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astrology">Babylonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_astrology" title="Chinese astrology">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_astrology" title="Hellenistic astrology">Hellenistic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_astrology" title="Hindu astrology">Hindu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrology_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world" title="Astrology in the medieval Islamic world">Islamic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_astrology" title="Jewish astrology">Jewish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_astrology" title="Tibetan astrology">Tibetan</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Western</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Branches</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Natal_astrology" title="Natal astrology">Natal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electional_astrology" title="Electional astrology">Electional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horary_astrology" title="Horary astrology">Horary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_astrology" title="Medical astrology">Medical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Financial_astrology" title="Financial astrology">Financial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Locational_astrology" title="Locational astrology">Locational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_astrology" title="Psychological astrology">Psychological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrometeorology" title="Astrometeorology">Meteorological</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Astrological_sign" title="Astrological sign">Astrological signs</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aries_(astrology)" title="Aries (astrology)">Aries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taurus_(astrology)" title="Taurus (astrology)">Taurus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemini_(astrology)" title="Gemini (astrology)">Gemini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cancer_(astrology)" title="Cancer (astrology)">Cancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_(astrology)" title="Leo (astrology)">Leo</a></li> <li><a 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Astrology in western <a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">popular culture</a> is often reduced to <a href="/wiki/Sun_sign_astrology" title="Sun sign astrology">sun sign astrology</a>, which considers only the individual's date of birth (i.e. the "position of the Sun" at that date). </p><p>Astrology is a <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">pseudoscience</a> and has consistently failed experimental and theoretical verification.<sup id="cite_ref-SvenOve_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SvenOve-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ASotP_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASotP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Vishveshwara_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vishveshwara-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Astrology was widely considered a respectable academic and scientific field before <a href="/wiki/The_Enlightenment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Enlightenment">the Enlightenment</a>, but modern research has found no consistent <a href="/wiki/Empirical" class="mw-redirect" title="Empirical">empirical</a> basis to it.<sup id="cite_ref-Kassell_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kassell-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Vishveshwara_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vishveshwara-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Core_principles">Core principles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Core principles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:Hermeticism" title="Category:Hermeticism">a series</a> on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle"><a href="/wiki/Hermeticism" title="Hermeticism">Hermeticism</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:HermesTrismegistusCauc.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hermes Trismegistus"><img alt="Hermes Trismegistus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/HermesTrismegistusCauc.jpg/110px-HermesTrismegistusCauc.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="149" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Definitions_of_Hermes_Trismegistus_to_Asclepius" title="Definitions of Hermes Trismegistus to Asclepius"><i>Definitions of Hermes Trismegistus</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Hermeticum" title="Corpus Hermeticum">Corpus Hermeticum</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Poimandres" title="Poimandres">Poimandres</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asclepius_(treatise)" title="Asclepius (treatise)"><i>Asclepius</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Discourse_on_the_Eighth_and_Ninth" title="The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth"><i>Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prayer_of_Thanksgiving" title="Prayer of Thanksgiving">Prayer of Thanksgiving</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kore_kosmou" class="mw-redirect" title="Kore kosmou"><i>Korē kosmou</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cyranides" title="Cyranides">Cyranides</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liber_de_stellis_beibeniis" class="mw-redirect" title="Liber de stellis beibeniis"><i>The Book of the Secrets of the Stars</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirr_al-khaliqa" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirr al-khaliqa"><i>The Secret of Creation</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Emerald_Tablet" title="Emerald Tablet">Emerald Tablet</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitab_al-Istamakhis" class="mw-redirect" title="Kitab al-Istamakhis"><i>Kitāb al-Isṭamākhīs</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Liber_Hermetis_de_alchemia" class="mw-redirect" title="Liber Hermetis de alchemia">Liber Hermetis de alchemia</a></i></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Historical figures</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ancient and medieval</span></span></span></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zosimos_of_Panopolis" title="Zosimos of Panopolis">Zosimos of Panopolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabir_ibn_Hayyan" title="Jabir ibn Hayyan">Jābir ibn Ḥayyān</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(may be legendary)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ma%27shar_al-Balkhi" title="Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi">Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibn_Umayl" title="Ibn Umayl">Ibn Umayl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picatrix" title="Picatrix">Maslama al-Qurṭubī</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_al-Buni" title="Ahmad al-Buni">Aḥmad al-Būnī</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Early modern</span></span></span></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marsilio_Ficino" title="Marsilio Ficino">Marsilio Ficino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodovico_Lazzarelli" title="Lodovico Lazzarelli">Lodovico Lazzarelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Mercurio_da_Correggio" title="Giovanni Mercurio da Correggio">Giovanni da Correggio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Pico_della_Mirandola" title="Giovanni Pico della Mirandola">Pico della Mirandola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Cornelius_Agrippa" title="Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa">Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paracelsus" title="Paracelsus">Paracelsus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dee" title="John Dee">John Dee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giordano_Bruno" title="Giordano Bruno">Giordano Bruno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jakob_B%C3%B6hme" title="Jakob Böhme">Jakob Böhme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fludd" title="Robert Fludd">Robert Fludd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Rosenkreuz" title="Christian Rosenkreuz">Christian Rosenkreuz</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(legendary, see <a href="/wiki/Rosicrucianism" title="Rosicrucianism">Rosicrucianism</a>)</span></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Modern offshoots</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/As_above,_so_below" title="As above, so below">As above, so below</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_Philosophica_Hermetica" title="Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica">Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn" title="Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn">Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah" title="Hermetic Qabalah">Hermetic Qabalah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosicrucianism" title="Rosicrucianism">Rosicrucianism</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kybalion" title="The Kybalion">The Kybalion</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermetism_and_other_religions" title="Hermetism and other religions">Hermetism and other religions</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Hermeticism" title="Template:Hermeticism"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Hermeticism" title="Template talk:Hermeticism"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Hermeticism" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Hermeticism"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A central principle of astrology is integration within the cosmos. The individual, Earth, and its environment are viewed <a href="/wiki/Organicism" title="Organicism">as a single organism</a>, all parts of which are correlated with each other.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cycles of change that are observed in the heavens are therefore reflective (not causative) of similar cycles of change observed on earth and within the individual.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This relationship is expressed in the <a href="/wiki/Hermeticism" title="Hermeticism">Hermetic</a> maxim "as above, so below; as below, so above", which postulates symmetry between the individual as a <a href="/wiki/Macrocosm_and_microcosm" class="mw-redirect" title="Macrocosm and microcosm">microcosm</a> and the celestial environment as a macrocosm.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As opposed to Sidereal astrology, Western astrology evaluates a person's birth based on the alignments of the stars and planets from the perspective on earth instead of in space. </p><p>At the heart of astrology is the <a href="/wiki/Metaphysics" title="Metaphysics">metaphysical</a> principle that mathematical relationships express qualities or 'tones' of energy which manifest in numbers, visual angles, shapes and sounds – all connected within a pattern of proportion. An early example is Ptolemy, who wrote influential texts on all these topics.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Al-Kindi" title="Al-Kindi">Al-Kindi</a>, in the 9th century, developed Ptolemy's ideas in <i>De Aspectibus</i> which explores many points of relevance to astrology and the use of planetary aspects.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_zodiac">The zodiac</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The zodiac"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Zodiac" title="Zodiac">Zodiac</a></div> <p>The zodiac is the belt or band of constellations through which the Sun, Moon, and planets move on their journey across the sky. Astrologers noted these constellations and so attached a particular significance to them. Over time they developed the system of twelve <a href="/wiki/Astrological_sign" title="Astrological sign">signs</a> of the zodiac, based on twelve of the constellations through which the sun passes throughout the year, those constellations that are "Enlightened by the mind". Most western astrologers use the <a href="/wiki/Tropical_zodiac" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical zodiac">tropical zodiac</a> beginning with the sign of <a href="/wiki/Aries_(astrology)" title="Aries (astrology)">Aries</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a> <a href="/wiki/Vernal_equinox_(northern_hemisphere)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vernal equinox (northern hemisphere)">vernal equinox</a> always on or around March 21 of each year. The Western Zodiac is drawn based on the Earth's relationship to fixed, designated positions in the sky, and the Earth's seasons. The Sidereal Zodiac is drawn based on the Earth's position in relation to the constellations, and follows their movements in the sky. </p><p>Due to a phenomenon called <a href="/wiki/Precession_of_the_equinoxes" class="mw-redirect" title="Precession of the equinoxes">precession of the equinoxes</a> (where the Earth's axis slowly rotates like a spinning top in a 25,700-year cycle), there is a slow shift in the correspondence between Earth's seasons (and calendar) and the constellations of the zodiac. Thus, the tropical zodiac corresponds with the position of the earth in relation to fixed positions in the sky (Western Astrology), while the sidereal zodiac is drawn based on the position in relation to the constellations (sidereal zodiac).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_twelve_signs">The twelve signs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The twelve signs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Astrological_sign#Western_zodiac_signs" title="Astrological sign">Astrological sign § Western zodiac signs</a></div> <p>In modern Western astrology the <a href="/wiki/Sign" title="Sign">signs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Zodiac" title="Zodiac">zodiac</a> are believed to represent twelve basic personality types or characteristic modes of expression. The twelve signs are divided into four elements <a href="/wiki/Fire_(classical_element)" title="Fire (classical element)">fire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earth_(classical_element)" title="Earth (classical element)">earth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_(classical_element)" title="Air (classical element)">air</a> and <a href="/wiki/Water_(classical_element)" title="Water (classical element)">water</a>. Fire and air signs are considered masculine, while water and earth signs are considered feminine.