Astrology introduction

A very strong link exists between the time of year you were born and your personality type. Everyone born under a particular zodiac sign will have at their core, basic personality characteristic that they share with other people born on the same sun-sign. The twelve signs of the zodiac form a kind of "clock" that relates directly to the sun's journey through the heavens, a orbit or cycle that takes one year to complete. The true astrological year starts in late March with the sunsign Aries. Afterwards the zodiac signs change at one month intervals.

Moon Signs

The zodiac also is broken down into smaller cycles, and each cycle has an effect on personality.

The primary astrological indicators in the zodiac are, starting with the most common, Sun signs, moon signs, the ascendant and mid-heaven. The moon cycle takes just 28 days to complete, so while the sun is making it's trek through one sign, the moon will have passed through all twelve. There is another basic cycle to consider, it is related to the sign rising over the horizon as the earth rotates on it's axis. It is these particular cycles that provide the basic astrology sun-sign profile.

If you were born on the first or last day of a Sun sign, in astrological terms you were born on a cusp. If that's the case, you will probably benefit from reading your own Sun sign and the Sun sign that ends or begins right before or after your date of birth. For example, if your birth date is 22 December, your Sun sign is Capricorn, but you probably have some Sagittarian traits as well.