The Signs and Constellations of the Zodiac

摘要

Today, I looked at my horoscope in the local newspaper, and I found that, because I was born in late May, and the Sun is supposed to be in Gemini in late May, apparently I am a Gemini. I didn't get as far as actually reading my horoscope. I found myself more interested in the dates that were given for the 12 zodiacal signs, and I wondered if the Sun really is in these constellations on the dates given. It was while puzzling this out that I realized that the Signs of the Zodiac as known to the astrologers are really not quite the same thing at all as the zodiacal constellations that we, as astronomers, know.