Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 33 views

    Zodiac Case Study

    Uploaded by

    aaa
    The zodiac is a belt in space projected onto the celestial sphere through which the planets appear to move. It is divided into 12 signs of 30 degrees each, with the ecliptic as the middle line. The tropical zodiac used in Western astrology defines the first sign, Aries, based on the vernal equinox, while the sidereal zodiac used in Indian astrology is based on the actual positions of constellations. Due to precession, the tropical and sidereal zodiacs differ, so a person's sun sign may differ depending on which system is used. The constellations and signs are geometrical conventions that do not precisely match each other.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Zodiac Case Study

    Uploaded by

    aaa
    33 views1 page
    The zodiac is a belt in space projected onto the celestial sphere through which the planets appear to move. It is divided into 12 signs of 30 degrees each, with the ecliptic as the middle line. The tropical zodiac used in Western astrology defines the first sign, Aries, based on the vernal equinox, while the sidereal zodiac used in Indian astrology is based on the actual positions of constellations. Due to precession, the tropical and sidereal zodiacs differ, so a person's sun sign may differ depending on which system is used. The constellations and signs are geometrical conventions that do not precisely match each other.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The zodiac is a belt in space projected onto the celestial sphere through which the planets appear to move. It is divided into 12 signs of 30 degrees each, with the ecliptic as the middle line. The tropical zodiac used in Western astrology defines the first sign, Aries, based on the vernal equinox, while the sidereal zodiac used in Indian astrology is based on the actual positions of constellations. Due to precession, the tropical and sidereal zodiacs differ, so a person's sun sign may differ depending on which system is used. The constellations and signs are geometrical conventions that do not precisely match each other.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    33 views1 page

    Zodiac Case Study

    Uploaded by

    aaa
    The zodiac is a belt in space projected onto the celestial sphere through which the planets appear to move. It is divided into 12 signs of 30 degrees each, with the ecliptic as the middle line. The tropical zodiac used in Western astrology defines the first sign, Aries, based on the vernal equinox, while the sidereal zodiac used in Indian astrology is based on the actual positions of constellations. Due to precession, the tropical and sidereal zodiacs differ, so a person's sun sign may differ depending on which system is used. The constellations and signs are geometrical conventions that do not precisely match each other.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 1

    The Zodiac, or "circle of animals" is a zone or belt in space projected onto the celestial sphere

    through which, from our viewpoint, the planets move. A symbolic geometric construction around
    15 to 18 degrees wide, it is divided into 12 signs, each of 30 degrees longitude (making 360
    degrees in all), with the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun, as its middle line. The tropical
    zodiac used by most Western astrologers has its beginning at the exact moment that the Sun
    crosses the celestial equator and enters the zodiacal sign of Aries. Some Western astrologers
    use the sidereal zodiac favoured by Indian ("jyotish") astrologers, which is based more closely on
    actual positions of constellations in the heavens, as opposed to the tropical zodiac, which is a
    moveable format based on the seasons.
    The tropical zodiac defines the vernal point (the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere) as
    the first degree of Aries, but the sidereal zodiac allows it to precess. Many people are confused
    regarding the difference between the sidereal zodiac and the tropical zodiac signs. Because of a
    "wobble" in the Earth's axis of rotation over a period of about 26,000 years (often called a "great
    year"), the rate at which the vernal equinox precesses in the heavens is approximately 0 deg, 0
    min, 50.23 seconds a year, drifting by one degree every 72 years. Precession of the
    equinoxes thus occurs at a rate of roughly 5 arc minutes of a degree every 6 years. The tropical
    signs relate to the seasons and not the stars. Here is an example: a person born on, say August
    28, 2002 would come to understand that their Sun sign was in Virgo according to Western
    astrology (conventional Sun sign dates August 23, to September 22, of every year), but Sun on
    that same calendar date of the year 2002 was in the constellation Leo (where it had been since
    August 10, 2002 and would remain until September 15, when it would then finally cross into
    Virgo).
    It is worth pointing out that the sidereal signs and the tropical signs are both geometrical
    conventions of 30° each, whereas the zodiacal constellations are pictorial representations of
    mythological figures projected onto the celestial sphere based on patterns of visible star
    groupings, none of which occupy precisely 30° of the ecliptic. So constellations and signs are not
    the same, although for historical reasons they might have the same names. [11]
    It is also worth noting that some astrologers do not use the signs of the zodiac at all, focusing
    more instead on the astrological aspects and other features of the horoscope.

     The sun sign is the sign of the zodiac in which the sun is located for the native. This
    is the single astrological fact familiar to most people. If an event occurs at sunrise the
    ascendant and sun sign will be the same; other rising signs can then be estimated at
    approximately two-hour intervals from there.
     A cusp is the boundary between two signs or houses. For some the cusp includes a
    small portion of the two signs or houses under consideration.

    You might also like