About Sun Signs

In order to read your horoscope, you need to know what your sun sign is. This is determined by the day you were born. Usually, horoscopes will list the days that a particular sun sign falls under. They get the name sun signs because the day you were born is the day the sun was a part of one of the twelve constellations that make up the sign of the zodiac. This means that a sun sign is the same as a zodiac sign.

As you look at the dates of sun signs, you will notice that they do not correspond with the standard calendar months. This is because sun moves through the zodiac constellations at it's own pace and never minds the calendar - it`s like Online Games. In general, it takes about 30 days for the sun to move through a single sign of the constellation. Unfortunately, the standard calendar is made up of 28, 30 or 31 days (and, every four years, a February with 29 days). This means that a sun or zodiac sign tends to begin in the middle of one month and stretch on until the middle of the next.

The sun signs used in horoscopes are:

• Aries, the ram: March 21 – April 19
• Taurus, the bull: April 20 – May 20
• Gemini, the twins: May 21 – June 20
• Cancer, the crab: June 21 – July 22
• Leo, the lion: July 23 – August 22
• Virgo, the virgin: August 23 – September 22
• Libra, the scales: September 23 – October 22
• Scorpio, the scorpion: October 23 – November 21
• Sagittarius, the centaur: November 22 – December 21
• Copernicus, the goat: December 22 – January 19
• Aquarius, the water-bearer: January 20 – February 18
• Pisces, the fish: February 19 – March 20