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The sky rewards knowing its language properly. These pieces open the moving parts in plain words: what a sun sign actually measures, why the dates move from one year to the next, and how much more a chart holds once you read past the Sun.

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Start from the child instead

If you would rather read the whole temperament than the single hour, these are the signs this room talks about most.

Aries around 21 March to 19 April Fire Cardinal Taurus around 20 April to 20 May Earth Fixed Gemini around 21 May to 20 June Air Mutable Cancer around 21 June to 22 July Water Cardinal

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