Astrology uses a lot of little symbols called Glyphs. If you want to be able to read a chart, it is imperative that you learn to read the glyphs. When memorizing something new it helps to make a lot of little associations to other things. This will give you more trigger points to recall the information.

Here are a few personal examples from my own palace of memory to give you some ideas.

Continue reading The Glyphs for the Zodiac Signs by Nota

This is a continuation of a continuation. You can board this train of thought by reading earlier posts here.

Ok, so last time, I think I may have gotten off on a bit of a tangent. No biggie. Let’s see if we can get back to our question and reel this thing in. “What’s an Ophiuchus?”

Continue reading “What’s an Ophiuchus?” Part 2 by Nota

This is a continuation of my series on the supposed changes in the Zodiac and claiming your personal responsibility in weighing the relativity of conceptual knowledge. How Saturn in Libra is that!

Peruse previous posts here.

Let’s return to our original idea from part 1.  When we draw the ecliptic (that line that the Sun appears to travel along) on the sky, we cut through several “constellations.”  Well, this begs the question “What is a constellation?”

Continue reading “Has my Sign Changed?” Part 5 ~OR~ “What’s an Ophiuchus” Part 1 by Nota

This is part 4 of a series addressing the recent hullabaloo over “changes” in the Zodiac and some things to consider before you have an identity crisis over it.   You can get caught up to speed here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

Now, the part you’ve all been waiting for.  Just so we’re crystal clear, let’s wrap this thing up by addressing the question directly: Has my sign changed?

Continue reading “Has My Sign Changed?” Part 4 by Nota

 This is a continuation of a piece that starts here: Part 1 and Part 2

Ok, so considering all that we’ve talked about so far, riddle me this:

How do you measure a year? Is it in daylights? In sunsets? In midnights? In cups of coffee?

Well, one way is we can observe a solar event such as the Vernal Equinox.  From one Vernal equinox to the next Vernal equinox could be called a year, yes? I think so.

Another possible way we could do it would be to observe our position relative to the back drop of the stars.  We pick a star and note our position. When we cycle back around to that position once again, that should be a year too.

Continue reading “Has My Sign Changed?” Part 3 by Nota

This is a continuation of a piece I started yesterday:  “Has My Sign Changed?” Part 1 You may want to read that one first.

Ok, so picking up where we left off… we’ve got this abstract wheel called the Zodiac that is based on the constellations of the same names,  but regularized into neat little evenly spaced compartments because that’s easier to finagle, mathematically speaking.  Everybody with me? Good.

Continue reading “Has My Sign Changed?” Part 2 by Nota

There has been a lot of hubbub lately over some claims about shifts in the earth’s rotational axis and its relation to the signs.  Everyone is wondering “Am I a different sign?”

Well… Yes and No.

Let’s see if we can shed some light on this subject before y’all run out and get your Gemini tattoos lasered off. We’ll start with some definitions.

Continue reading “Has My Sign Changed?” Part 1 by Nota