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Why are zodiac constellations used as the birth sign?

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The zodiac signs follow the apparent path of the Sun in the sky. To the ancient people the Sun was considered to the facilitator of all life. In Astrology the Sun came to represent the native's self or ego, in its most basic expression. The sign the Sun was thus indicated the traits of that given persona.

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Constellations are not used as birth signs. The Sun sign is what is commonly referred to as a birth sign or a star sign. The mythology associated with the zodiac signs is also associated with the constellations of the same name.

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