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24 December – 20 January

ZODIAC DEGREES: Capricorn

RULING PLANET: The Sun

ARCHETYPAL GODS: Greek: Apollo; Egyptian: Osiris, Ra; Celtic: Taliesin, Arthur, Lugh

STARS: Vega, Capricorn

IN CELTIC ASTROLOGY the first sign of the lunar zodiac is the Birch Tree. Its ruler is the Sun because this time marked the return of the Sun gods from the Underworld. It was the time of year when the Sun began its annual ascent in the sky after the Winter Solstice on 22 December. The proud White Stag associated with the Birch Tree sign figured prominently in all Celtic myths and symbolized the seven-month reign of their Sun gods from the Winter Solstice to the Summer Solstice. As a time when the light of the Sun was increasing, and according to the concept of light and darkness, it had profound meaning for the Celts, who divided their year on this basis as the pivotal duality of birth and death.

The following astrological interpretation is based upon the Celtic Moon sign with reference to its corresponding Sun sign. Because the lunar zodiac has thirteen signs it creates an overlapping system of degrees and, though they exist within the same 360 degrees of the Sun zodiac, it forms a shadow zodiac, which provides a unique source of astrological interpretation. It also takes into account the influential polarity signs and the hidden potential associated with the mythical White Stag as observed by the druids.