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Astrology

Podcast: Looking Toward the Sky with Summer Ash

Fall in love with black holes.

The Podcast Team May 30, 2024

Conspiracy theorists believe X marks the spot over Carbondale.

Why Doomsayers Think the Eclipse Will Bring Disaster to Illinois

The town of Carbondale sits in the middle of an astronomical crossroads.

Leah Hudson Leva March 26, 2024

As the Year of the Dragon Looms, We See Dragons Everywhere

This Lunar New Year welcomes the Wood Dragon, but these mythic animals never go out of style.

Gemma Tarlach January 29, 2024

Bangkok, Thailand

City Pillar Shrine

The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

Mercury, an "empty little rock," appears as a small black dot as it crosses in front of the Sun.

Mercury Retrograde Is Ending, and It’s Up to You How to Feel About It

The first planet from the Sun doesn't influence your love life or your luck, but it can help foster a cosmic connection.

Rebecca Boyle September 13, 2023

Supermoons can appear not just bigger but about 30 percent brighter.

Just How Super Is The Coming Supermoon?

July's full moon will be thousands of miles closer to us than usual. Learn how to measure it with your hand.

Rebecca Boyle June 28, 2023

A drawing depicting a Jupiter-Saturn conjunction, by Johannes Kepler, December 1603.

Astrologers Were the Quants of the Ancient World

Coincidence and correlation in the stars, from the founding of Baghdad to the New York Yankees to COVID-19.

Alexander Boxer August 7, 2020

The Padua astronomical clock.

Padua Astronomical Clock

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Astronomical chart illustration of the Virgo.

How to Discover Your City’s Star Sign

London is a Gemini.

Evan Nicole Brown September 25, 2018

The floor mosaic, with the zodiac in the center and the Torah ark above.

Tiberias, Israel

Zodiac Mosaic of Hammat Tiberias

The mosaic floor of a 4th-century synagogue features a pagan zodiac wheel alongside traditional images of a Torah ark and menorahs.

Zodiac Man, 1522

objects of intrigue

When Physicians Used Lunar Signs to Diagnose Patients

Meet the Zodiac Man.

Michael Waters August 7, 2017

What Your Zodiac Sign Says About You, According to a 1930s Astrologer

Hey Geminis: Stop using the phone so volubly.

Michael Waters July 14, 2017