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The Great Zodiac Shift: Tropical vs Sidereal

In Western Astrology, people born between 22 December and 19 January are considered Capricorns, meaning their Sun sign is Capricorn. However, astronomically, the Sun enters the actual Capricorn constellation much later, around 14 January. Therefore, a person born on 20 December would astronomically have the Sun positioned in the Sagittarius region of the sky, not Capricorn. Tropical astrologers respond by saying that they do not base astrology on the current constellations an