The Zodiac Signs
which they belong. In the center of the diagram is the
Sun, whose symbol is a circle with a dot in the center.
Around that, and farther out, you can see a thin circle
representing the orbit of the earth. On that orbit is the
Earth, whose symbol is a circle with a cross in it.
The Earth in this diagram is, as we see, in the zodiac
sign Capricorn, and moving in a counter-clockwise
direction. From the earth, if we look at the sun, we can
see that the sun is in the zodiac sign Cancer. In other
words, from where we stand on Earth (and where Earth
is in the zodiac), at any point during the year, the sun is
always in the sign opposite. We see the sun in the
opposite sign from where we stand. For example, if you
are a sun-sign Virgo, then the earth was in the zodiac
sign Pisces at the time of your birth, and so on.
You should be able to locate your sun sign on this chart;
now, look across to the opposite sign and imagine
standing on the earth, there, and looking at the sun in
your birth sun sign. This is, as we know, how sun-sign
astrology works. But does it really work?