Your Astrological Sign May Not Be What You Think It Is

• xfool

  14 Jan 11, 23:07

   

  The Constellations of the Zodiac

  The ecliptic, or the position of the Sun as it’s perceived from the revolving Earth, passes through the constellations that formed the Zodiac - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Zodiac signs were originally determined by which constellation the Sun was "in" on the day you were born.

  Early astronomers observed the Sun traveling through the signs of the Zodiac in the course of one year, spending about a month in each. Thus, they calculated that each constellation extends 30 degrees across the ecliptic.

  However, a phenomenon called precession has altered the position of the constellations we see today.

  
  

  source:
  

  http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/your-astronomical-sign.html

  
  

  Some Astronomers believed the following dates to be the real solar Zodiac Sun Signs :
  
  

  ARIES = APRIL 19 - MAY 13
  

  TAURUS = MAY 14 - JUNE 19

  GEMINI = JUNE 20 - JULY 20
  

  CANCER = JULY 21 - AUG 9

  LEO = AUGUST 10 - SEPTEMBER 15
  

  VIRGO = SEPTEMBER 16 - OCTOBER 30
  

  LIBRA = OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 22
  

  SCORPIO = NOVEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 29
  

  OPHIUCHUS = NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 17
  

  SAGITTARIUS = DECEMBER 18 - JANUARY 18
  

  CAPRICORN = JANUARY 19 - FEBRUARY 15
  

  AQUARIUS = FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 11
  

  PISCES = MARCH 12 - APRIL 18

  Ophiuchus - The 13th Zodiac Sign

  http://photosophize.blogspot.com/2009/01/ophiuchus-13th-zodiac-sign.html