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Horoscopes are a part of astrology. The word 'horoscope' is derived from the Greek word 'horoskopos' or 'horoskopoi', which is the plural form, which means 'a look at the hours' or 'marker(s) of the hour'. Horoscope is basically a diagram or a chart that represents the positions of the planets, other celestial body, and any sensitive angles at the time of any event, for example a person's birth. The names that are commonly used for the horoscope in English are horoscope chart, natus, astrological chart, celestial map, nativity, cosmogram, soulprint, radix, natal chart, birth chart, astro-chart, sky-map, star-chart, Vitasphere, radical chart or simply just a chart.

Celestial sphere: This is basically a sphere of arbitrary radius on which the items appearing on the horoscope are planned without regard to their distance from the native.

Plane of the equator: This is basically the plane of the equator of the earth projected in to space.

Plane of the ecliptic: This can be defined by the orbits of the sun and the earth.

Plane of the horizon: It is basically centered on the native and is a tangent to the earth at that point of time.

Zodiac: This basically refers to the 18° wide band on the celestial sphere including the 12 signs.

Sun sign: This is the concept that majority of the people are familiar with. The sun sign is basically the sign of the zodiac in which the sun is situated for the native.

Cusp: It is the boundary between two houses or signs. People generally born on or between 19th and 23rd of every month do not belong to any one zodiac. They have characteristics of the two signs. For example, a person born on the 20th of March is a cusp between a Piscean and an Arian.

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Sun signs
The sun signs depend on the day you were born. There are 12 sun signs namely Aries (Mar 21-Apr 20), Taurus (Apr 21-May 20), Gemini (May 21-June 21), Cancer (June 22-July 22), Leo (July 23-Aug 22), Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22), Libra (Sep 23-Oct 23), Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 21), Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21), Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19), Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) and Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20).

Chinese Astrology
The Chinese horoscope depends on the year that you are born in. They are basically names of animals. In this too, there are 12 names that are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. 2006 is the year of the dog.

Numerology
This involves the use of numbers to predict your future. It includes your birth date, your name, your soul number

Tarot Readings
These readings basically involve the use of cards that have specific pictures on them. Each picture signifies some event in your life.



These are just some of the ways. Now days you can even browse online for your daily predictions, be it Chinese or your Zodiac sign. You can also check your horoscope compatibility online. You can try out all the ways of prediction online only. If you are satisfied with them, you also have the option of buying them for your daily use.