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The twelve signs are also divided into three qualities, also called modalities, <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_sign_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal sign (astrology)">Cardinal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fixed_sign" class="mw-redirect" title="Fixed sign">fixed</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mutable_sign" class="mw-redirect" title="Mutable sign">mutable</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1232966811">.mw-parser-output .hover-highlight tr:hover,.mw-parser-output .mw-datatable tr:hover{background-color:var(--background-color-progressive-subtle,#eaf3ff);color:var(--color-base,#333)}.mw-parser-output .mw-datatable{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);color:var(--color-base,#333)}</style> <table class="mw-datatable sortable mw" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Western Astrology Table </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Latin Name </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Gloss_(annotation)" title="Gloss (annotation)">Gloss</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">Symbol</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Universal_Character_Set_characters" title="Universal Character Set characters">Unicode Character</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Tropical_year" title="Tropical year">Approximate Sun Sign Dates</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">Ecliptic Longitude<br />(<i>a</i> ≤ <span class="texhtml"><i>λ</i></span> < <i>b</i>)</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/House_(astrology)" title="House (astrology)">House</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Polarity_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Polarity (astrology)">Polarity</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Modality_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Modality (astrology)">Modality</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Triplicity" title="Triplicity">Triplicity</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Domicile_(astrology)" title="Domicile (astrology)">Modern Ruler</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Domicile_(astrology)" title="Domicile (astrology)">Classic Ruler</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">Greek name</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_zodiac" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu zodiac">Sanskrit name</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Babylonian_zodiac" class="mw-redirect" title="Babylonian zodiac">Sumero-Babylonian name</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Aries_(astrology)" title="Aries (astrology)">Aries</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">Ram</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aries_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Aries_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Aries_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Aries_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Aries_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Aries_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Aries_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td>♈︎ </td> <td>March 21 – April 20 </td> <td>0° to 30° </td> <td>1 </td> <td>Positive </td> <td>Cardinal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fire_(classical_element)" title="Fire (classical element)">Fire</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a> </td> <td><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Κριός</span></span> (<i>Krios</i>) </td> <td><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Meṣa</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">मेष</span></span>) </td> <td><span title="Sumerian-language text"><i lang="sux-Latn"><sup>MUL</sup> LU.ḪUN.GA</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Agrarian Worker", <a href="/wiki/Dumuzid_the_Shepherd" class="mw-redirect" title="Dumuzid the Shepherd">Dumuzi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Taurus_(astrology)" title="Taurus (astrology)">Taurus</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Bull" title="Bull">Bull</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taurus_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Taurus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Taurus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Taurus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Taurus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Taurus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Taurus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td>♉︎ </td> <td>April 21 – May 20 </td> <td>30° to 60° </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Negative </td> <td>Fixed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earth_(classical_element)" title="Earth (classical element)">Earth</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Venus" title="Venus">Venus</a> </td> <td><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Ταῦρος</span></span> (<i>Tauros</i>) </td> <td><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Vṛṣabha</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">वृषभ</span></span>) </td> <td><span title="Sumerian-language text"><i lang="sux-Latn"><sup>MUL</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA</i></span> "Divine <a href="/wiki/Bull" title="Bull">Bull</a> of Heaven" </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Gemini_(astrology)" title="Gemini (astrology)">Gemini</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Twin" title="Twin">Twins</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gemini_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Gemini_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Gemini_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Gemini_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Gemini_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Gemini_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Gemini_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td>♊︎ </td> <td>May 21 – June 20 </td> <td>60° to 90° </td> <td>3 </td> <td>Positive </td> <td>Mutable </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_(classical_element)" title="Air (classical element)">Air</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mercury_(planet)" title="Mercury (planet)">Mercury</a> </td> <td><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Δίδυμοι</span></span> (<i>Didymoi</i>) </td> <td><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Mithuna</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">मिथुन</span></span>) </td> <td><span title="Sumerian-language text"><i lang="sux-Latn"><sup>MUL</sup>MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL</i></span> "Great <a href="/wiki/Twin" title="Twin">Twins</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Castor_(star)" title="Castor (star)">Castor</a> & <a href="/wiki/Pollux_(star)" title="Pollux (star)">Pollux</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cancer_(astrology)" title="Cancer (astrology)">Cancer</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Crab" title="Crab">Crab</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cancer_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Cancer_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Cancer_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Cancer_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Cancer_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Cancer_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Cancer_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> (<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cancer_symbol_(straight,_fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Cancer_symbol_%28straight%2C_fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Cancer_symbol_%28straight%2C_fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Cancer_symbol_%28straight%2C_fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Cancer_symbol_%28straight%2C_fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Cancer_symbol_%28straight%2C_fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Cancer_symbol_%28straight%2C_fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span>) </td> <td>♋︎ </td> <td>June 21 – July 22 </td> <td>90° to 120° </td> <td>4 </td> <td>Negative </td> <td>Cardinal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Water_(classical_element)" title="Water (classical element)">Water</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a> </td> <td><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Καρκίνος</span></span> (<i>Karkinos</i>) </td> <td><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Karka</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">कर्क</span></span>) </td> <td><span title="Sumerian-language text"><i lang="sux-Latn"><sup>MUL</sup>AL.LUL</i></span> "<a href="/wiki/Crayfish" title="Crayfish">Crayfish</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Leo_(astrology)" title="Leo (astrology)">Leo</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Lion" title="Lion">Lion</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leo_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Leo_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Leo_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Leo_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Leo_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Leo_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Leo_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td>♌︎ </td> <td>July 23 – August 22 </td> <td>120° to 150° </td> <td>5 </td> <td>Positive </td> <td>Fixed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fire_(classical_element)" title="Fire (classical element)">Fire</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a> </td> <td><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Λέων</span></span> (<i>Leōn</i>) </td> <td><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Siṃha</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">सिंह</span></span>) </td> <td><span title="Sumerian-language text"><i lang="sux-Latn"><sup>MUL</sup>UR.GU.LA</i></span> "<a href="/wiki/Lion" title="Lion">Lion</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Virgo_(astrology)" title="Virgo (astrology)">Virgo</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Maiden" class="mw-redirect" title="Maiden">Maiden</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Virgo_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Virgo_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Virgo_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Virgo_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Virgo_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Virgo_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Virgo_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td>♍︎ </td> <td>August 23 – September 22 </td> <td>150° to 180° </td> <td>6 </td> <td>Negative </td> <td>Mutable </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earth_(classical_element)" title="Earth (classical element)">Earth</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mercury_(planet)" title="Mercury (planet)">Mercury</a> </td> <td><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Παρθένος</span></span> (<i>Parthenos</i>) </td> <td><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Kanyā</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">कन्या</span></span>) </td> <td><span title="Sumerian-language text"><i lang="sux-Latn"><sup>MUL</sup>AB.SIN</i></span> "The Furrow"* *"The goddess <a href="/wiki/Shala" title="Shala">Shala</a>'s ear of grain" </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Libra_(astrology)" title="Libra (astrology)">Libra</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Weighing_scale" title="Weighing scale">Scales</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Libra_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Libra_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Libra_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Libra_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Libra_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Libra_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Libra_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td>♎︎ </td> <td>September 23 – October 22 </td> <td>180° to 210° </td> <td>7 </td> <td>Positive </td> <td>Cardinal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_(classical_element)" title="Air (classical element)">Air</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Venus" title="Venus">Venus</a> </td> <td><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Ζυγός</span></span> (<i>Zygos</i>) </td> <td><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Tulā</i></span> (तुला) </td> <td><span title="Sumerian-language text"><i lang="sux-Latn"><sup>MUL</sup>ZIB.BA.AN.NA</i></span> "Scales" </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Scorpio_(astrology)" title="Scorpio (astrology)">Scorpio</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Scorpion" title="Scorpion">Scorpion</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scorpius_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Scorpius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Scorpius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Scorpius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Scorpius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Scorpius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Scorpius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td>♏︎ </td> <td>October 23 – November 21 </td> <td>210° to 240° </td> <td>8 </td> <td>Negative </td> <td>Fixed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Water_(classical_element)" title="Water (classical element)">Water</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pluto" title="Pluto">Pluto</a> (or)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a> </td> <td><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Σκoρπίος</span></span> (<i>Skorpios</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Vṛścika</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">वृश्चिक</span></span>) </td> <td><span title="Sumerian-language text"><i lang="sux-Latn"><sup>MUL</sup>GIR.TAB</i></span> "<a href="/wiki/Scorpion" title="Scorpion">Scorpion</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sagittarius_(astrology)" title="Sagittarius (astrology)">Sagittarius</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Archery" title="Archery">Archer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Centaur" title="Centaur">Centaur</a>) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sagittarius_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Sagittarius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Sagittarius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Sagittarius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Sagittarius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Sagittarius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Sagittarius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td>♐︎ </td> <td>November 22 – December 21 </td> <td>240° to 270° </td> <td>9 </td> <td>Positive </td> <td>Mutable </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fire_(classical_element)" title="Fire (classical element)">Fire</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jupiter" title="Jupiter">Jupiter</a> </td> <td><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Τοξότης</span></span> (<i>Toxotēs</i>) </td> <td><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Dhanuṣa</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">धनु</span></span>ष) </td> <td><span title="Sumerian-language text"><i lang="sux-Latn"><sup>MUL</sup><a href="/wiki/Pabilsag" class="mw-redirect" title="Pabilsag">PA.BIL.SAG</a></i></span>, <i>Nedu</i> "<a href="/wiki/Soldier" title="Soldier">soldier</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Capricorn_(astrology)" title="Capricorn (astrology)">Capricorn</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Goat" title="Goat">Goat</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Capricornus_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Capricornus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Capricornus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Capricornus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Capricornus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Capricornus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Capricornus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> (<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Capricornus_symbol_(European,_fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Capricornus_symbol_%28European%2C_fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Capricornus_symbol_%28European%2C_fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Capricornus_symbol_%28European%2C_fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Capricornus_symbol_%28European%2C_fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Capricornus_symbol_%28European%2C_fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Capricornus_symbol_%28European%2C_fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span>) </td> <td>♑︎ </td> <td>December 22 – January 19 </td> <td>270° to 300° </td> <td>10 </td> <td>Negative </td> <td>Cardinal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earth_(classical_element)" title="Earth (classical element)">Earth</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Saturn" title="Saturn">Saturn</a> </td> <td><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Αἰγόκερως</span></span> (<i>Aigokerōs</i>) </td> <td><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Makara</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">मकर</span></span>) </td> <td><span title="Sumerian-language text"><i lang="sux-Latn"><sup>MUL</sup>SUḪUR.MAŠ</i></span> "<a href="/wiki/Sea_goat" title="Sea goat">Goat-Fish</a>" of <a href="/wiki/Enki" title="Enki">Enki</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(astrology)" title="Aquarius (astrology)">Aquarius</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Water_carrier" title="Water carrier">Water-bearer</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aquarius_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Aquarius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Aquarius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Aquarius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Aquarius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Aquarius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Aquarius_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td>♒︎ </td> <td>January 20 – February 18 </td> <td>300° to 330° </td> <td>11 </td> <td>Positive </td> <td>Fixed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_(classical_element)" title="Air (classical element)">Air</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uranus" title="Uranus">Uranus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saturn" title="Saturn">Saturn</a> </td> <td><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Ὑδροχόος</span></span> (<i>Hydrokhoos</i>) </td> <td><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Kumbha</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">कुंभ</span></span>) </td> <td><span title="Sumerian-language text"><i lang="sux-Latn"><sup>MUL</sup>GU.LA</i></span> "Great One", later <i><span title="Akkadian-language text"><i lang="akk-Latn">qâ</i></span></i> "pitcher" </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pisces_(astrology)" title="Pisces (astrology)">Pisces</a> </th> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">Fish</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pisces_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Pisces_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Pisces_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Pisces_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Pisces_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Pisces_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Pisces_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td>♓︎ </td> <td>February 19 – March 20 </td> <td>330° to 360° </td> <td>12 </td> <td>Negative </td> <td>Mutable </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Water_(classical_element)" title="Water (classical element)">Water</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neptune" title="Neptune">Neptune</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jupiter" title="Jupiter">Jupiter</a> </td> <td><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Ἰχθύες</span></span> (<i>Ikhthyes</i>) </td> <td><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Mīna</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">मीन</span></span>) </td> <td><span title="Sumerian-language text"><i lang="sux-Latn"><sup>MUL</sup>SIM.MAḪ</i></span> "Tail of the Swallow"; DU.NU.NU "fish-cord" </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li>Note: these are only approximations and the exact date on which the sign of the sun changes varies from year to year.</li></ul> <p>Zodiac sign for an individual depends on the placement of planets and the ascendant in that sign. If a person has nothing placed in a particular sign, that sign will play no active role in their personality. On the other hand, a person with, for example, both the sun and moon in Cancer, will strongly display the characteristics of that sign in their make up. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sun-sign_astrology">Sun-sign astrology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sun-sign astrology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sun_sign_astrology" title="Sun sign astrology">Sun sign astrology</a></div> <p>Newspapers often print astrology columns which purport to provide guidance on what might occur in a day in relation to the <a href="/wiki/Astrological_sign" title="Astrological sign">sign</a> of the zodiac that included the sun when the person was born. Astrologers refer to this as the "sun sign", but it is often commonly called the "star sign". These predictions are vague or general; so much so that even practicing astrologers consider them of little to no value on their own.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Experiments have shown that when people are shown a newspaper horoscope for their own sign along with a newspaper horoscope for a different sign, they judge them to be equally accurate on the average.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other tests have been performed on complete, personalized horoscopes cast by professional astrologers, and have shown no correlation between the horoscope results and the person it was cast for.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_planets">The planets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The planets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Planets_in_astrology" title="Planets in astrology">Planets in astrology</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Western_astrology" title="Special:EditPage/Western astrology">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2009</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vitruvian_macrocosm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Vitruvian_macrocosm.jpg/200px-Vitruvian_macrocosm.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Vitruvian_macrocosm.jpg/300px-Vitruvian_macrocosm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Vitruvian_macrocosm.jpg/400px-Vitruvian_macrocosm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="603" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fludd" title="Robert Fludd">Robert Fludd</a>'s 16th-century illustration of man the microcosm within the universal macrocosm</figcaption></figure> <p>In modern Western astrology the planets represent basic drives or impulses in the human psyche. These planets differ from the definition of a planet in <a href="/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomy</a> in that the Sun, Moon, and recently, <a href="/wiki/Pluto" title="Pluto">Pluto</a> are all considered to be planets for the purposes of astrology.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each planet is also said to be the <a href="/wiki/Domicile_(astrology)" title="Domicile (astrology)">ruler</a> of one or two zodiac signs. The three outer planets (Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) have each been assigned rulership of a zodiac sign by astrologers.<sup id="cite_ref-CRCS_Publications_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRCS_Publications-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Traditionally rulership of the signs was, according to <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>, based on seasonal derivations and astronomical measurement, whereby the luminaries being the brightest planets were given rulership of the brightest months of the year and Saturn the coldest furthest classical planet was given to the coldest months of the year, with the other planets ruling the remaining signs as per astronomical measurement. It is noteworthy that the modern rulerships do not follow the same logic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classical_planets">Classical planets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Classical planets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Planets_in_astrology" title="Planets in astrology">astrological 'planets'</a> are the seven heavenly bodies known to the ancients. The Sun and Moon, also known as 'the lights', are included as they were thought to act like the astronomical planets. Astrologers call inner planets Mercury, Venus and Mars, the 'personal planets',<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as they represent the most immediate drives. The 'lights' symbolise respectively the existential and sensitive fundamentals of the individuality. </p><p>The following table summarizes the rulership by the seven classically known planets<sup id="cite_ref-BitStreamPlanets_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BitStreamPlanets-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of each of the twelve astrological signs,<sup id="cite_ref-BitStreamSigns_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BitStreamSigns-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> together with their effects on world events, people and the earth itself as understood in the Middle Ages.<sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Traditional planets with their rulership of signs and effects on people and the world </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Symbol</th> <th>Planet<sup id="cite_ref-BitStreamPlanets_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BitStreamPlanets-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Rules the sign<sup id="cite_ref-BitStreamSigns_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BitStreamSigns-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Effect on world events<sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Person's nature<sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Effect in life<sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Effect in earth<sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sun_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Sun_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Sun_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Sun_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Sun_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Sun_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Sun_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_in_astrology" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun in astrology">Sun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leo_(astrology)" title="Leo (astrology)">Leo</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Wisdom, generosity, 'sunny' disposition </td> <td>Good fortune </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">Gold</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Moon_decrescent_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Moon_decrescent_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Moon_decrescent_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Moon_decrescent_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Moon_decrescent_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Moon_decrescent_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Moon_decrescent_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moon_in_astrology" class="mw-redirect" title="Moon in astrology">Moon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cancer_(astrology)" title="Cancer (astrology)">Cancer</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Wandering </td> <td>Travel, lunacy </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver">Silver</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercury_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Mercury_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Mercury_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Mercury_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Mercury_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Mercury_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Mercury_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercury_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercury (astrology)">Mercury</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gemini_(astrology)" title="Gemini (astrology)">Gemini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virgo_(astrology)" title="Virgo (astrology)">Virgo</a> </td> <td>Action </td> <td>Changeability, eagerness, quickness, 'mercurial' temperament </td> <td>Rapid change </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercury_(element)" title="Mercury (element)">Mercury</a> (quicksilver) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Venus_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Venus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Venus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Venus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Venus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Venus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Venus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Venus_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Venus (astrology)">Venus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Libra_(astrology)" title="Libra (astrology)">Libra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taurus_(astrology)" title="Taurus (astrology)">Taurus</a> </td> <td>Fortunate events </td> <td>Beauty, amorousness </td> <td>Good luck </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">Copper</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mars_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Mars_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Mars_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Mars_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Mars_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Mars_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Mars_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mars_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mars (astrology)">Mars</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aries_(astrology)" title="Aries (astrology)">Aries</a>, classically also <a href="/wiki/Scorpio_(astrology)" title="Scorpio (astrology)">Scorpio</a> </td> <td>War </td> <td>Strength, endurance, 'martial' temperament </td> <td>Conflicts, misfortune </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">Iron</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jupiter_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Jupiter_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Jupiter_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Jupiter_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Jupiter_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Jupiter_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Jupiter_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jupiter_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter (astrology)">Jupiter</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sagittarius_(astrology)" title="Sagittarius (astrology)">Sagittarius</a>, classically also <a href="/wiki/Pisces_(astrology)" title="Pisces (astrology)">Pisces</a> </td> <td>Good times, prosperity </td> <td>Cheerful, magnanimous, 'jovial' temperament </td> <td>Good fortune </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tin" title="Tin">Tin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saturn_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Saturn_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Saturn_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Saturn_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Saturn_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Saturn_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Saturn_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saturn_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturn (astrology)">Saturn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Capricorn_(astrology)" title="Capricorn (astrology)">Capricorn</a>, classically also <a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(astrology)" title="Aquarius (astrology)">Aquarius</a> </td> <td>Disastrous events </td> <td>Wisdom, stability, persistence, 'saturnine' temperament </td> <td>Accidents, disease, treachery, bad luck </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead">Lead</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_modifications_to_the_Ptolemaic_system">Modern modifications to the Ptolemaic system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Modern modifications to the Ptolemaic system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Additional_planets">Additional planets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Additional planets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are the planets discovered in modern times, which have since been assigned meanings by Western astrologers.