This page is mainly intended for calendar printers. The zodiac used for the calculations does not correspond to the astronomical zodiac, but to 12 zones of 30 degrees along the ecliptic, measured from the position of the Sun at the spring equinox. The ecliptic is the plane of the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
Actually, thirteen constellations currently cross the ecliptic: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Opiuchus, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
Because of the shift caused by the precession of the equinoxes, there is about a month’s difference between the actual passage of the Sun through these constellations and the dates mentioned below.
All times have been adjusted in Belgian local time (UTC + 1 hour in winter time and UTC + 2 hours in summer time).
For the year 2023:
| Aquarius | 20 January | 09h30 |
|---|---|---|
| Pisces | 18 February | 23h34 |
| Aries | 20 March | 22h24 |
| Taurus | 20 April | 10h14 |
| Gemini | 21 May | 09h09 |
| Cancer | 21 June | 16h58 |
| Leo | 23 July | 03h50 |
| Virgo | 23 August | 11h01 |
| Libra | 23 September | 08h50 |
| Scorpio | 23 October | 18h21 |
| Sagittarius | 22 November | 15h03 |
| Capricorn | 22 December | 04h27 |