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Welcome to the astrology section. You can click on your sign to the right to obtain you days horoscope and to read about the characteristics of your sign. You will also see a list of famous people who share our sign.

About Astrology

In astrology, a horoscope is a chart or diagram representing the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, the astrological aspects, and sensitive angles at the time of an event, such as the moment of a person's birth. The word horoscope is derived from Greek words meaning "a look at the hours" (horoskopos, pl. horoskopoi, or "marker(s) of the hour.") Other commonly used names for the horoscope in English include astrological chart, astro-chart, celestial map, sky-map, star-chart, cosmogram, vitasphere, radical chart, radix, chart wheel, or simply chart. It is used as a method of divination regarding events relating to the point in time it represents and forms the basis of the horoscopic traditions of astrology.

In common usage, horoscope often refers to an astrologer's interpretation, usually through a system of Sun sign astrology. In particular, many newspapers and magazines carry predictive columns based on celestial influences in relation to the zodiacal placement of the Sun on the day of a person's birth, identifying the individual's Sun sign or "star sign." This system is distinct from horoscopes as traditionally employed, as only the zodiacal placement of the Sun is considered in interpretation. These are the type of horoscope we present here.

The horoscope serves as a stylized map of the heavens over a specific location at a particular moment in time. In most applications the perspective is geocentric (heliocentric astrology being one exception). The positions of the actual planets (including Sun and Moon) are placed in the chart, along with those of purely calculated factors such as the lunar nodes, the house cusps including the midheaven and the ascendant, zodiac signs, fixed stars and the lots. Angular relationships between the planets themselves and other points, called aspects, are typically determined. Which elements are used or emphasized over others varies by tradition. Obtaining a detailed horoscope of this variety requires working with an astrologer and knowing ones' exact time, date and place of birth. And, probably, the transfer of money.

Signs of the Zodiac

Below are all the signs of the zodiac in the order they occur during the year with the dates to which each applies and some of their major characteristics. You can click on each sign to see today's horoscope for that sign.

  1. Aries (March 21 - April 19): Assertive, impulsive, sometimes selfish.
  2. Taurus (April 20 - May 20): Resourceful thorough, sometimes indulgent.
  3. Gemini (May 21 - June 20): Logical, inquisitive, sometimes superficial.
  4. Cancer (June 21 - July 22): Tenacious, sensitive, sometimes clinging.
  5. Leo (July 23 - August 22): Generous, proud, sometimes arrogant.
  6. Virgo (August 23 - September 22): Practical, efficient, sometimes over-critical.
  7. Libra (September 23 - October 22): Co-operative, fair, sometimes lazy.
  8. Scorpio (October 23 - November 21): Passionate, sensitive, sometimes obsessive.
  9. Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21): intelligent, straightforward, sometimes careless.
  10. Capricorn (December 22 - January 19): Prudent, ambitious, sometimes suspicious.
  11. Aquarius (January 20 - February 18): Humanitarian, unconventional, sometimes detached.
  12. Pisces (February 19 - March 20): Imaginative, sensitive, sometimes impractical.