[Curiosities] 10 curiosities of the horoscope that nobody had told you

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• The horoscope signs are divided into four great elements: Air (in which we find Gemini, Libra and Aquarius); Fire (to which Aries, Leo and Sagittarius belong); Earth (made up of Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn); and Water (which are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces).
• These elements have a direct relationship with nature, just as it is said that the signs also have it. As a curiosity, there are common characteristics that are repeated in the signs that belong to the same elements.
• There is a "new" element of the zodiac. We call it Ophiuchus and it alters the new horoscope dates so that those born between November 29 and December 17 will belong to this sign.
• The word "zodiac" has its origin in the Greek word "Skopo" and the Egyptian word "Horo", which translates as "looking at the horizon".
• Each of the zodiacal signs has an origin or inspiration in a mythological animal that is related to a Greek god. For example, Aries is a ram and constitutes the symbol of offering to the Greek god of war or Capricorn is represented by a goat, specifically Amalthea who, they say, suckled the god Zeus.
• The signs of the zodiac are each named after the constellations with which they coincided about 2000 years ago.
• Why do they influence our life? Each sign is said to coincide with the solstices and equinoxes, which divide the zodiacal circle into four equal parts. They coincide, therefore, with the seasons and a correlation is established between the situation of the sun in each of the times and human events and actions.
• That the horoscope has survived to this day, we owe it to the Assyrians, who transmitted it to the Egyptians and thanks to them it reached all of Western Europe.
• There is no use just knowing your zodiac sign. You must also know what your ascendant is, the point of the zodiac that appears on the horizon to the East at the time and place of your birth, which is what really determines our personality, values and conditions our way of being.
• There are other known horoscopes such as the Chinese (with 12 animals such as the rat, the rabbit or the horse), the Hindu (whose signs are divided into segments, as if it were an organization chart and are called Rashis) or the Celts, with a total of 23 signs.