|
Star sign |
Actual beginning date |
“Traditional” Astrological beginning date |
|
Capricornus |
19 January |
23 December |
|
Aquarius |
16 February |
21 January |
|
Pisces |
12 March |
20 February |
|
Aries |
18 April |
21 March |
|
Taurus |
14 May |
21 April |
|
Gemini |
20 June |
21 May |
|
Cancer |
21 July |
22 June |
|
Leo |
10 August |
24 July |
|
Virgo |
16 September |
24 August |
|
Libra |
31 October |
24 September |
|
Scorpius |
23 November |
24 October |
|
Ophiuchus |
30 November |
doesn’t exist! |
|
Sagittarius |
18 December |
23 November |
Precession, n ...3. the motion of a rotating
body which, as a result of an applied couple whose axis is perpendicular to the
axis of rotation, also involves rotation about a third mutually perpendicular
axis
hence
Precession of
the equinoxes, n.
the earlier occurrence of the equinoxes in each successive sidereal year...
all of which is conveniently ignored by astrologers (but not by astronomers.)