So Now I’m A Taurus?

I went to bed a Gemini and I woke up a Taurus.  My life is a lie.

All kidding aside, I’ve always had an interest in the history of astrology and its uses in art and culture.  It goes back to the first time I visited the Beit Alfa synagogue in the Jezreel Valley.  Its mosaic floor zodiac is a masterpiece of cultural syncretism and even features the sun god, Helios, in its center.

As for the “science” of astrology, I’ll let Carl Sagan, of blessed memory, deal with that.  Since this was filmed, not much has changed.