<sup id="cite_ref-CRCS_Publications_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRCS_Publications-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Planets discovered in modern times, with signs and effects </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Symbol</th> <th>Planet</th> <th>Representing</th> <th>Rules the sign</th> <th>Claimed effects on world events</th> <th>Claimed effects on people </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uranus_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Uranus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Uranus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Uranus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Uranus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Uranus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Uranus_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uranus_monogram_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Uranus_monogram_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Uranus_monogram_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Uranus_monogram_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Uranus_monogram_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Uranus_monogram_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Uranus_monogram_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uranus_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Uranus (astrology)">Uranus</a> </td> <td>(a) Platinum as a planetary metal; (b) monogram 'H' for planet's discoverer, <a href="/wiki/William_Herschel" title="William Herschel">William Herschel</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(astrology)" title="Aquarius (astrology)">Aquarius</a> </td> <td>Innovation, technology<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Sudden or disruptive change<sup id="cite_ref-ParkerUranus_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ParkerUranus-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Neptune_symbol_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Neptune_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Neptune_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Neptune_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Neptune_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Neptune_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Neptune_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Planets_in_astrology#Neptune" title="Planets in astrology">Neptune</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trident" title="Trident">Trident</a>, weapon of sea-god <a href="/wiki/Neptune_(mythology)" title="Neptune (mythology)">Neptune</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pisces_(astrology)" title="Pisces (astrology)">Pisces</a><sup id="cite_ref-ParkerNeptune_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ParkerNeptune-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Change of contemporary musical taste</td> <td>Confusion, sensitivity<sup id="cite_ref-ParkerNeptune_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ParkerNeptune-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pluto_symbol_(large_orb,_fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Pluto_symbol_%28large_orb%2C_fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Pluto_symbol_%28large_orb%2C_fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Pluto_symbol_%28large_orb%2C_fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Pluto_symbol_%28large_orb%2C_fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Pluto_symbol_%28large_orb%2C_fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Pluto_symbol_%28large_orb%2C_fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pluto_monogram_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Pluto_monogram_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Pluto_monogram_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Pluto_monogram_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Pluto_monogram_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Pluto_monogram_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Pluto_monogram_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pluto_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pluto (astrology)">Pluto</a> </td> <td>(a) Pluto's bident; (b) PL monogram for astronomer <a href="/wiki/Percival_Lowell" title="Percival Lowell">Percival Lowell</a> who predicted a planet beyond Neptune<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scorpio_(astrology)" title="Scorpio (astrology)">Scorpio</a> </td> <td>Demolition of old, bad political systems</td> <td>Transformation,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> fate, death </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sidereal_and_tropical_astrology">Sidereal and tropical astrology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sidereal and tropical astrology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two camps of thought among western astrologers about the "starting point", 0 degrees Aries, in the zodiac. <a href="/wiki/Sidereal_astrology" class="mw-redirect" title="Sidereal astrology">Sidereal astrology</a> uses a fixed starting point in the background of stars, while <a href="/wiki/Tropical_astrology" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical astrology">tropical astrology</a>, used by the majority of Western astrologers, chooses as a starting point the position of the Sun against the background of stars at the Northern hemisphere vernal equinox (i.e. when the Sun position against the heavens crosses over from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere) each year. The consequence of the Tropical approach is that when we say the Sun or a planet is in a certain zodiac sign, observation of it in the sky will show that it does not lie within that constellation at all.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the Earth spins on its axis, it "wobbles" like a top, causing the vernal equinox to move gradually backwards against the star background, (a phenomenon known as the <a href="/wiki/Precession_of_the_equinoxes" class="mw-redirect" title="Precession of the equinoxes">Precession of the equinoxes</a>) at a rate of about 30 degrees (one Zodiacal sign length) every 2,160 years. Thus the two zodiacs would be aligned only once every 26,000 years. They were aligned about 2,000 years ago when the zodiac was originally established. </p><p>This phenomenon gives us the conceptual basis for the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Aquarius" title="Age of Aquarius">Age of Aquarius</a>, whose "dawning" coincides with the movement of the vernal equinox across the cusp from Pisces to Aquarius in the star background. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_moon's_nodes"><span id="The_moon.27s_nodes"></span>The moon's nodes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The moon's nodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Also important in astrology are the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_node#Astrological_significance" title="Lunar node">moon's nodes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Orbital_node" title="Orbital node">nodes</a> are where the <a href="/wiki/Moon_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moon (astrology)">moon</a>'s path crosses the <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">ecliptic</a>. The North, or <a href="/wiki/Orbital_node" title="Orbital node">Ascending Node</a> marks the place where the moon crosses from South to North (or ascends), while the South, or <a href="/wiki/Orbital_node" title="Orbital node">Descending Node</a> marks where the moon crosses from North to South (or descends). While <a href="/wiki/Lunar_node#Astrological_significance" title="Lunar node">Lunar nodes</a> are not considered by Western astrologers to be as important a factor as each of the planets, they are thought to mark sensitive areas that are worth taking into account. </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ascending_node_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Ascending_node_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Ascending_node_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Ascending_node_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Ascending_node_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Ascending_node_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Ascending_node_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> – North or ascending <a href="/wiki/Lunar_node" title="Lunar node">Node</a>. Also the ruler of Pathways and Choices.</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Descending_node_(fixed_width).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Descending_node_%28fixed_width%29.svg/20px-Descending_node_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Descending_node_%28fixed_width%29.svg/30px-Descending_node_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Descending_node_%28fixed_width%29.svg/40px-Descending_node_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> – South or descending Node. Also the ruler of Karma and the Past.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Essential_dignity">Essential dignity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Essential dignity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In astrology, "essential dignity" is the strength of a planet or point's zodiac position, judged only by its position by sign and degree, what the pre-eminent 17th-century astrologer <a href="/wiki/William_Lilly" title="William Lilly">William Lilly</a> called "the strength, fortitude or debility of the Planets [or] significators."<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In other words, essential dignity seeks to view the strengths of a planet or point as though it were isolated from other factors in the sky of the <a href="/wiki/Natal_chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Natal chart">natal chart</a>. Traditionally, there are five dignities: domicile and detriment, exaltation and fall, triplicity, terms, and face. However, the later two have diminished in usage. A planet's <a href="/wiki/Domicile_(astrology)" title="Domicile (astrology)">domicile</a> is the zodiac sign over which it has rulership. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_horoscope">The horoscope</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: The horoscope"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Western_astrology" title="Special:EditPage/Western astrology">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2009</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Horoscope" title="Horoscope">Horoscope</a></div> <p>Western astrology is based mainly upon the construction of a <a href="/wiki/Horoscope" title="Horoscope">horoscope</a>, which is a map or <i>chart</i> of the heavens at a particular moment. The moment chosen is the beginning of the existence of the subject of the horoscope, as it is believed that the subject will carry with it the pattern of the heavens from that moment throughout its life. The most common form of horoscope is the <a href="/wiki/Natal_chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Natal chart">natal chart</a> based on the moment of a person's birth; though in theory a horoscope can be drawn up for the beginning of anything, from a business enterprise to the foundation of a nation state. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thema_Mundi.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Thema_Mundi.svg/300px-Thema_Mundi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Thema_Mundi.svg/450px-Thema_Mundi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Thema_Mundi.svg/600px-Thema_Mundi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="509" data-file-height="510" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Thema_Mundi" title="Thema Mundi">Thema Mundi</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interpretation">Interpretation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Interpretation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Western horoscopic astrology the interpretation of a horoscope is governed by: </p> <ul><li>The position of the planets in the <a href="/wiki/Astrological_sign" title="Astrological sign">astrological signs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Zodiac" title="Zodiac">zodiac</a>,</li> <li>The position of the planets in the <a href="/wiki/House_(astrology)" title="House (astrology)">houses</a> of the horoscope,</li> <li>The position of the primary angles of the horoscope, namely the <a href="/wiki/Horizon" title="Horizon">horizon</a> line (called the <a href="/wiki/Ascendant" title="Ascendant">ascendant</a>/<a href="/wiki/Descendant_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Descendant (astrology)">descendant</a> axis), and the <a href="/wiki/Prime_vertical" title="Prime vertical">prime vertical</a> line (called the <a href="/wiki/Zenith" title="Zenith">zenith</a>/<a href="/wiki/Midheaven" class="mw-redirect" title="Midheaven">midheaven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nadir" title="Nadir">nadir</a>/<a href="/wiki/Imum_Coeli" class="mw-redirect" title="Imum Coeli">imum coeli</a> axis),</li> <li>The angles formed by the planets relative to each other and the primary angles, called <a href="/wiki/Astrological_aspect" title="Astrological aspect">aspects</a></li> <li>The position of deduced astronomical entities, such as the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_node" title="Lunar node">Lunar nodes</a>.</li></ul> <p>Some astrologers also use the position of various mathematical points, such as the <a href="/wiki/Arabic_parts" title="Arabic parts">Arabic parts</a>. </p><p>Various techniques are used, with different degrees of complexity, to provide what astrologers claim are forecasts or predictive statements about the future, as well as to analyse past and current events. These include <a href="/wiki/Astrological_transit" title="Astrological transit">transits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astrological_progression" title="Astrological progression">progressions</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Primary_direction_(astrology)" title="Primary direction (astrology)">primary directions</a>. Different branches of astrology, such as <a href="/wiki/Horary_astrology" title="Horary astrology">horary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electional_astrology" title="Electional astrology">electional</a> astrology, have their own specific sets of techniques. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_primary_angles">The primary angles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: The primary angles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are <a href="/wiki/Angle_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Angle (astrology)">four primary angles</a> in the horoscope (though the cusps of the <a href="/wiki/House_(astrology)" title="House (astrology)">houses</a> are often included as important angles by some astrologers). </p> <ul><li>A<sup>sc</sup> - The <a href="/wiki/Ascendant" title="Ascendant">ascendant</a> or <i>rising sign</i> is the eastern point where the <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">ecliptic</a> and horizon intersect. During the course of a day, because of the Earth's rotation, the entire circle of the ecliptic will pass through the ascendant and will be advanced by about 1°. This provides us with the term <i>rising sign</i>, which is the sign of the zodiac that was rising in the east at the exact time that the horoscope or <a href="/wiki/Natal_chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Natal chart">natal chart</a> is calculated. In creating a horoscope the ascendant is traditionally placed as the left-hand side point of the chart. In most house systems the ascendant lies on the cusp of the 1st house of the horoscope.