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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Penny · 46-50, F

your sun sign is based on where the sun was in the sky from the vantage point of where you were born and at what time. you also have a sign for every planet and what sign was on the horizon at birth that affects you.

sarabee1995 · 31-35, F

@Penny Did you watch the video at all?

Penny · 46-50, F

@sarabee1995 dont watch videos from here

sarabee1995 · 31-35, F

@Penny It's not from here. It's from YouTube. You can watch it directly there if you'd like.

The point is that the dates around the various astrology signs were set on our calendar over two thousand years ago. But the sun's position is not constant over that kind of time frame so if astrology were a real thing, adjustments would need to be made to the dates over time.

The accumulated error is now almost a month!

Penny · 46-50, F

its based on the constellations in relation to the sun's position on your time of birth @sarabee1995 it goes in a cycle i think. as far as the earths orbit goes, they demoted pluto. who gives a fuck its all for fun. if it rings true for you it rings true if it doesnt it doesnt. theres things like progressions which supposedly can alter your sun sign throughout your life too in some schools of astrology. also they say when your on the cusp after you turn about thirty you morph into the next sign. i always assumed though that the ephemeris charts were updated. idk but idgaf. im definitely a libra/scorpio.

BlueSkyKing · M

@Penny Most "professional" astrologers don’t accept cusps. They always say you have to look at the whole chart instead. The ancient astrologers actually did painstaking observations of stars and planets. All with the naked eye, so no charts with planets beyond Saturn. Even then, those new planets were not officially named for decades after each discovery.

My question is what group of people decided what attributes got assigned? Did an astrologers convention meet in a city to choose what attributes got transferred to Pluto?

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