Astrology
Western Zodiac
Tropical Sun sign · where the Sun rides the ecliptic
The tropical zodiac cuts the ecliptic into twelve 30-degree signs from the spring equinox, so your Sun sign tracks the Sun’s seasonal position — not the constellation actually behind it today.
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In UTC at 02:02 on October 27, 2026, this calendar read ♏︎ Scorpio. The reading above is live, in your own time zone.
At a glance
- Type
- Solar — the sun’s place on the ecliptic
- Origin
- Hellenistic astrology, on Babylonian roots
- Year
- Twelve signs of 30° each, beginning at the March equinox
- Where it’s used
- Popular astrology — horoscopes and birth charts
- How it’s worked out here
- The sun’s apparent longitude, so a sign changes at the moment the sun crosses into it, not on a fixed date
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