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Monday, June 11, 2007

It's the right time

There's a time and a place for everything.
In astrology, time and place of birth is so very important- whether it's birth of a child or start of something else like a new business.
Why am I so bothered?
I have a twin brother and was forever sceptical with the newpaper stars. Basically you could pick any sun sign you wanted.
So on my venture to learn astrology (I started when I was about 12 - but will never finish) I discovered that 20 minutes makes a difference.
Err..I also had to accept the similarities too. See for yourself, we are 9 months old in this pix....
Your task - guess which one is which!

Note on Twins and multiple births: Imagine 2 (or more) trees growing up together.
They form the shape of one single tree. In other words more different from eachother.
If separated early enough, they grow more alike and whole.


A brief history of time...10,000 years ago the constellations matched the sun signs. They don't any more but's that a thing called the precession of the equinoxes - google it for more.
Today, Aries starts at the spring equinox. Fairly easy to measure. From one spring to another the 12 month period is equally divided by 12 to make space for the 12 sun signs. This is why dates in newpapers etc will vary. Much depends on exactly when the Sun went into Aries and if there's a leap year, daylight saving etc etc. I'd guess that it is highly unlikely that the sun moves into any sign exactly at the midnight hour.

Place is important too. When you were born what was the sign of the zodiac rising above the eastern horizon...did you look?
That's your rising sign. Most predicitve astrology is based on this as it is your most important astrological feature.