Astrology

Astrology is the belief the positions of the stars and movements of the planets of the Solar System, and also asteroids and other stars, but not as much, have an influence on the events, lives, and behavior of people.

An astrologer looks at the planets' positions and tries to understand a person's character or tries to predict the future. Modern astrologers see astrology as a symbolic language.^[1][2] It is also seen as an art, or a kind of divination.^[3][4]

Astrology and astronomy started out as the same thing, but today they are very different.

Newspapers and websites often print or post horoscopes. These horoscopes claim to predict a persons future based on their birth sign. Curtain zodiac signs have different character trait, for example the Aries sign is assumed to be more aggressive, a Leo would be more extroverted and confident yet can be a showboat, and a Virgo would be more down to earth and organized.

Astrological signs (in Western Astrology)

A person's astrological sign (usually referring to Sun sign) is based on their birthday. A list of astrological signs is below.

Sign	English name	Dates
Aries	The Ram	March 21 to April 19
Taurus	The Bull	April 20 to May 20
Gemini	The Twins	May 21 to June 20
Cancer	The Crab	June 21 to July 22
Leo	The Lion	July 23 to August 22
Virgo	The Virgin	August 23 to September 22
Libra	The Scales	September 23 to October 22
Scorpio	The Scorpion	October 23 to November 21
Sagittarius	The Archer (Centaur)	November 22 to December 21
Capricorn	The Goat-Fish hybrid	December 22 to January 19
Aquarius	The Water Carrier	January 20 to February 18
Pisces	The Two Fish	February 19 to March 20

Arabian astrology

Arabian astrology

Sign		Dates	Planet
			N.Arab system				S.Arab system
			Dignity		Detriment		Exaltation	Fall
			This world	That world	This world	That world
Aries ♈	Cetus Cet	Mar 21 - Apr 4	Juno[5] (360÷26)	Pluto[6] (360÷20)	Venus Ven	Pluto Plu	Sun ☉	Saturn ♄
	Aries Ari	Apr 5 - Apr 20	Mars[7] (360÷27)		Bacchus Bac
Taurus ♉	Taurus Tau	Apr 21 - May 5	Bacchus[8] (360÷28)		Mars Mar		Moon ☽	Saturn ♄
	Orion Ori	May 6 - May 21	Venus (360÷29)		Juno Jun
Gemini ♊	Auriga Aur	May 22 - Jun 5	Mercury (360÷210)		Jupiter Jup	Neptune Nep	Venus ♀	Jupiter ♃
	Gemini Gem	Jun 6 - Jun 21
Cancer ♋	Canis Minor CMin	Jun 22 - Jul 7	Vulcan (360÷211)		Saturn Sat	Uranus Ura	Jupiter ♃	Mars ♂
	Cancer Can	Jul 8 - Jul 22	Moon (360÷2∞)		Chiron Chi
Leo ♌	Leo Leo	Jul 23 - Aug 7	Sun (360÷2∞)		Uranus Ura	Chiron Chi	Mars ♂	Mercury ☿
	Crater Cra	Aug 8 - Aug 23	Vulcan (360÷211)			Saturn Sat
Virgo ♍	Virgo Vir	Aug 24 - Sep 7	Mercury (360÷210)		Neptune Nep	Jupiter Jup	Mercury ☿	Venus ♀
	Bootes Boo	Sep 8 - Sep 23
Libra ♎	Serpens SCap	Sep 24 - Oct 8	Venus (360÷29)		Juno Jun	Pluto Plu	Saturn ♄	Sun ☉
	Libra Lib	Oct 9 - Oct 23	Bacchus[8] (360÷28)		Mars Mar
Scorpio ♏	Scorpio Sco	Oct 24 - Nov 7	Mars[7] (360÷27)		Bacchus Bac		Saturn ♄	Moon ☾
	Ophiuchus Oph	Nov 8 - Nov 22	Juno[5] (360÷26)		Venus Ven
Sagittarius ♐	Serpens SCau	Nov 23 - Dec 7	Jupiter (360÷25)	Neptune (360÷21)	Mercury Mer		Jupiter ♃	Venus ♀
	Sagittarius Sag	Dec 8 - Dec 21
Capricorn ♑	Aquila Aqui	Dec 22 - Jan 5	Saturn (360÷24)	Uranus (360÷22)	Vulcan Vul		Mars ♂	Jupiter ♃
	Capricorn Cap	Jan 6 - Jan 20	Chiron[9] (360÷23)		Moon Moo
Aquarius ♒	Aquarius Aqua	Jan 21 - Feb 4	Uranus (360÷22)	Chiron[9] (360÷23)	Sun Sun		Mercury ☿	Mars ♂
	Pegasus Peg	Feb 5 - Feb 18		Saturn (360÷24)	Vulcan Vul
Pisces ♓	Pisces Pis	Feb 19 - Mar 5	Neptune (360÷21)	Jupiter (360÷25)	Mercury Mer		Venus ♀	Mercury ☿
	Andromeda And	Mar 6 - Mar 20

References

1. Reinhold Ebertin (1994). Combination of Stellar Influences. Tempe, Ariz.: American Federation of Astrologers. ISBN 978-0866900874.
2. Alan Oken (November 1973). Alan Oken's As Above So Below. ISBN 978-0553027761.
3. "Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary". Meriam-Webster. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
4. ""astrology" Encyclopædia Britannica". Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2006-07-17.
5. Include Ceres, Pallas, Vesta and Psyche.
6. Include Haumea and Makemake.
7. Include Eros.
8. Include Earth.
9. Include Chariklo.

Further reading

• Talk with astrologer: know Is astrology science or not?

• Astrology & Science: The Scientific Exploration of Astrology.
• Merrifield, Michael. "Right Ascension & Declination". Sixty Symbols. Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham. – which also discusses ascension and declination errors in different systems of astrology