The 12 Signs Of The Zodiac
- These Western, or tropical, zodiac signs were named after constellations and matched with dates based on the apparent relationship between their placement in the sky and the sun.
- The Babylonians had already divided it into 12 equal signs by 1500 BC
- Ptolemy, the author of the Tetrabiblos, helped popularize these 12 signs.
- Now astrologers do their calculations and forecasting based on where the planets and sun are relative to the twelve signs.
- Astrologers say if the sun is in the sign of Sagittarius on the day you were born, then you're a Sagittarius.
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