What is a star sign?

What is a star sign?

Barry Street (Astrologer) gives expert video advice on: How do I know what my star sign is?; If I was born on the 'cusp' of two signs, am I influenced by both?; Why does my date of birth affect my personality? and more...

A star sign is a way of dividing all human nature into twelve different characteristic types or archetypes. You could have anything as an archetype; you could use a city and say, there's an archetypal Texan or a New Yorker. These are broad terms that everybody understands, that we use to convey complex messages simply. To understand why there are twelve star signs, you have to go back to the mathematicians. The Babylonians have 360 degrees in a circle. We don't know why there are twelve, but twelve is a very convenient way of dividing up these characteristics, these archetypes of star signs.