Astrology is the ancient study of how the movement of the Sun, Moon, and planets connects with human life.

For thousands of years, astrology and astronomy were one science—observing the sky, decoding patterns, and understanding our place in the universe

Back in school, you were taught the Sun was at the center of the solar system.

HELIOCENTRIC MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE

(SUN IN CENTER)

But until the 1500s, humans thought of Earth as the center of the solar system.

GEOCENTRIC MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE

(EARTH IN THE CENTER)

Both models accurately describe the motion of the Sun and the planets, so both are correct representations.

Heliocentric

What we would see if we were standing directly on the Sun

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Geocentric

What we see when we look at the sky from our point of view on Earth

Astrology views the sky from the perspective of Earth.

The zodiac is a ring of constellations at the same latitude as our solar system.

There are dozens of other constellations, but these are the ones that the planets appear to move through.

From the perspective of Earth, each planet appears to be in front of one of these constellations at all times.

Over days (or months, depending on the planet), each planet moves across the sky, appearing in front of first one zodiac sign, and then another. From our perspective on Earth, it completes one full circle once it has moved through all twelve zodiac signs, and starts back at the beginning.