</li></ul> <p>The ascendant is generally considered the most important and personalized angle in the horoscope by the vast majority of astrologers. It signifies a person's awakening consciousness, in the same way that the Sun's appearance on the eastern horizon signifies the dawn of a new day.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the fact that the ascendant is specific to a particular time and place, it signifies the individual environment and conditioning that a person receives during their upbringing, and also the circumstances of their childhood. For this reason, the ascendant is also concerned with how a person has learned to present themself to the world, especially in public and in impersonal situations.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The opposite point to the ascendant in the west is the <a href="/wiki/Descendant_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Descendant (astrology)">descendant</a>, which denotes how a person reacts in their relationships with others. It also show the kind of person we are likely to be attracted to, and our ability to form romantic attachments. In most house systems the descendant lies on the cusp of the 7th house of the horoscope. </p> <ul><li>M<sup>c</sup> - The <a href="/wiki/Midheaven" class="mw-redirect" title="Midheaven">midheaven</a> or <i>medium coeli</i> is the point on the ecliptic that is furthest above the plane of the horizon. For events occurring where the planes of the ecliptic and the horizon coincide, the limiting position for these points is located 90° from the ascendant. For astrologers, the midheaven traditionally indicates a person's career, status, aim in life, aspirations, public reputation, and life goal. In <i>quadrant house</i> systems the midheaven lies on the cusp of the 10th house of the horoscope.</li></ul> <p>The opposite point to the midheaven is known as the <a href="/wiki/Imum_Coeli" class="mw-redirect" title="Imum Coeli">imum coeli</a>. For astrologers the nadir or IC traditionally indicates the circumstances at the beginning and end of a person's life, their parents and the parental home, and their own domestic life. In <i>quadrant house</i> systems it lies on the cusp of the 4th house of the horoscope. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_houses">The houses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: The houses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/House_(astrology)" title="House (astrology)">House (astrology)</a></div> <p>The horoscope is divided by astrologers into 12 portions called the houses. The houses of the horoscope are interpreted as being 12 different spheres of life or activity. There are various ways of calculating the houses in the horoscope or birth chart. However, there is no dispute about their meanings, and the 12 houses<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many modern astrologers assume that the houses relate to their corresponding signs, i.e. that the first house has a natural affinity with the first sign, Aries, and so on. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aspects">Aspects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Aspects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Astrological_aspects" class="mw-redirect" title="Astrological aspects">Astrological aspects</a></div> <p>The aspects are the angles the planets make to each other in the horoscope, and also to the ascendant, midheaven, descendant and nadir. The aspects are measured by the angular distance along the <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">ecliptic</a> in degrees and minutes of celestial longitude between two points, as viewed from the earth.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They indicate focal points in the horoscope where the energies involved are given extra emphasis. The more exact the angle, the more powerful the aspect, although an allowance of a few degrees each side of the aspect called an <i>orb</i> is allowed for interpretation. The following are the aspects in order of importance:<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Conjunction_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Conjunction_symbol.svg/20px-Conjunction_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Conjunction_symbol.svg/30px-Conjunction_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Conjunction_symbol.svg/40px-Conjunction_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> - <a href="/wiki/Astrological_aspect#Conjunction" title="Astrological aspect">Conjunction</a> 0° (orb ±10°). The conjunction is a major point in the chart, giving strong emphasis to the planets involved. The planets will act together to outside stimulus and act on each other.<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Opposition_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Opposition_symbol.svg/20px-Opposition_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Opposition_symbol.svg/30px-Opposition_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Opposition_symbol.svg/40px-Opposition_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> - <a href="/wiki/Astrological_aspect#Opposition" title="Astrological aspect">Opposition</a> 180° (orb ±10°). The opposition is indicative of tension, conflict and confrontation, due to the polarity between the two elements involved. Stress arises when one is used over the other, causing an imbalance; but the opposition can work well if the two parts of the aspect are made to complement each other in a synthesis.<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trine_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Trine_symbol.svg/20px-Trine_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Trine_symbol.svg/30px-Trine_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Trine_symbol.svg/40px-Trine_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> - <a href="/wiki/Trine_(astrological_aspect)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trine (astrological aspect)">Trine</a> 120°(orb ±7.5°). The trine indicates harmony, and ease of expression, with the two elements reinforcing each other. The trine is a source of artistic and creative talent, but can be a 'line of least resistance' to a person of weak character.<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Square_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Square_symbol.svg/20px-Square_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Square_symbol.svg/30px-Square_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Square_symbol.svg/40px-Square_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> - <a href="/wiki/Astrological_aspect#Square" title="Astrological aspect">Square</a> 90°(orb ±7.5°). The square indicates frustration, inhibitions, disruption and inner conflict, but can become a source of energy and activation to a person determined to overcome limitations.<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sextile_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sextile_symbol.svg/20px-Sextile_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sextile_symbol.svg/30px-Sextile_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sextile_symbol.svg/40px-Sextile_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> - <a href="/wiki/Astrological_aspect#Sextile" title="Astrological aspect">Sextile</a> 60°(orb ±5°). The sextile is similar to the trine, but of less significance. It indicates ease of communication between the two elements involved, with compatibility and harmony between them.<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quincunx_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Quincunx_symbol.svg/20px-Quincunx_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Quincunx_symbol.svg/30px-Quincunx_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Quincunx_symbol.svg/40px-Quincunx_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> - <a href="/wiki/Astrological_aspect#Quincunx" title="Astrological aspect">Quincunx</a> 150°(orb ±2.5°). The quincunx indicates difficulty and stress, due to incompatible elements being forced together. It can mean an area of self-neglect in a person's life (especially health), or obligations being forced on a person. The quincunx can vary from minor to quite major in impact.<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Semisextile_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Semisextile_symbol.svg/20px-Semisextile_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Semisextile_symbol.svg/30px-Semisextile_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Semisextile_symbol.svg/40px-Semisextile_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> - <a href="/wiki/Astrological_aspect#Semisextile_(abrv._SSX)" title="Astrological aspect">Semisextile</a> 30° (orb ±1.25°). Slight in effect. Indicates an area of life where a conscious effort to be positive will have to be made.<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Semisquare_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Semisquare_symbol.svg/20px-Semisquare_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Semisquare_symbol.svg/30px-Semisquare_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Semisquare_symbol.svg/40px-Semisquare_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> - <a href="/wiki/Astrological_aspect#Square" title="Astrological aspect">Semisquare</a> 45°(orb ±2.5°). Indicates somewhat difficult circumstance. Similar in effect to semisextile.<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sesquisquare_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Sesquisquare_symbol.svg/20px-Sesquisquare_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Sesquisquare_symbol.svg/30px-Sesquisquare_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Sesquisquare_symbol.svg/40px-Sesquisquare_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> - <a href="/wiki/Sesquiquadrate" class="mw-redirect" title="Sesquiquadrate">Sesquiquadrate</a> 135°(orb ±2.5°). Indicates somewhat stressful conditions. Similar to semisextile.<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Q - <a href="/wiki/Quintile_(astrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quintile (astrology)">Quintile</a> 72° (orb ±1.25°). Slight in effect. Indicates talent and vaguely fortunate circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>bQ - <a href="/wiki/Bi-quintile" class="mw-redirect" title="Bi-quintile">Biquintile</a> 144° (orb ±1.25°). Slight in effect. Indicates talent and vaguely fortunate circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>℞ - <a href="/wiki/Apparent_retrograde_motion" title="Apparent retrograde motion">Retrograde</a>: A planet is retrograde when it appears to move backwards across the sky when seen from the earth. Although it is not an aspect, some astrologers believe that it should be included for consideration in the chart. Planets which are retrograde in the natal chart are considered by them to be potential weak points.<sup id="cite_ref-Pelletier_57_60_44-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pelletier_57_60-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fenton_137_139_45-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton_137_139-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Astrology_and_science">Astrology and science</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Astrology and science"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Astrology_and_science" title="Astrology and science">Astrology and science</a></div> <p>The majority of professional astrologers rely on performing astrology-based personality tests and making relevant predictions about the remunerator's future.<sup id="cite_ref-Cosmic_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cosmic-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those who continue to have faith in astrology have been characterised as doing so "in spite of the fact that there is no verified scientific basis for their beliefs, and indeed that there is strong evidence to the contrary".<sup id="cite_ref-Humanist_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Humanist-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Astrology has not demonstrated its effectiveness in <a href="/wiki/Empiricism" title="Empiricism">controlled studies</a> and has no scientific validity,<sup id="cite_ref-Cosmic_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cosmic-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 85">: 85 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as such, is regarded as <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">pseudoscience</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SvenOve_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SvenOve-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ASotP_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASotP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is no proposed mechanism of action by which the positions and motions of stars and planets could affect people and events on Earth that does not contradict well understood, basic aspects of biology and physics.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Where astrology has made <a href="/wiki/Falsifiable" class="mw-redirect" title="Falsifiable">falsifiable</a> predictions, it has been falsified.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most famous test was headed by <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Carlson" title="Shawn Carlson">Shawn Carlson</a> and included a committee of scientists and a committee of astrologers. It led to the conclusion that <a href="/wiki/Natal_astrology" title="Natal astrology">natal astrology</a> performed no better than chance.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zodiac" title="Zodiac">Zodiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrological_symbols" title="Astrological symbols">Astrological symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrological_signs" class="mw-redirect" title="Astrological signs">Astrological signs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_asteroids_in_astrology" class="mw-redirect" title="List of asteroids in astrology">List of asteroids in astrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_zodiac" title="Chinese zodiac">Chinese zodiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circle_of_stars" title="Circle of stars">Circle of stars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cusp_(astrology)" title="Cusp (astrology)">Cusp (astrology)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elements_of_the_zodiac" class="mw-redirect" title="Elements of the zodiac">Elements of the zodiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natal_astrology" title="Natal astrology">Natal astrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synoptical_astrology" title="Synoptical astrology">Synoptical astrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarotscope" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarotscope">Tarotscope</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-lower-alpha" style="column-width: 32em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"the entire universe is alive in mutual concord of its elements and is driven by the pulse of reason, since a single spirit dwells in all its parts and, speeding through all things, nourishes it like a living creature".