How Important Are Sun Signs?
Although Goodman’s book focuses on sun signs, she did address the fact that a sun sign doesn’t fully account for all the nuances of an individual’s personality. Astrological birth charts are filled with layers of information that combine to form unique individuals. That’s why two people born to the same sign can behave so differently from each other. Depending on where the position of the moon was at the moment of your birth, as well as which astrological houses your planets occupied at that time, you can carry personality traits from many zodiac signs. For example, if you don’t find you fit the typically extroverted personality of Sagittarius, even though it’s your sun sign, you might find that your moon sign is actually in Capricorn, and this could account for a quieter nature. Goodman made it clear that birth charts were filled with such combinations. In the larger perspective, Goodman felt that sun signs account for 80% of an individual’s personality traits. She maintained that eve