Jan 03

The Thai Zodiac

By Richard Barrow Email

Saturday 3rd January, 2009 | 307 words | Category: Superstitions | 1 feedback »

Although the Thai Zodiac is similar to what we use in the West, you will see from the following chart that the Thai version is off by about 23 days. According to "Thai Ways" (Denis Segaller p.205), this is because the Western version takes the sun as its reference point. While in the Thai system, the earth is taken as the reference point.

  Western Thai
Aries March 21 - April 20 April 13 - May 14
Taurus April 21 - May 21 May 15 - June 14
Gemini May 22 - June 21 June 15 - July 15
Cancer June 22 - July 22 July 16 - August 16
Leo July 23 -August 21 August 17 - September 16
Virgo August 22 - September 23 September 17 - October 16
Libra September 24 - October 23 October 17 - November 15
Scorpio October 24 - November 22 November 16 - December 15
Sagittarius November 23 - December 22 December 16 - January 14
Capricorn December 23 - January 20 January 15 - February 12
Aquarius January 21 - February 19 February 13 - March 14
Pisces February 20- March 20 March 15 - April 12


I always thought that I was Gemini, but if I was born in Thailand, I would have been born a Taurus. So, when we check our horoscope, how are we supposed to know which one to look at? All very confusing. However, I remember there was one time a monk asked me what day and exact time I was born. He was trying to work out a lucky day for me to buy something. As I was born in the evening in the UK, I asked him whether I should take into account the time difference. Which, of course, would have meant I was born in the early hours of the following morning. But, he replied that it was only important to know the time and date of my birth in the country where I was born. I wonder if that still makes me a Gemini then? Not that it makes any difference, I never read my horoscopes anyway.

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Comment from: Dniw [Visitor] Email
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dont be sad! i was actually wondering about the same thing and happen to run into your site which is awesome! and yet still the same question, so what sign am i ?
29/01/10 @ 09:18

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