Cardinal sign (astrology) Cardinal sign (astrology) The practice of astrology recognizes four cardinal signs of the zodiac: Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn — sometimes called reacting signs. It associates those people born "under" one of these with certain human behaviors and traits like being active, self-motivated, insightful and ambitious. The word "cardinal" originates from the Latin word for "important," since they each mark the turning point of a temperate season. They were called "moveable" by traditional astrologers because, as Bonatti says, the "air" changes when the Sun enters each of these signs, bringing a change of season. Sometimes the word "cardinal" is confused
Ophiuchus (astrology) Japan in 1996, Berg's system has since been comparatively widespread in Japanese pop culture, appearing for example in the "Final Fantasy" video game series and the manga and anime series "GetBackers", "Fairy Tail" , "Saint Seiya", and "Starry Sky". In Andrew Hussie's "Homestuck" the character Caliborn is associated with this sign. Ophiuchus (astrology) Ophiuchus (⛎) () has sometimes been used in sidereal astrology as a thirteenth sign in addition to the twelve signs of the tropical Zodiac, because the eponymous constellation "Ophiuchus" ( "Serpent-bearer"), as defined by the 1930 International Astronomical Union's constellation boundaries, is situated behind the sun from