Many people are familiar with zodiac signs; as kids we often look at them for weekly, daily, or monthly advice from things ranging from crushes to personalities. Whether or not our zodiac sign determines who we are, the constellations they are based off on is entirely a reality. Each month, as the Earth moves around the sun on its orbit, a new constellation appears behind the sun (that month’s designated zodiac). Like the stars and the sun itself, these constellations rise and set in the sky as the Earth rotates on its axis. The further the Earth moves along in its orbit, the earlier we can see these constellations. Why we associate a cluster of stars with our daily lives and believe they influence who we are as people is definitely beyond my understanding, however it is interesting to finally see where the various signs come from. The zodiacs appear at the same time each year and move slowly across the sky as we move through the seasons. Were our earth to move in the opposite orbit, we would see the same east to west rise and fall of the constellations on the daily, however the movement of the constellations throughout the year would reverse entirely.
