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. It is also seen as an art, or a kind of divination.

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

|rowspan=4 colspan=2|Sign|rowspan=4|Dates|colspan=6|Planet|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:#c8fdd6;"|Mar 21 - Apr 4|Juno (360÷2<sup>6</sup>)|rowspan=16|Pluto (360÷2<sup>0</sup>)|Venus Ven|rowspan=4|Pluto Plu|rowspan=2|Sun ☉|rowspan=2|Saturn ♄|
|style="background:#cfffcf;"|Apr 5 - Apr 20|Mars (360÷2<sup>7</sup>)|Bacchus Bac|||||||||
|style="background:#d6fdc8;"|Apr 21 - May 5|Bacchus (360÷2<sup>8</sup>)|Mars Mar|rowspan=2|Moon ☽|rowspan=2|Saturn ♄|||||
|style="background:#dffac3;"|May 6 - May 21|Venus (360÷2<sup>9</sup>)|Juno Jun|||||||||
|style="background:#e7f5c0;"|May 22 - Jun 5|rowspan=2|Mercury (360÷2<sup>10</sup>)|rowspan=2|Jupiter Jup|rowspan=2|Neptune Nep|rowspan=2|Venus ♀|rowspan=2|Jupiter ♃|
|style="background:#eeefbf;"|Jun 6 - Jun 21|||||||||||
|style="background:#f5e7c0;"|Jun 22 - Jul 7|Vulcan (360÷2<sup>11</sup>)|Saturn Sat|rowspan=2|Uranus Ura|rowspan=2|Jupiter ♃|rowspan=2|Mars ♂|||
|style="background:#fadfc3;"|Jul 8 - Jul 22|Moon (360÷2<sup>∞</sup>)|Chiron Chi|||||||||
|style="background:#fdd6c8;"|Jul 23 - Aug 7|Sun (360÷2<sup>∞</sup>)|rowspan=2|Uranus Ura|Chiron Chi|rowspan=2|Mars ♂|rowspan=2|Mercury ☿|||
|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|Aug 8 - Aug 23|Vulcan (360÷2<sup>11</sup>)|Saturn Sat|||||||||
|style="background:#fdc8d6;"|Aug 24 - Sep 7|rowspan=2|Mercury (360÷2<sup>10</sup>)|rowspan=2|Neptune Nep|rowspan=2|Jupiter Jup|rowspan=2|Mercury ☿|rowspan=2|Venus ♀|
|style="background:#fac3df;"|Sep 8 - Sep 23|||||||||||
|style="background:#f5c0e7;"|Sep 24 - Oct 8|Venus (360÷2<sup>9</sup>)|Juno Jun|rowspan=12|Pluto Plu|rowspan=2|Saturn ♄|rowspan=2|Sun ☉|||
|style="background:#efbfee;"|Oct 9 - Oct 23|Bacchus (360÷2<sup>8</sup>)|Mars Mar|||||||||
|style="background:#e7c0f5;"|Oct 24 - Nov 7|Mars (360÷2<sup>7</sup>)|Bacchus Bac|rowspan=2|Saturn ♄|rowspan=2|Moon ☾|||||
|style="background:#dfc3fa;"|Nov 8 - Nov 22|Juno (360÷2<sup>6</sup>)|Venus Ven|||||||||
|style="background:#d6c8fd;"|Nov 23 - Dec 7|rowspan=2|Jupiter (360÷2<sup>5</sup>)|rowspan=2|Neptune (360÷2<sup>1</sup>)|rowspan=2|Mercury Mer|rowspan=2|Jupiter ♃|rowspan=2|Venus ♀|
|style="background:#ceceff;"|Dec 8 - Dec 21|||||||||||
|style="background:#c8d6fd;"|Dec 22 - Jan 5|Saturn (360÷2<sup>4</sup>)|rowspan=2|Uranus (360÷2<sup>2</sup>)|Vulcan Vul|rowspan=2|Mars ♂|rowspan=2|Jupiter ♃|||
|style="background:#c3defa;"|Jan 6 - Jan 20|Chiron (360÷2<sup>3</sup>)|Moon Moo|||||||||
|style="background:#c0e7f5;"|Jan 21 - Feb 4|rowspan=2|Uranus (360÷2<sup>2</sup>)|Chiron (360÷2<sup>3</sup>)|Sun Sun|rowspan=2|Mercury ☿|rowspan=2|Mars ♂|||
|style="background:#bfeeef;"|Feb 5 - Feb 18|Saturn (360÷2<sup>4</sup>)|Vulcan Vul|||||||||
|style="background:#c0f5e7;"|Feb 19 - Mar 5|rowspan=2|Neptune (360÷2<sup>1</sup>)|rowspan=2|Jupiter (360÷2<sup>5</sup>)|rowspan=2|Mercury Mer|rowspan=2|Venus ♀|rowspan=2|Mercury ☿|
|style="background:#c3fadf;"|Mar 6 - Mar 20|||||||||||

## Further reading

- Talk to an astrologer and explore if astrology is a science or faith.

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

- Astrology & Science: The Scientific Exploration of Astrology.
- – which also discusses ascension and declination errors in different systems of astrology