Random Zodiac Generator

This page describes a tradition; it does not endorse it. Astrology has been tested repeatedly and does not predict personality or events. That does not make the system uninteresting — it is a two-thousand-year-old scheme that shaped calendars, language and art — but a page that presents it as fact would be misleading, so this one presents it as what it is.

The signs no longer line up with the constellations. The dates were fixed around two thousand years ago, and the Earth's axis has wobbled since. The sun now enters each constellation roughly a month later than the sign that carries its name, so most people born under one sign had the sun in the constellation before it. Astrologers know this; the western system is tied to the seasons, not to the stars.

Ophiuchus is a real constellation but not a thirteenth sign. The sun does pass through it, between Scorpius and Sagittarius. It is left out of the zodiac because the scheme divides the year into twelve equal parts and always has, not because anyone is hiding it. The story resurfaces every few years as news; it is not new and nothing changes.

Two rulers are given for three signs, and both are traditional. Before telescopes, the seven visible bodies ruled the twelve signs. When Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were discovered they were assigned to Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces. Both schemes are in use, so both are named rather than picking one silently.