Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

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Zodiac sign

Also called sign

One of twelve equal 30° divisions of the zodiac, named after the constellations they once lined up with.

Each sign carries an element, a modality, a polarity and a ruling planet, and astrologers read a planet's sign as describing how that planet's themes are expressed.

Kind: Calculation, Tradition
Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
In this site’s birth chart: used

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