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Astrology is fun narishkeit<\/em> but to misquote Saul Lieberman saying something pithy in 1947,[1<\/a>]<\/sup> the study of narishkeit<\/em> is scholarship! After all, observing the movement of the sun and our planetary neighbors through the constellations on the plane of the Earth’s ecliptic has a long and important pedigree in the history of scientific observation and mythopoesis.<\/p>\n

And so, in this spirit I want to share a helpful astrological reference explaining how the gloss of Zodiacal periods on the calendar is witness to the position of the Earth a couple thousand years ago and there’s been a certain degree of calendrical drift since then. <\/p>\n

Folk interested in what their Zodiac sign is nowadays (taking into account the 25,800-year cyclical wobble of the earth on its axis) should read on as to what Pedro Bragan\u00e7a wrote for Live Science<\/a> last September (back when I was certain I was a Virgo instead of a Leo!).<\/p>\n

The table below lists the dates when the sun is actually within the astronomical constellations of the Zodiac, according to modern constellation boundaries and corrected for the Precession of the equinoxes (these dates can vary a day from year to year). You will most likely find that once precession is taken into account, your Zodiac sign is different. And if you were born between Nov. 29 and Dec. 17, your sign is actually one you never saw in the newspaper: you are an Ophiuchus! The ecliptic passes through the constellation of Ophiuchus after Scorpius. Check out your “real” zodiac sign, based on the sun’s current path, and compare it to the date still used by astrologers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Zodiac Sign<\/th>\nPeriod (corrected)<\/th>\nPeriod (uncorrected)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Capricorn<\/td>\nJan. 20 to Feb. 16<\/td>\nDec. 23 to Jan. 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aquarius<\/td>\nFeb. 16 to March 11<\/td>\nJan. 22 to Feb. 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pisces<\/td>\nMarch 11 to April 18<\/td>\nFeb. 21 to March 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aries<\/td>\nApril 18 to May 13<\/td>\nMarch 20 to April 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taurus<\/td>\nMay 13 to June 21<\/td>\nApril 21 to May 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gemini<\/td>\nJune 21 to July 20<\/td>\nMay 22 to June 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cancer<\/td>\nJuly 20 to Aug. 10<\/td>\nJune 23 to July 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leo<\/td>\nAugust 10 to Sept. 16<\/td>\nJuly 23 to Aug. 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virgo<\/td>\nSept. 16 to Oct. 30<\/td>\nAug. 23 to Sept. 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Libra<\/td>\nOct. 30 to Nov. 23<\/td>\nSept. 23 to Oct. 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scorpio<\/td>\nNov. 23 to Nov. 29<\/td>\nOct. 23 to Nov. 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ophiuchus<\/td>\nNov. 29 to Dec. 17<\/td>\nhidden by the Sun\/not included in the Zodiac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sagittarius<\/td>\nDec. 17 to Jan. 20<\/td>\nNov. 23 to Dec. 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n

This post was first published on my Facebook page<\/a> on 12 June 2018.<\/p>\n

  1. Find Abe Socher, “The History of Nonsense” in AJS Perspectives<\/em> (Fall 2006).[↩<\/a>]<\/span><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A helpful astrological reference explaining how the gloss of Zodiacal periods on the calendar is witness to the position of the Earth a couple thousand years ago and there’s been a certain degree of calendrical drift since then. . . . → Continue reading: The Current Zodiac as Corrected for the Axial Precession of the Equinoxes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[330,331,332],"class_list":["post-3418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mythology","tag-narishkeit","tag-discerning-patterns","tag-astrologia","odd"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Current Zodiac as Corrected for the Axial Precession of the Equinoxes • Aharon's Omphalos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/2018\/07\/the-current-zodiac-as-corrected-for-the-axial-precession-of-the-equinoxes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Current Zodiac as Corrected for the Axial Precession of the Equinoxes • Aharon's Omphalos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A helpful astrological reference explaining how the gloss of Zodiacal periods on the calendar is witness to the position of the Earth a couple thousand years ago and there's been a certain degree of calendrical drift since then. . . . → Continue reading: The Current Zodiac as Corrected for the Axial Precession of the Equinoxes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/2018\/07\/the-current-zodiac-as-corrected-for-the-axial-precession-of-the-equinoxes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aharon's Omphalos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/aharonium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/aharonium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-12T20:12:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-12T20:50:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/if-only-hulk-could-reach-the-stars.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Aharon N. 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Unity between us, symbolized by the joining together of the Four Species (Vayikra Rabbah\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mythology"","block_context":{"text":"Mythology","link":"https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/category\/yiddishkeit\/mythology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Erich-Ferdinand-Gemini-CC-BY-2.0.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Erich-Ferdinand-Gemini-CC-BY-2.0.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Erich-Ferdinand-Gemini-CC-BY-2.0.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Erich-Ferdinand-Gemini-CC-BY-2.0.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1397,"url":"https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/2013\/01\/on-the-sia%e1%b8%a5-of-the-orthography-of-tu-bishvat-romanizations-and-jewish-environmental-education","url_meta":{"origin":3418,"position":2},"title":"“Tu biShvat” vs. “Tu b’Shvat”: Orthography and Presumptions of Authority in Jewish Environmental Education","author":"Aharon N. 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Varady","date":"August 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A very short meditation on negative theology and emergence.","rel":"","context":"In "Prayer and Praxis"","block_context":{"text":"Prayer and Praxis","link":"https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/category\/yiddishkeit\/prayer-and-praxis"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/E9wNtRbX0AExkHT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/E9wNtRbX0AExkHT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/E9wNtRbX0AExkHT.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/E9wNtRbX0AExkHT.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2725,"url":"https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/2017\/04\/on-the-meaning-of-mimouna","url_meta":{"origin":3418,"position":4},"title":"On the Meaning of Mimouna","author":"Aharon N. 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Varady","date":"July 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"While working on some curriculum for the Teva Learning Alliance this summer, I was introduced to the Tseno Ureno, an amazing medieval commentary on the Torah by Rabbi Yaakov ben Yits\u1e25ak Ashkenazi (1550-1625). Here's Rabbi Yaakov Ashkenazi on Deuteronomy 20:19 -- \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05a4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05bd\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd\u0599 \u05e2\u05b5\u05a3\u05e5 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05b8\u05bc\u05c2\u05d3\u05b6\u0594\u05d4. 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