The 5 Keys to Your Star Sign

STARSIGN CONSTELLATION	LATIN NAME	GLYPH	SOLAR INGRESS	Explanation Table 1 Zodiacal Signs are called "star signs" because they take after a constellation—a picture made by joining many stars, actually. It is relevant to know that ancient observers had identified 50 (classic) constellations—e.g., Swan, Great Bear, Southern Cross, Hercules, etc—but only made 12 into popular star signs, because the Sun's yearly path goes through these ones, and not through the others. In Western Astrology, 6 star signs picture a regular animal—excluding the goat of Capricorn, because it has a mermaid's tail, and the horse of Sagittarius, which is a Centaur and has a man's torso. Only 2 are regular humans, the water-bearer and the twins—excluding the woman of Virgo, on account of a pair of angel wings sticking from her back... Libra is the only sign picturing an object, the scales, and nothing else. Straight people or mythical creatures, each has a story to tell. Legends vary in different parts of town, however, and thanks to cultural interpretation—not to mention what happens when national esteems get hold of a symbol... But there is no mistaking a common denominator when you see one. Perhaps because symbols have a universal thread run through them. Ideals are no one's pet. Column 3 shows the (Western) conventional graphics for each star sign picture. This GLYPH makes it easy to identify and remember some obvious trait, as the case may be. SOLAR INGRESS (last column) is the date the Sun ENTERS a new zodiacal sign—between the 19th and the 23rd each month. Whoever (and whatever) comes to life from that time and until next ingress is said to be born under that star sign—for which reason the latter is also called SUNSIGN ( or Sun Sign.) In ALL cases, if you were born within 24 hours of INGRESS, you are "on the Cusp." The blending of two star signs tends to make analysis more complex, but life is never dull. Also in ALL cases, if you were born [up to] 36 hours PRIOR to Ingress, you are "Anaretic". Just the word scares most people away... Traditionally, it's best to not make too many plans nor set out on a venture when the Sun is Anaretic, one day each month.
	ARIES		21 MARCH
	TAURUS		20 APRIL
	GEMINI		21 MAY
	CANCER		21 JUNE
	LEO		23 JULY
	VIRGO		23 AUGUST
	LIBRA		23 SEPTEMBER
	SCORPIO		23 OCTOBER
	SAGITTARIUS		22 NOVEMBER
	CAPRICORN		22 DECEMBER
	AQUARIUS		20 JANUARY
	PISCES		19 FEBRUARY