This movement is mirrored on September 21/22nd and December 21/22nd as the sun moves into Libra and Capricorn respectively.Īries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn are the cardinal signs of astrology as they represent a time when change is occurring from one season to the next. Three moon cycles (months) later on June 21/22nd, the sun enters Cancer on the summer solstice. ![]() This is the beginning of the astrological new year, and the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere. ![]() On March 21/22nd, depending on the year, the sun enters the zodiac sign of Aries. The moon and the planets also move along the zodiac, which is located on (or perhaps ‘behind’) the imaginal band called the ecliptic. It is a system for tracking the movements of the sun and understanding the seasons - which would have been critical for early agricultural civilisations. That doesn’t mean it’s not real (invisible is not the opposite of real). The key to understanding the Zodiac is: it’s invisible. Nobody knows where these symbols came from and they’re not attributed to any particular culture in history, though we know for sure they were being used in Mesopotamia, Egypt and Ancient Greece. The 12 Zodiac signs are each inhabiting 30° of the sky, making a 360° wheel of archetypal, mythopoetic symbols.
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