How accurate is the Zodiac?

So ... your Zodiac sign is based on where the sun was when you were born, right?? 😏

I was born on February 22 so everyone says I'm a Pisces. With me so far? Well, that conclusion is based on where the sun was on February 22nd, 1995. Right? Nope!!!! It's not.

I know this video is 14 minutes long which is beyond the attention span of most of us, but it's fascinating (and I LOVE Neil deGrasse Tyson!)

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The current zodiac is at least a month off. I'm not a Pisces at all because while the sun was in Pisces on February 22 two thousand years ago when the signs were placed on the modern calendar, it was NOT in Pisces in 1995 on that date.

To understand that and a bunch of other mind-blowing astrophysics, check out the video. It's only 14 minutes. 😁

Whatever sign you think you are right now ... you are not that. 🤣

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Peaceandnamaste · 26-30, F

You have a sun sign and also a moon sign and a rising sign and also 12 houses.

Astrology also comes with birth of place and time of birth.

sarabee1995 · 31-35, F

@Peaceandnamaste Yup. Understood. It is those sun signs (Aquarius, Pisces, and so on) that are assigned based on where on the ecliptic the sun is when we are born.

But the problem is that the dates assigned to each (21 Feb thru 20 March, etc) were assigned over two thousand years ago. Over the last two thousand years our orbit has shifted enough that the sun is "behind" about a month since those dates were assigned to our arbitrary and man-made calendar.

So someone who thinks they are a Pisces (me) was actually born with the Sun in Aquarius. 🤣🤣🤣