TROPICALZODIAC(MOVINGZODIAC)
The tropical zodiac, also called the moving zodiac, is the familiar circle of 12 signs
that begins at 0° Aries (the point where the Sun is located at the spring equinox).
Because of the precession of equinoxes, the equinox point changes slightly so that
each year it moves farther and farther back when looked at against the background of
the stars. The net effect of this movement is that the signs no longer correspond with
the constellation after which they are named, and at this time the tropical sign Aries
begins near the beginning of the constellation Pisces. The antonym of tropical zodiac
is sidereal zodiac, which refers to the zodiac constituted by the actual constellations.
The sidereal zodiac is used in Hindu astrology, and also by a few Western astrologers.Sources:
Bach, Eleanor. Astrology from A to Z: An Illustrated Source Book.New York: Philosophical
Library, 1990.
Brau, Jean-Louis, Helen Weaver, and Allan Edmands. Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology.New
York: New American Library, 1980.TURI, LOUIS
Louis Turi was born and raised in Provence, France. He studied engineering from the
FPA college at home while singing and playing in a band. In 1973, he moved to Eng-
land to pursue his dream to become a pianist. In 1976 he received the highest distinc-
tion Musicianship Award Cup and graduated from the Royal School of Music in Lon-
don. He then worked as a recording artist.
Turi moved to the United States looking for an opportunity to promote his
musical career. He started his new life with less than $50 in his pocket. Later he
received an ASME section 9 nuclear welding test certification and worked on the
U.S. Naval Base in San Diego, California, and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, while pursuing
his passion to fly helicopters.
Turi’s life took a sharp turn in 1990 when the U.S. economy, real estate, and
construction fields went down. This was his opportunity to turn to his real passion,
the stars. He became a full-time astrologer. In 1991 he received a metaphysical doctor-
ate from the Light Institute in Sacramento, California. Disappointed with the con-
ventional jargonized astrology, he spent the last few years, rekindling and practicing
the Seer’s rare divine astrology method, which he calls astropsychology.
Turi now teaches and counsels people from all walks of life. He has appeared
on numerous radios and television shows. In 1999, he launched his own publishing
company, Startheme Publications, Ltd. He lectures all over the world.TYCHE
Tyche, asteroid 258 (the 258th asteroid to be discovered, on May 4, 1886), is approxi-
mately 68 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 4.2 years. It is named
after the Greek goddesss of fortune and personification of luck and indicates good luckTropical Zodiac (Moving Zodiac)
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