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Al-Kindi" title="Al-Kindi">Al-Kindi</a> (9th century) is clarifying this point where he says in his text <i>On the Stellar Rays</i>, ch.4: "... we say that one thing acts with its elemental rays on another, but according to the exquisite truth it does not act but only the celestial harmony acts".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The doctrine of the Pythagoreans was a combination of science and mysticism... Like Anaximenes they viewed the Universe as one integrated, living organism, surrounded by Divine Air (or more literally 'Breath'), which permeates and animates the whole cosmos and filters through to individual creatures... By partaking of the core essence of the Universe, the individual is said to act as a microcosm in which all the laws in the macrocosm of the Universe are at work".<sup id="cite_ref-Houlding_28_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Houlding_28-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lewis notes that Venus was associated with the island of Cyprus, the classical source of copper.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"To optimise the chances of finding even remote relationships between date of birth and individual differences in personality and intelligence we further applied two different strategies. The first one was based on the common chronological concept of time (e.g. month of birth and season of birth). The second strategy was based on the (pseudo-scientific) concept of astrology (e.g. Sun Signs, The Elements, and astrological gender), as discussed in the book <i>Astrology: Science or superstition?</i> by Eysenck and Nias (1982)."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"About three-fourths of Americans hold at least one pseudoscientific belief; i.e., they believed in at least 1 of the 10 survey items[29]" ... "Those 10 items were extrasensory perception (ESP), that houses can be haunted, ghosts/that spirits of dead people can come back in certain places/situations, telepathy/communication between minds without using traditional senses, clairvoyance/the power of the mind to know the past and predict the future, astrology/that the position of the stars and planets can affect people's lives, that people can communicate mentally with someone who has died, witches, reincarnation/the rebirth of the soul in a new body after death, and channeling/allowing a "spirit-being" to temporarily assume control of a body".<sup id="cite_ref-AsquithNSF_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AsquithNSF-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_astrology&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 21em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-SvenOve-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SvenOve_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SvenOve_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHanssonZalta" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Hansson, Sven Ove; Zalta, Edward N. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pseudo-science/">"Science and Pseudo-Science"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Encyclopedia_of_Philosophy" title="Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy">Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905091332/http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pseudo-science/">Archived</a> from the original on September 5, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 6,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Science+and+Pseudo-Science&rft.btitle=Stanford+Encyclopedia+of+Philosophy&rft.aulast=Hansson&rft.aufirst=Sven+Ove&rft.au=Zalta%2C+Edward+N.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fplato.stanford.edu%2Fentries%2Fpseudo-science%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+astrology" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ASotP-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ASotP_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ASotP_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/pseudobib.html">"Astronomical Pseudo-Science: A Skeptic's Resource List"</a>. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111230053308/http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/pseudobib.html">Archived</a> from the original on December 30, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 18,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Astronomical+Pseudo-Science%3A+A+Skeptic%27s+Resource+List&rft.pub=Astronomical+Society+of+the+Pacific&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.astrosociety.org%2Feducation%2Fresources%2Fpseudobib.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+astrology" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Vishveshwara-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Vishveshwara_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Vishveshwara_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVishveshwara1989" class="citation book cs1">Vishveshwara, edited by S.K. Biswas, D.C.V. Mallik, C.V. (1989). <i>Cosmic Perspectives: Essays Dedicated to the Memory of M.K.V. Bappu</i> (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-34354-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-34354-1"><bdi>978-0-521-34354-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Cosmic+Perspectives%3A+Essays+Dedicated+to+the+Memory+of+M.K.V.+Bappu&rft.place=Cambridge%2C+England&rft.edition=1.+publ.&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=978-0-521-34354-1&rft.aulast=Vishveshwara&rft.aufirst=edited+by+S.K.+Biswas%2C+D.C.V.+Mallik%2C+C.V.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+astrology" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|first=</code> has generic name (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#generic_name" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment">CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kassell-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kassell_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKassell2010" class="citation journal cs1">Kassell, Lauren (May 5, 2010). "Stars, spirits, signs: towards a history of astrology 1100–1800". <i>Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences</i>. <b>41</b> (2): 67–69. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.shpsc.2010.04.001">10.1016/j.shpsc.2010.04.001</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20513617">20513617</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Studies+in+History+and+Philosophy+of+Science+Part+C%3A+Studies+in+History+and+Philosophy+of+Biological+and+Biomedical+Sciences&rft.atitle=Stars%2C+spirits%2C+signs%3A+towards+a+history+of+astrology+1100%E2%80%931800&rft.volume=41&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=67-69&rft.date=2010-05-05&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2Fj.shpsc.2010.04.001&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F20513617&rft.aulast=Kassell&rft.aufirst=Lauren&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+astrology" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Manilius (77) p.87-89 (II.64-67)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Houlding_28-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Houlding_28_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHoulding2000">Houlding (2000)</a>, p. 28<span class="error harv-error" style="display: none; font-size:100%"> harvp error: no target: CITEREFHoulding2000 (<a href="/wiki/Category:Harv_and_Sfn_template_errors" title="Category:Harv and Sfn template errors">help</a>)</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. (December 2015)">full citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith1996">Smith (1996)</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mhLVHR5QAQkC&pg=PA2">2</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindberg1997">Lindberg (1997)</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Gy3Vp7TurVUC&dq=Alkindi%20de%20aspectibus%20astrology&pg=PA245">245</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith1996">Smith (1996)</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mhLVHR5QAQkC&pg=PA56">56</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWood1970">Wood (1970)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:0_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLofthus1983">Lofthus (1983)</a>, p. 8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:1_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPelletierCataldo1984">Pelletier & Cataldo (1984)</a>, pp. 24–33</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:2-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:2_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPottenger1991">Pottenger (1991)</a>, pp. 31–36</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/MUL.APIN" title="MUL.APIN">MUL.APIN</a>; Peter Whitfield, <i>History of Astrology</i> (2001); W. Muss-Arnolt, <i>The Names of the Assyro-Babylonian Months and Their Regents</i>, Journal of Biblical Literature (1892).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://oracc.iaas.upenn.edu/ccpo/cbd/qpn/qpn.x0000076.html">"ccpo/qpn/Agru[1]"</a>. <i>oracc.iaas.upenn.edu</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=oracc.iaas.upenn.edu&rft.atitle=ccpo%2Fqpn%2FAgru%5B1%5D&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Foracc.iaas.upenn.edu%2Fccpo%2Fcbd%2Fqpn%2Fqpn.x0000076.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+astrology" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alternative form: <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Σκορπίων</span></span> <i>Skorpiōn</i>. Later form (with <a href="/wiki/Synizesis" title="Synizesis">synizesis</a>): <span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Σκορπιός</span></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.horoscope.com/article/why-read-your-rising-sign/">"Why Is My Rising Sign SO Different From My Sun Sign? | Horoscope.com"</a>. <i>www.horoscope.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 7,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.horoscope.com&rft.atitle=Why+Is+My+Rising+Sign+SO+Different+From+My+Sun+Sign%3F+%7C+Horoscope.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.horoscope.com%2Farticle%2Fwhy-read-your-rising-sign%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+astrology" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com/f/forer-effect/">The Forer Effect</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.skepsis.nl/astrot.html">The AstroTest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104003701/http://www.skepsis.nl/astrot.html">Archived</a> January 4, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, An account of a test of the predictive power of astrology, with references to other experiments.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHand1981" class="citation book cs1">Hand, Robert (1981). <i>Horoscope symbols</i>. Para Research. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-914918-16-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-914918-16-8"><bdi>0-914918-16-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Horoscope+symbols&rft.pub=Para+Research&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=0-914918-16-8&rft.aulast=Hand&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+astrology" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CRCS_Publications-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CRCS_Publications_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CRCS_Publications_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreene1996" class="citation book cs1">Greene, Liz (1996). <i>The outer planets & their cycles : the astrology of the collective</i>. Sebastoopol, Calif.: CRCS Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0916360601" title="Special:BookSources/0916360601"><bdi>0916360601</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+outer+planets+%26+their+cycles+%3A+the+astrology+of+the+collective&rft.place=Sebastoopol%2C+Calif.&rft.pub=CRCS+Publications&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=0916360601&rft.aulast=Greene&rft.aufirst=Liz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+astrology" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreene1993" class="citation book cs1">Greene, Liz (1993). <i>The inner planets : building blocks of personal reality</i>. 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colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_topics_characterized_as_pseudoscience" title="List of topics characterized as pseudoscience">List of topics characterized as pseudoscience</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Terminology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cargo_cult_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Cargo cult science">Cargo cult science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlatan" title="Charlatan">Charlatan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crank_(person)" title="Crank (person)">Crank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fringe_theory" title="Fringe theory">Fringe theory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fringe_science" title="Fringe science">Fringe science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudoarchaeology" title="Pseudoarchaeology">Pseudoarchaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudohistory" title="Pseudohistory">Pseudohistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudomathematics" title="Pseudomathematics">Pseudomathematics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junk_science" title="Junk science">Junk science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paranormal" title="Paranormal">Paranormal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathological_science" title="Pathological science">Pathological science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quackery" title="Quackery">Quackery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snake_oil" title="Snake oil">Snake oil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superseded_theories_in_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Superseded theories in science">Superseded scientific theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True-believer_syndrome" title="True-believer syndrome">True-believer syndrome</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voodoo_Science" title="Voodoo Science">Voodoo Science</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_topics_characterized_as_pseudoscience" title="List of topics characterized as pseudoscience">Topics <br />characterized as <br />pseudoscience</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medicine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acupuncture" title="Acupuncture">Acupuncture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aromatherapy" title="Aromatherapy">Aromatherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrenal_fatigue" title="Adrenal fatigue">Adrenal fatigue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_medicine" title="Alternative medicine">Alternative medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthroposophic_medicine" title="Anthroposophic medicine">Anthroposophic medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Applied_kinesiology" title="Applied kinesiology">Applied kinesiology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda">Ayurveda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bates_method" title="Bates method">Bates method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biorhythm_(pseudoscience)" title="Biorhythm (pseudoscience)">Biorhythms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloodletting" title="Bloodletting">Bloodletting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Body_memory" title="Body memory">Body memory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiropractic" title="Chiropractic">Chiropractic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromotherapy" title="Chromotherapy">Chromotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Correactology" title="Correactology">Correactology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cryonics" title="Cryonics">Cryonics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_healing" title="Crystal