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Also see https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/upshot/zodiac-signs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mE8.cE8j.TU1izt_PnyPs Ammo or evidence that everything is relative and made up. questions followup Astrology as we know it, being the idea that we can see our fates in the stars.. is a bit suspicious if only because modern signs and horoscopes are talking about constellations that were in that particular bit of sky 2500 years ago. The earth wobbles, the constellations have varying sizes, and there was a 13th sign/constellation that was dropped (perhaps for the sake of matching up with 12 months).. and so the constellations are not in the same spots anymore.

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the Zodiac that everyone is familiar with today is actually based upon the movement of the sun through the constellations of 2500 years ago. Today, due to shifts in the earth’s rotation and orbit, the sun moves through 13 constellations, not just 12

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