There are many good reasons not to put your faith in astrology or to believe your personality is determined by the night sky. This one may be the strongest.
Astrology largely exploits people's tendencies to buy into generic descriptions of themselves.
Due to the earth's natural wobble, the night sky actually has shifted so that the standard constellations are all about a month off.I make no apologies for being an advocate of open inquiry. But I also make no apologies for being an advocate of science. After all, science has brought us such advances as modern medicine, an understanding of the inter-connectedness of life on this planet, the ability to create extraordinary architectural masterpieces, the moon landing, and way more.
Last summer, during a stargazing event that I was fortunate to attend, Professor Pandya pointed out something remarkable. This was the fact that the zodiac signs that drive the beliefs of many who adhere to astrology are actually based on what the sky looked like in about 600 B.C. and, in fact, because of a natural wobbling of the earth over time, the constellations demarcated back then—that correspond to Capricorn, Aries, Pieces, etc.—are all, in fact, incorrect.
"Many people still use these traditional dates to look up their “astrologic sign.” However, the actual dates that the Sun currently passes through a given zodiac constellation has shifted by about one month since the traditional dates were determined due to the Earth’s precession, or wobble. As the Earth rotates, it also imperceptibly wobbles, like a spinning top right before it falls over.
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