Cusp Confusion

A Cusp is the boundary line in space between zodiac Signs. The main reason for the confusion about Cusps is that newspapers and magazines don't have enough space to fully explain how the horoscope columnist determined what "Sign" applies to your particular date of birth. It's a lot simpler to just list twelve date ranges and say that if you were born within one of those ranges you "are" a certain "Sign".

This works fine for most people, except  for those who were born on one of those twelve dates in the list, or on the day before or after that date, for the dates are "typical" but not true for some birth dates.

In reality, even people born the day before or after those "cusp dates" might be assuming their Sun was in the wrong Sign, for the actual date the Sun moves into the next Sign is not the same every year. And if you were born on a real cusp date, your time of birth of birth would determine which Sign the Sun was in on your birthday. To know your "Sign" for sure you need a Birth Chart.

I have met a few people born on or near one of those Cusp dates who thought their Sun Sign was the wrong Sign, and were reading the wrong daily horoscope all their lives!  Click for Sun Sign Table.  ©2001 by  Michael Star