Astrology as a Business
Time Changes
The various countries and cities on the globe are
located in different time zones, so this is something you
have to keep in mind. For example, my home here in
Big Rapids, Michigan, is at the extreme western edge of
the Eastern Standard Time Zone (EST). Time zones are
referenced by the number of hours an area of land is
away from Greenwich, England, which is used as the
standard time marker for the entire earth. For example,
Eastern Standard Time is five hours away from
Greenwich, which is five hours earlier. When it is 7 A.M.
in Big Rapids, it is already Noon in England.
Many computer programs automatically adjust your birth
time for the time zone in which you were born, while
others have you pick the correct time zone and/or put it
in. We have four major time zones in the continental
United States: Eastern Standard Time (EST = 5 hours),
Central Standard Time (CST = 6 hours), Mountain