How does the zodiac work, anyway?
To start, let’s take a look at exactly what the zodiac is.
As we move around the sun, we follow the same path over and over again.
Say, for example, it’s September.
Opposite us is Pisces, and that means the same thing appears to happen through Pisces six months later.
NASAdescribesanother way of looking at it.
So, who invented these signs?
When Babylonian astronomers looked at the night sky, they started to map out patterns in the stars.
They were the ones that chose particular stars to arrange into the symbols we still see today.
They left him out, and it was the simplified version of the whole idea that spread.
Who (and what) is Ophiuchus?
According to the ancient Greeks, Ophiuchus is the constellation that represents Asclepius.
The other symbol is the caduceus, and that’s the one that has wings.
It’s a completely different story, and that particular staff belonged to Hermes.
Part of the problem, he says, is the confusion between astrology and astronomy.
NASA has nothing to do with the astrological zodiac, as they have nothing to do with astrology.
Ophiuchus has always been there, and there’s nothing that’s actually, really changing.
Kunkle used the example of spinning a top.
That wobbling is exactly what our planet does, on an obviously much, much larger scale.
Sidereal vs.
Chances are, you’ve come up with your zodiac sign based on what’s called theTropical zodiac.
It has a pretty ancient history, too, developed in ancient Greece by Ptolemy.
That’s a significant date, and it’s the spring equinox.
That’s only one form of the zodiac.
InVedic astrology, the sidereal zodiac reflects what’s actually going on in the stars at any particular time.
So, that probably brings up another question.
Astrologer Jeff Jawer says that the argument for a Tropical and unchanging zodiac is a pretty straightforward one.
That ultimately means you might rest easy knowing your star sign isn’t going to change, either.
That gave Scorpio a larger slice of the night sky pie.
How many people believe astrology is a science?
In 2014, theNational Science Foundationfound about 40 percent of of Americans thought astrology was a tried-and-true science.
