Signs of the Zodiac: What Are They?
There are so many misconceptions about the Sidereal signs that a good question to ask at the beginning is, What is a sign of the Zodiac? Tropical astrologers measure the signs from the spring equinox, which marks the point each year where the ecliptic intersects the equator, but what is the source of the influences that supposedly make up the traits of the Tropical signs? The Sidereal zodiac is measured in relation to the fixed stars. A primary difficulty with this zodiac is that astrologers throughout the world don’t agree on which stars define the Sidereal zodiac. The government of India has finally settled on Spica as the 180° point of the zodiac the boundary point between Virgo and Libra. The Fagan-Bradley school of astrology uses Aldebaran and Antares to mark 15 degrees of Taurus Scorpio. The debate concerning the exact boundaries of the Sidereal signs is on-going, and finding a final answer isn’t necessary to grasp the focus of this article. A common misconception is that the sid