healing">Crystal healing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cupping_therapy" title="Cupping therapy">Cupping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detoxification_(alternative_medicine)" title="Detoxification (alternative medicine)">Detoxification</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colon_cleansing" title="Colon cleansing">Colon cleansing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctrine_of_signatures" title="Doctrine of signatures">Doctrine of signatures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doktor_Koster%27s_Antigaspills" title="Doktor Koster's Antigaspills">Doktor Koster's Antigaspills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ear_candling" title="Ear candling">Ear candling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_hypersensitivity" title="Electromagnetic hypersensitivity">Electromagnetic hypersensitivity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_medicine" title="Energy medicine">Energy medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fad_diet" title="Fad diet">Fad diet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FasciaBlaster" title="FasciaBlaster">FasciaBlaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germ_theory_denialism" title="Germ theory denialism">Germ theory denialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_denialism" title="HIV/AIDS denialism">HIV/AIDS denialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeopathy" title="Homeopathy">Homeopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humorism" title="Humorism">Humorism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridology" title="Iridology">Iridology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leaky_gut_syndrome" title="Leaky gut syndrome">Leaky gut syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_effect" title="Lunar effect">Lunar effect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macrobiotic_diet" title="Macrobiotic diet">Macrobiotic diet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnet_therapy" title="Magnet therapy">Magnet therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracle_Mineral_Supplement" title="Miracle Mineral Supplement">Miracle Mineral Supplement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naturopathy" title="Naturopathy">Naturopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmistry" title="Palmistry">Palmistry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchagavya" title="Panchagavya">Panchagavya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patent_medicine" title="Patent medicine">Patent medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phrenology" title="Phrenology">Phrenology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primal_therapy" title="Primal therapy">Primal therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radionics" title="Radionics">Radionics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reiki" title="Reiki">Reiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_medicine" title="Traditional medicine">Traditional medicine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine" title="Traditional Chinese medicine">Traditional Chinese medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trepanning" title="Trepanning">Trepanning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertebral_subluxation" title="Vertebral subluxation">Vertebral subluxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_turbine_syndrome" title="Wind turbine syndrome">Wind turbine syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_blood_transfusion" title="Young blood transfusion">Young blood transfusion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Social science</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_phenomenon" title="2012 phenomenon">2012 phenomenon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_astronauts" title="Ancient astronauts">Ancient astronauts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Salibi#Arabian_Judah_theory" title="Kamal Salibi">Arabian Judah theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catastrophism" title="Catastrophism">Catastrophism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">Conspiracy theory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5G#Misinformation_and_controversy" title="5G">5G conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories" title="9/11 conspiracy theories">9/11 conspiracy theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theory" title="Chemtrail conspiracy theory">Chemtrail conspiracy theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_denial" title="Climate change denial">Climate change denial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation" title="COVID-19 misinformation">COVID-19 misinformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories" title="Moon landing conspiracy theories">Moon landing conspiracy theories</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conversion_therapy" title="Conversion therapy">Conversion therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generation#Generational_theory" title="Generation">Generational theory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Generationism" title="Generationism">Generationism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory" title="Strauss–Howe generational theory">Strauss–Howe generational theory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollow_Earth" title="Hollow Earth">Hollow Earth theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigo_children" title="Indigo children">Indigo children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japhetic_theory" title="Japhetic theory">Japhetic theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediumship" title="Mediumship">Mediumship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazi_archaeology" title="Nazi archaeology">Nazi archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nibiru_cataclysm" title="Nibiru cataclysm">Nibiru cataclysm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parapsychology" title="Parapsychology">Parapsychology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudoarchaeology" title="Pseudoarchaeology">Pseudoarchaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudohistory" title="Pseudohistory">Pseudohistory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Genocide_denial" title="Genocide denial">Genocide denial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_negationism" title="Historical negationism">Historical negationism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holocaust_denial" title="Holocaust denial">Holocaust denial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudolaw" title="Pseudolaw">Pseudolaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recovered-memory_therapy" title="Recovered-memory therapy">Recovered-memory therapy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Past_life_regression" title="Past life regression">Past life regression</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_racism" title="Scientific racism">Scientific racism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aryan_race" title="Aryan race">Aryan race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanin_theory" title="Melanin theory">Melanin theory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator" title="Myers–Briggs Type Indicator">Myers–Briggs Type Indicator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enneagram_of_Personality" title="Enneagram of Personality">Enneagram of Personality</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Physics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-gravity" title="Anti-gravity">Anti-gravity‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_fusion" title="Cold fusion">Cold fusion‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faster-than-light" title="Faster-than-light">Faster-than-light travel</a>‎</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_motion" title="Perpetual motion">Perpetual motion</a>‎</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quantum_mysticism" title="Quantum mysticism">Quantum mysticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reactionless_drive" title="Reactionless drive">Reactionless drive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dean_drive" title="Dean drive">Dean drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EmDrive" title="EmDrive">EMDrive</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teleportation" title="Teleportation">Teleportation‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tractor_beam" title="Tractor beam">Tractor beam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water-fueled_car" class="mw-redirect" title="Water-fueled car">Water-fueled car</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alchemy" title="Alchemy">Alchemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquatic_ape_hypothesis" title="Aquatic ape hypothesis">Aquatic ape hypothesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrology" title="Astrology">Astrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biodynamic_agriculture" title="Biodynamic agriculture">Biodynamic agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biological_transmutation" class="mw-redirect" title="Biological transmutation">Biological transmutation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creation_science" title="Creation science">Creation science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cryptozoology" title="Cryptozoology">Cryptozoology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dianetics" title="Dianetics">Dianetics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auditing_(Scientology)" title="Auditing (Scientology)">Auditing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dowsing" title="Dowsing">Dowsing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon" title="Electronic voice phenomenon">Electronic voice phenomenon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugenics" title="Eugenics">Eugenics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Facilitated_communication" title="Facilitated communication">Facilitated communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feng_shui" title="Feng shui">Feng shui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flat_Earth" title="Flat Earth">Flat Earth theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graphology" title="Graphology">Graphology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design" title="Intelligent design">Intelligent design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laundry_ball" title="Laundry ball">Laundry ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_attraction_(New_Thought)" title="Law of attraction (New Thought)">Law of attraction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levitation_(paranormal)" title="Levitation (paranormal)">Levitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lysenkoism" title="Lysenkoism">Lysenkoism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numerology" title="Numerology">Numerology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orgone" title="Orgone">Orgone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygraph" title="Polygraph">Polygraph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudoscientific_metrology" title="Pseudoscientific metrology">Pseudoscientific metrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_prompting_method" title="Rapid prompting method">Rapid prompting method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statement_analysis" title="Statement analysis">Statement analysis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ufology" title="Ufology">Ufology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voice_stress_analysis" title="Voice stress analysis">Voice stress analysis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_memory" title="Water memory">Water memory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Promoters of<br />pseudoscience</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sucharit_Bhakdi" title="Sucharit Bhakdi">Sucharit Bhakdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Bigtree" title="Del Bigtree">Del Bigtree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_and_Grichka_Bogdanoff" title="Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff">Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigitte_Boisselier" title="Brigitte Boisselier">Brigitte Boisselier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhonda_Byrne" title="Rhonda Byrne">Rhonda Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Charroux" title="Robert Charroux">Robert Charroux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deepak_Chopra" title="Deepak Chopra">Deepak Chopra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clonaid" title="Clonaid">Clonaid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Coleman" title="Vernon Coleman">Vernon Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignatius_L._Donnelly" title="Ignatius L. Donnelly">Ignatius L. Donnelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaia,_Inc." title="Gaia, Inc.">Gaia, Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Gerson" title="Max Gerson">Max Gerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Gonzalez_(physician)" title="Nicholas Gonzalez (physician)">Nicholas Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goop_(company)" title="Goop (company)">Goop (company)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Hancock" title="Graham Hancock">Graham Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Icke" title="David Icke">David Icke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Donald_Kelley" title="William Donald Kelley">William Donald Kelley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr." title="Robert F. Kennedy Jr.">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corentin_Louis_Kervran" title="Corentin Louis Kervran">Corentin Louis Kervran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Light_(newspaper)" title="The Light (newspaper)">The Light (newspaper)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lindell" title="Mike Lindell">Mike Lindell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_McCarthy" title="Jenny McCarthy">Jenny McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Mercola" title="Joseph Mercola">Joseph Mercola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Mikovits" title="Judy Mikovits">Judy Mikovits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Ayush" title="Ministry of Ayush">Ministry of Ayush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodor_Morell" title="Theodor Morell">Theodor Morell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Alfred_Nieper" title="Hans Alfred Nieper">Hans Alfred Nieper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Oz" title="Mehmet Oz">Mehmet Oz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%ABl" title="Raël">Raël</a> (<a href="/wiki/Claude_Vorilhon" class="mw-redirect" title="Claude Vorilhon">Claude Vorilhon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Starbuck" title="Robby Starbuck">Robby Starbuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Stone" title="Randolph Stone">Randolph Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Joseph_Watson" title="Paul Joseph Watson">Paul Joseph Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield" title="Andrew Wakefield">Andrew Wakefield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bogdanov_affair" title="Bogdanov affair">Bogdanov affair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourgeois_pseudoscience" title="Bourgeois pseudoscience">Bourgeois pseudoscience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demarcation_problem" title="Demarcation problem">Demarcation problem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_method" title="Scientific method">Scientific method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suppressed_research_in_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Suppressed research in the Soviet Union">Suppressed