BRIEF HISTORY OF ASTROLOGY

Chaldean Skywatcher

Astrology

Glossaries

By Theme

Must Know terms

General terms

Horoscope terms

Psychological terms

Sun Sign
Study
Elements

Aries
First sign
March 22 - April 20
Symbol: Ram

Taurus
Second sign
April 21 - May 21
Symbol: Bull

Gemini
Third sign
May 22 - June 22
Symbol: Twins

Cancer
Fourth sign
June 23 - July 22
Symbol: Crab

Leo
Fifth sign
July 23 - August 23
Symbol: Lion

Virgo
Sixth sign
August 24 - Sept 23
Symbol: Maiden

Libra
Seventh sign
Sept 24 - Oct 23
Symbol: Scales

Scorpio
Eighth sign
Oct 24 - Nov 22
Symbol: Scorpion

Sagittarius
Ninth sign
Nov 23 - Dec 22
Symbol: Archer

Capricorn
Tenth sign
Dec 23 - Jan 19
Symbol: Sea goat

Aquarius
Eleventh sign
Jan 20 - Feb 19
Symbol:
Water bearer

Pisces
Twelfth sign
Feb 20 - March 21
Symbol: Fish pair

Mars
Masculine
principle in a horoscope, ruling the signs Aries & Scorpio.

"Astrology interested us, for it tied man to the system. Instead of an isolated beggar, the farthest star felt him, and he felt the star. However rash and however falsified by pretenders and traders in it, the hint was true and divine, the soul’s avowal of its large relations, and, that climate, century, remote natures, as well as near, are part of its biography."

— R. W. Emerson, Regarding Naturalists in his essay on Beauty.