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Checking your 2024 horoscope? Astronomy explains why your sign might have changed

Some of the constellations that are visible from the Northern Hemisphere at different times of the year. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption

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Checking your 2024 horoscope? Astronomy explains why your sign might have changed

December 31, 2023 • Our view of the constellations has changed since they were first mapped thousands of years ago. That new perspective could also mess with your astrological horoscope in the new year.

Checking your 2024 horoscope? Astronomy explains why your sign might have changed

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'Year Of The Dragon' Means It's 'Year Of The Baby' Too

Yu Qiuyan (right) held her newborn baby girl Li Muhua, as father Li Wanhong (left) and a relative stood by in Beijing on January 26. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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'Year Of The Dragon' Means It's 'Year Of The Baby' Too

February 7, 2012 • Whenever it's a dragon year, many people in Asian cultures hope to have babies because it's thought to be an especially auspicious time.