research in the Soviet Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Resources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry" title="Committee for Skeptical Inquiry">Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cults_of_Unreason" title="Cults of Unreason">Cults of Unreason</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Encyclopedia_of_Claims,_Frauds,_and_Hoaxes_of_the_Occult_and_Supernatural" title="An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural">An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fads_and_Fallacies_in_the_Name_of_Science" title="Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science">Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fortean_Times" title="Fortean Times">Fortean Times</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Randi_Educational_Foundation" title="James Randi Educational Foundation">James Randi Educational Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quackwatch" title="Quackwatch">Quackwatch</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Skeptical_Inquirer" title="Skeptical Inquirer">Skeptical Inquirer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Demon-Haunted_World" title="The Demon-Haunted World">The Demon-Haunted World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Natural_History_of_Quackery" class="mw-redirect" title="The Natural History of Quackery">The Natural History of Quackery</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Psychology_of_the_Occult" title="The Psychology of the Occult">The Psychology of the Occult</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ragged_Edge_of_Science" title="The Ragged Edge of Science">The Ragged Edge of Science</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Skeptic_Encyclopedia_of_Pseudoscience" title="The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience">The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Skeptic%27s_Dictionary" title="The Skeptic's Dictionary">The Skeptic's Dictionary</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Superstition" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Evil eye">Evil eye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luck" title="Luck">Luck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omen" title="Omen">Omen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talisman" title="Talisman">Talismans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myth_and_ritual" title="Myth and ritual">Myth and ritual</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_superstitions" title="List of superstitions">List of superstitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lucky_symbols" title="List of lucky symbols">List of lucky symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bad_luck_signs" title="List of bad luck signs">List of bad luck signs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailors%27_superstitions" title="Sailors' superstitions">Sailors' superstitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatrical_superstitions" title="Theatrical 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<li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle" title="Bermuda Triangle">Bermuda Triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witchcraft_in_Latin_America" title="Witchcraft in Latin America">Brujería</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carranca" title="Carranca">Carranca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooties" title="Cooties">Cooties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curse_of_Tippecanoe" title="Curse of Tippecanoe">Curse of Tippecanoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curupira" title="Curupira">Curupira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djucu" title="Djucu">Djucu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortune_cookie" title="Fortune cookie">Fortune cookie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groundhog_Day" title="Groundhog Day">Groundhog Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27noGo_tied" title="I'noGo tied">I'noGo tied</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_love_curse" title="Oscar love curse">Oscar love curse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susto" title="Susto">Susto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veve" title="Veve">Veve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_lighter_myth" title="White lighter myth">White lighter myth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witch_window" title="Witch window">Witch window</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superstition_in_India" title="Superstition in India">Superstition in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superstition_in_Pakistan" title="Superstition in Pakistan">Superstition in Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superstition_in_the_Philippines" title="Superstition in the Philippines">Superstition in the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_superstitions" title="Japanese superstitions">Japanese superstitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superstition_in_Korea" title="Superstition in Korea">Superstition in Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhoot_(ghost)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhoot (ghost)"><i>Bhoot</i> (ghost)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhaupadi" title="Chhaupadi">Chhaupadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churel" title="Churel">Churel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghosts_in_Bengali_culture" title="Ghosts in Bengali culture">Ghosts in Bengali culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackal%27s_horn" title="Jackal's horn">Jackal's horn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuai_Kuai_culture" title="Kuai Kuai culture">Kuai Kuai culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhurta" title="Muhurta">Muhurta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navaratna" title="Navaratna">Navaratna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazar_(amulet)" title="Nazar (amulet)">Nazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazar_battu" title="Nazar battu">Nazar battu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pichal_Peri" title="Pichal Peri">Pichal Peri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puppy_pregnancy_syndrome" title="Puppy pregnancy syndrome">Puppy pregnancy syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akabeko" title="Akabeko">Akabeko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanai_Anzen" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanai Anzen">Kanai Anzen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maneki-neko" title="Maneki-neko">Maneki-neko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okiagari-koboshi" title="Okiagari-koboshi">Okiagari-koboshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofuda" title="Ofuda">Ofuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omamori" title="Omamori">Omamori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fan_death" title="Fan death">Fan death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feng_shui" title="Feng shui">Feng shui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_astrology" title="Hindu astrology">Hindu astrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agimat" title="Agimat">Agimat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albularyo" title="Albularyo">Albularyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witchcraft_in_the_Philippines" title="Witchcraft in the Philippines">Barang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulam">Kulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lihi" title="Lihi">Lihi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pagtatawas" title="Pagtatawas">Pagtatawas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasma" title="Pasma">Pasma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usog" title="Usog">Usog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuman_Thong" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuman Thong">Kuman Thong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palad_khik" title="Palad khik">Palad khik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takrut" title="Takrut">Takrut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nang_Kwak" title="Nang Kwak">Nang Kwak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vastu_shastra" title="Vastu shastra">Vastu shastra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_elephant_(animal)" title="White elephant (animal)">White elephant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jin_Chan" title="Jin Chan">Jin Chan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_numerology" title="Chinese numerology">Numbers in Chinese culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yantra_cloth" title="Yantra cloth">Yantra cloth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_curse" title="August curse">August curse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbary_macaques_in_Gibraltar" title="Barbary macaques in Gibraltar">Barbary macaques in Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayern-luck" title="Bayern-luck">Bayern-luck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blarney_Stone" title="Blarney Stone">Blarney Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cimaruta" title="Cimaruta">Cimaruta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornicello" title="Cornicello">Cornicello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Goodman%27s_Croft" title="The Goodman's Croft">The Goodman's Croft</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Himmelsbrief" title="Himmelsbrief">Himmelsbrief</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_magical_staves" title="Icelandic magical staves">Icelandic magical staves</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_bocca_al_lupo" title="In bocca al lupo">In bocca al lupo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitchen_witch" title="Kitchen witch">Kitchen witch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klabautermann" title="Klabautermann">Klabautermann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooncalf" title="Mooncalf">Mooncalf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Need-fire" title="Need-fire">Need-fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_painted_pebbles" title="Scottish painted pebbles">Painted pebbles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powder_of_sympathy" title="Powder of sympathy">Powder of sympathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabbit_rabbit_rabbit" title="Rabbit rabbit rabbit">Rabbit rabbit rabbit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravens_of_the_Tower_of_London" title="Ravens of the Tower of London">Ravens of the Tower of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_traditions_and_superstitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian traditions and superstitions">Russian traditions and superstitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superstition_in_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Superstition in Britain">Superstition in Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superstition_in_Serbia" title="Superstition in Serbia">Superstition in Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spilling_water_for_luck" title="Spilling water for luck">Spilling water for luck</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scottish_Play" title="The Scottish Play">The Scottish Play</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troll_cross" title="Troll cross">Troll cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tycho_Brahe_days" title="Tycho Brahe days">Tycho Brahe days</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witch_post" title="Witch post">Witch post</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wolfssegen" title="Wolfssegen">Wolfssegen</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1" title="1">1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ace_of_spades" title="Ace of spades">Ace of spades</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3" title="3">3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Three_on_a_match" title="Three on a match">Three on a match</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4" title="4">4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Four-leaf_clover" title="Four-leaf clover">Four-leaf clover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tetraphobia" title="Tetraphobia">tetraphobia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7" title="7">7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Seventh_son_of_a_seventh_son" title="Seventh son of a seventh son">Seventh son of a seventh son</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/11:11_(numerology)" title="11:11 (numerology)">11:11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13_(number)#Luck" title="13 (number)">13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Friday_the_13th" title="Friday the 13th">Friday the 13th</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Thirteen_Club" title="The Thirteen Club">The Thirteen Club</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_floor" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirteenth floor">thirteenth floor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Triskaidekaphobia" title="Triskaidekaphobia">triskaidekaphobia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_(number)#In_other_fields" title="17 (number)">17</a> (<a href="/wiki/Heptadecaphobia" title="Heptadecaphobia">Heptadecaphobia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/27_(number)" title="27 (number)">27</a> (<a href="/wiki/27_Club" title="27 Club">27 Club</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/39_(number)" title="39 (number)">39</a> (<a href="/wiki/Curse_of_39" title="Curse of 39">Curse of 39</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/666_(number)" title="666 (number)">666</a> (<a href="/wiki/Number_of_the_beast" title="Number of the beast">Number of the Beast</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auspicious_wedding_dates" title="Auspicious wedding dates">Auspicious wedding dates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_superstition" title="Baseball superstition">Baseball superstition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beginner%27s_luck" title="Beginner's luck">Beginner's luck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_cat" title="Black cat">Black cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bread_and_butter_(superstition)" title="Bread and butter (superstition)">Bread and butter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Break_a_leg" title="Break a leg">Break 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Dutchman</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_eleven_forty-four" title="Four eleven forty-four">Four eleven forty-four</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambler%27s_conceit" title="Gambler's conceit">Gambler's conceit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lucky_symbols" title="List of lucky symbols">Good luck charm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_sacrifice" title="Human sacrifice">Human sacrifice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinx" title="Jinx">Jinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curse" title="Curse">Hex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knocking_on_wood" title="Knocking on wood">Knocking on wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_contagion" title="Law of contagion">Law of contagion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literomancy" title="Literomancy">Literomancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lock_of_hair" title="Lock of hair">Lock of hair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maternal_impression" title="Maternal impression">Maternal impression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miasma_theory" title="Miasma theory">Miasma 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