Do people still use that as a pick up line? I suppose not, since many stats from many countries show Gen Z is no longer interested in dating or sex.

Anyway!

When I was young I learned that my July 6th birthday made me a Cancer. Turns out, that is about 2000 years out of date. The earth wobbles in its orbit, but we are still using the sign dates that we set 2000 years ago. It seems like based on the stars that are actually behind the sun when July 6th rolls around these days, I am Gemini.

Whoa. I don't think I know how to be a Gemini! Don't I have to have an evil twin to be a Gemini or something? This is heavy.

I came across this interesting piece from the New York Times. The Times has a paywall, but I think I can share a free view. Try this link. If that doesn't work, here is a paywall busting link.
It's an interesting story. The scientiftic name for this "wobbling" that I mentioned eariler is axial precession. Basically the Earth wobbles like a spinning top and the full circle of this wobble takes 26000 years to complete. Along the way, the star the North Pole points to (Polaris, the North Star) changes. Nearly 4500 years ago when the Egyptians were building the pyramids, the North Star was Thuban.

Our view of the stars shifts approxmately 1% every year. This means that over centuries, our view of the zodiac constellations also changes.

Anyway, it's all very fascinating. Go to the link above and see what your adjusted sign is.

Interestingly, I wonder how astrologists deal with this. The article claims that astrologists are well aware of the problem but that they ignore it, finding it convenient to continue basing the system on the stars as they were 2000 years ago.

But I wonder if that's accurate to all astrologists. @opidia, what do you do?

David is an American teacher and translator lost in Japan, trying to capture the beauty of this country one photo at a time and searching for the perfect haiku. He blogs here and at laspina.org. Write him on Bluesky. 【Support @dbooster with Hive SBI】