The Roman Catholic Church changed the calendar from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII.
We can analyze the Gematria of the year 1582 as 1 + 5 + 8 + 2, which is 16, which represents destruction as Key 16, the Tower Card in Tarot.
Anyways, this shifted not only the dates, but also the beginning of the Zodiac signs.
Aries, which was April 14th – May 14th, became March 21st – April 20th.
As you can see, this is about a 24 degree difference from April 14th, if you count the number of days in March, which is 31 days (but 30 in my system as Pisces), then it would be 14 days subtracted from 31 – 21, which is 10 days, creating exactly a 24 degree difference of a shift of 24 days.
We can simply this 24 degree shift and call it Precession of the Equinox, although the technical terms are more complicated as Aries would be calculated based on the vernal equinox which would be March 20th in 2026.
With a shift of 24 degrees it creates significant differences in a Western Zodiac reading and a True Astrology™ one (which accounts for precession), which would change not only the Sun sign, all the the planets from Mercury to Pluto, but also the Ascendant.
Why did the Roman Catholic Church do this?
If we take the beliefs of St. Augustine, who was completely opposed to Astrology, who believed in free will and the divine order and the divine cosmology, that is quite consistent with the Church’s alignment, but to take it a step further, to change the calendar so that readings don’t work is another level of ‘bravery.’
Why did they do this?
It reinforces the Church’s power over religion and stops anyone from competing with ecclesiastical authority. Until the Protestant Reformation, in which according to history, Queen Elizabeth’s court was filled with Astrologers who would once more bring a lost art back to life but sail the open seas brazenly in defiance of the Roman Catholic Church.
Another reason is that Western Astrology, defined as the dates in which Zodiac signs are calculated, which was modified by the Roman Catholic Church, is predictive –
Meaning it gives you hope and anticipation for the future as you will act upon a daily horoscope, which is almost calculated based on the Moon sign for each Zodiac sign for a competent Astrologer.
And to compound things, most celebrities are born during the middle of the month or slightly after, so their Western Zodiac sign matches their Vedic signs.
So the readings on popular magazines, most notably on Elle, and Cosmopolitan, only makes sense for them, so the readings are tailored towards them because they are using Western Astrology.
So this is why most people don’t resonate with Astrology because the horoscopes don’t match their day if it’s a daily horoscope without transits.
What about my method?
I do a full 90-minute consult with a client and I will go over everything from their birth to their present, then do transits. I will also give health and lifestyle insights as well as business / project timing.
If a client had a major head injury and there is a noticeable shift in personality then I suggest typing the date and time of the injury as the new date of birth for the tool I’ve referenced below.
I use many tools on my disposal and I recommend people try Astro-Seek.com’s transit chart and you can’t change the positions of the stars in the sky relative to your birth chart – they will always stay the same no matter what method you are using.
Also, it gives you a permalink after you’ve typed in your information which you can link to your cell phone, then copy that to your home screen on your cellphone, and then you can check your horoscope for every day.
