out at sea, teaching children about cultural stories, the stars and constellations do not collectively have astrological significance. The "zodiac" that many on this list use, isn't defined by the stars above, but instead by the wobble of the Earth's poles, the tilt of those poles relative to our orbit about the Sun, and Aries Point which marks one of the two times each year when the poles are perpendicular to the Sun and solar system plane. In other words, the zodiac is much closer to home than the stars, it is right here on or near Earth. The zodiac is the accumulated cultural influence of the seasons which affect agriculture, travel, commerce, clothing, cities, sports, and many other facets of life. The zodiac is within us and is collectively defined by our world as part of our common experience.
Our charts, the positions of the planets, the time and place of our birth all give us our individuality, but we live within certain common areas as well. That is what the zodiac truly is, and its not out there 14 thousand light years away. Dave