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Category: Why are there different Zodiacs?
Tropical Zodiac versus Sidereal Zodiac
Tropical Zodiac versus Sidereal Zodiac Both the sidereal zodiac and the tropical zodiac get there basis from the constellation zodiac. This is why they are both made up of the exact same zodiac signs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Both the sidereal zodiac and the tropical zodiac get there basis from the constellation zodiac. This is why they are both made… Read more
The Tropical Zodiac
The Tropical Zodiac The tropical zodiac is defined by it’s alignment with the earth’s four seasons. 0 degrees Aries of the tropical zodiac  begins precisely at the moment of the vernal equinox (the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere)  The tropical zodiac is defined by it’s alignment with the earth’s four seasons. 0 degrees Aries of the tropical… Read more
The Sidereal Zodiac
Sidereal Zodiac Around the fifth century BCE astrologer-astronomers in Mesopotamia standardized the twelve signs of the zodiac so they each measured exactly thirty degrees. Around the fifth Century BCE astrologer-astronomers in Mesopotamia standardized the twelve signs of the zodiac so they each measured exactly thirty degrees. They started to refer to this path of twelve standardized thirty degree signs as the ‘sidereal zodiac‘… Read more