10 September 2025

Zodiac signs change over time


I trust most readers here regard horoscopes derived from zodiac signs as curiosities from the history of science.  For those interested in the subject, there is an article in the New York Times detailing how the precessional "wobble" of the earth's axis results in changes in the zodiac constellations associated with calendar dates. 

My embedded image is a composite created by combining several of the excellent illustrations at the link.

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