2027: The Year of the Fire Goat
What Chinese astrology traditionally says for your animal, and what to do before February.
The Hunter Who Can Never See the Scorpion
Why Orion and Scorpius never share the night sky: a boast, a tiny creature, and a punishment written in the stars.
The Woman Who Glowed in the Dark
Marie Curie, born 7 November 1867. Five ancient traditions read her birthday. Four of them describe her almost perfectly. One gets her completely wrong.
The Lovers Separated by the Milky Way
A goddess who wove the clouds, a cowherd who loved her, and the one night a year when birds build them a bridge. You can see both of them tonight.
The Dragon Who Stopped to Help
The most powerful animal in the Great Race could have flown in first. It came fifth. This is why.
The Man Born Under Two Suns
Vincent van Gogh, born 30 March 1853. Two different traditions, on opposite sides of the world, gave him the same sign: the Sun. He spent his life painting it.
The Woman Who Lives on the Moon
Ten suns, one archer, a pill of immortality and a rabbit. The legend of Chang'e, and the day Apollo 11 was told to look out for her.
The Thirteenth Sign They Left Out
The Sun crosses thirteen constellations, not twelve. Meet Ophiuchus, the healer who raised the dead, and why your sign still isn't wrong.
The Woman Who Said Yes, Then No
Jane Austen, born 16 December 1775. She wrote the world's favourite love stories, turned down a fortune overnight, and never put her name on a single book.
The Snake Who Rode the Horse
A trick at the finish line, a curse on Fire Horse girls, and the year a superstition changed a whole country's birth rate. And it's a Fire Horse year again.
The Boy Emperor Who Tested the Sky
The Kangxi Emperor, born 4 May 1654. He took the throne at seven, survived smallpox, outwitted a regent with teenage wrestlers, and once made the astronomers prove they could predict a shadow.
The Cat Who Missed the Race
Why is there no Cat in the Chinese zodiac? A promise, a river, a betrayal, and a twist history kept for last.
The Ten Day Masters
Find the element of the day you were born, then read what it says about your nature, love and work.