Out-of-whack Star Maps, and why we use them today.

Astrologers rarely seem to explore these issues, but I'm only 26, so I'm going to be adventurous and dive in here while my opinions are still blessedly malleable. I'm still considering the best way to use these amended timelines etc. for my future forecasts and calculations. Here's more of what I've been exploring:

Signs and Constellations:

So what's the real difference between a "sign" and a constellation (note: there is one!). A constellation is a group of stars we can see in the Heavens. It exists, and we can see it. We have myths that correspond to these constellations, as well as personality traits we ascribe to people born under their influence.

A sign is the arbitrary length of time we assign to that constellation, a time when the Sun is traditionally believed to transit it, again, a calculation which was derived from our perspective here on Terra Firma thousands of years ago.

However, our calculations are clearly out of whack. Using an ephemeris to determine the planetary transits while using an old star map thousands of years old that doesn't take into account the all-important "Movement of the Ages" is kind of stupid.

Here's the ol' "Movement of the Ages" as described by Wikipedia:

The Earth, in addition to its diurnal rotation upon its axis, incurs a precessional motion involving a slow periodic shift of the axis itself: approximately one degree every 70 years. This motion, which is caused mostly by the Moon's gravity, gives rise to the precession of the equinoxes in which the Sun's position on the ecliptic at the time of the vernal equinox, measured against the background of fixed stars, gradually changes with time.

So. We are now looking at a night sky whose constellations have shifted so significantly that the "Sun Signs" as we traditionally observe them have little to do with celestial reality as it applie to those of us here on Earth...

So mind-blowing, why isn't this a bigger bone of contention? Are astrologers all too apathetic to rock the boat? Or are we all so convinced astrology is more of a "spiritual" science than one that has anything to do with empirical evidence that we don't bother. That sounds more like superstition than spirituality to me.

xo,

Sybilla