The Green Man draws your attention to the venerable scientific journal The Australian Women's Weekly. Issued monthly, you may be tempted to wonder why it is not called "The Australian Women's Monthly". Who can say, persumably the publishers did not feel that name conveyed the feeling they were looking for, but that is another story. Known for its incisive commentary and thorough analysis of contemporary issues it is little wonder that your daily horoscope is nestled amongst thought provoking articles covering the full spectrum of critical thought, such as "Marry a farmer", "How Michelle Pfeiffer went from tomboy to luminous beauty" and "Six steps to help you choose the right foundation for your skin tone".

Given that the horoscope contains important information on romantic issues such as the selection of the appropriate husband, fiscal viability vis-a-vis selecting the correct tattslotto numbers and basically your whole approach to the month ahead you would naturally assume that Anthea Starwoman who authors this authoratative column would be abreast of current issues in the zodiac. It is with great surprise and regret that The Green Man must inform his readership that the information that she is baseing her forecasts on is millenia out of date.

Not only have the zodiac signs moved but a 13th star sign has been found, Ophiuchus or The Serpent Bearer. Your zodiac sign is determined by the constellation that the sun is in, viewed from earth, at the time of your birth, a "Gemini" is a person who was born when the sun was in front of the stars of the constellation Gemini the twins for example. The trouble is that the earth is wobbling on its axis, each wobble taking 25,800 years. The result of this is that the sun is now in capricorn when, 2,600 years ago, when the zodiac was defined, it was in aquarius.

To complicate the issue even further, not all constellations are the same width. When the zodiac was first drawn up each constellation was assigned 30 degrees or 1/12th of the year. We know however that Cancer, for example, is a small constellation, and Pisces is huge.

The upshot of all this, taking into account the current state of the earths wobble, the existence of the 13th sign, and the varying sizes of the constellations, the current dates for the signs of the zodiac have changed significantly.

Click here to see the current dates for the zodiac signs.

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