Horoscopes, are they true?
by: Daniel Mush
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Like other methods of prediction, horoscopes are not recognized by modern science, and their critics often note that many horoscopes uses cognitive bias and deliberately vague wording would create the illusion of effectiveness. Despite this, horoscopes are very popular.
Most encountered today horoscope is general in nature and relate to large population groups in order of date of birth (usually in conjunction with the sign of the Zodiac, aquarius horoscope, virgo horoscope and other). They are the only form of entertainment, often even created by people who do not know on astrology, for example, novice journalists assigned to this task in an editorial.
Modern astrologers deal with, as centuries ago, primarily plotting and interpretation of individual horoscopes for individuals. It contains entries of all the planets and many additional items such as houses (due to time and place of birth). Are sometimes also added newly discovered planets and asteroids, whose meaning astrologers try to gradually establish by induction, thus drawing on, available on the Internet large databases.
The Zodiacs
In astrology, these are the names of 12 regular sectors of the ecliptic, which arbitrarily assigned different meanings when used in posing a horoscope.
Ecliptic was divided in ancient Babylon about 500 BC into 12 equal parts at 30 °. The names of 12 characters (not 13 constellations) zodiac divided into four seasons:
* Aries, Taurus, Gemini - the spring signs.
* Cancer, Leo, Virgo – signs of summer.
* Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius – signs of autumn.
* Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces - the signs of winter.
At a time when the ecliptic is divided on the zodiac signs, point of Aries, which begins a sign Aries was the constellation of Aries. As a result of precession of the axis of the Earth's point of Aries during those 2500 years has shifted about 30 °, ie at the beginning of the constellation Pisces.
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