THE TWELVE SIGNS
Twelve signs,
one turning year.
A zodiac sign is a 30-degree slice of the Sun's yearly path. Each one has an element, a modality and a ruling planet, and each describes a style rather than a personality type.
All twelve, side by side
AriesMarch 21 – April 19Cardinal fireRuled by MarsTaurusApril 20 – May 20Fixed earthRuled by VenusGeminiMay 21 – June 20Mutable airRuled by MercuryCancerJune 21 – July 22Cardinal waterRuled by The MoonLeoJuly 23 – August 22Fixed fireRuled by The SunVirgoAugust 23 – September 22Mutable earthRuled by MercuryLibraSeptember 23 – October 22Cardinal airRuled by VenusScorpioOctober 23 – November 21Fixed waterRuled by Mars, and Pluto in modern practiceSagittariusNovember 22 – December 21Mutable fireRuled by JupiterCapricornDecember 22 – January 19Cardinal earthRuled by SaturnAquariusJanuary 20 – February 18Fixed airRuled by Saturn, and Uranus in modern practicePiscesFebruary 19 – March 20Mutable waterRuled by Jupiter, and Neptune in modern practice
How to use a sign well
A sign on its own is not a reading. In a chart, a sign always colours something: the Sun's purpose, the Moon's way of settling, the rising sign's first impression, or whichever planet sits in it. The same sign reads differently in each case.
That is why two people who share a Sun sign can feel nothing alike — everything else in their charts is doing work. Reading a sign through the placement it colours is the difference between a horoscope column and a chart.
Twelve signs, and one sky your family shares.
Chart your family