Signs Of Zodiac Research Articles

Characterization of star sign patterns that require [formula omitted

The refined inertia of a square real matrix B, denoted ri(B), is the ordered 4-tuple (n+(B),n−(B),nz(B),2np(B)), where n+(B) (resp., n−(B)) is the number of eigenvalues of B with positive (resp., negative) real part, nz(B) is the number of zero eigenvalues of B, and 2np(B) is the number of pure imaginary eigenvalues of B. For n≥3, the set of refined inertias Hn={(0,n,0,0),(0,n−2,0,2),(2,n−2,0,0)} is important for the onset of Hopf bifurcation in dynamical systems. An n×n sign pattern A is said to require Hn if Hn={ri(B)|B∈Q(A)}. The star sign patterns of order n≥5 that require Hn are characterized. More specifically, it is shown that for each n≥5, a star sign pattern requires Hn if and only if it is equivalent to one of the five sign patterns identified in the paper.

Zodiakale und planetare Dekane

Zodiacal and Planetary 'decani'. The 36 ecliptical 'decani' (sectors of 10°) were distributed either to the twelve zodiacal signs or to the seven planets. The first system has been transmitted only by the Roman didactic poet Manilius, who commits an error at the end of his catalogue that can be explained by comparing it with the more frequent planetary one. Both systems follow the Roman calendar beginning with the Ram respectively Mars. Although the zodiacal system (36 : 12) runs without remainder whereas the planetary one (36 : 7) repeats Mars once more (six times), so that it both begins and ends with this planet, this planetary system prevails. Four possible astrological reasons of this contradiction are discussed including other texts, mostly taken from the 'Babylonian' Teucrus (at the latest first century BC), who represents the first witness, if not the inventor of this particular lore.

Potentially eventually positive star sign patterns

An $n$-by-$n$ real matrix $A$ is eventually positive if there exists a positive integer $k_{0}$ such that $A^{k}>0$ for all $k\geq k_{0}$. An $n$-by-$n$ sign pattern $\mathcal{A}$ is potentially eventually positive (PEP) if there exists an eventually positive real matrix $A$ with the same sign pattern as $\mathcal{A}$. An $n$-by-$n$ sign pattern $\mathcal{A}$ is a minimal potentially eventually positive sign pattern (MPEP sign pattern) if $\mathcal{A}$ is PEP and no proper subpattern of $\mathcal{A}$ is PEP. Berman, Catral, Dealba, et al. [Sign patterns that allow eventual positivity, {\it ELA}, 19(2010): 108-120] established some sufficient and some necessary conditions for an $n$-by-$n$ sign pattern to allow eventual positivity and classified the potentially eventually positive sign patterns of order $n\leq 3$. However, the identification and classification of PEP signpatterns of order $n\geq 4$ remain open. In this paper, all the $n$-by-$n$ PEP star sign patterns are classified by identifying all the MPEP star sign patterns.

Pathways into the Study of Ancient Sciences

The book under review is a selection of essays from prodigious oeuvre of David Pingree (1933-2005), foremost scholar of ancient astral in Near Eastern, Indian, and Greco-Latin texts. This collection of 33 papers, produced over course of four decades from 1963 to 2003, was edited by Isabelle Pingree and John M. Steele. They have brought previously published papers hitherto scattered in sometimes difficult to obtain journals and volumes together as a useful and representative collection.Pingree was concerned with what he called the history of exact ... as practiced in ancient Mesopotamia, in ancient and medieval Greece, India, and Latin-speaking West, and in medieval Islam (p. 3). Through his life's work, Pingree showed concretely by study of manuscripts and their histories that, in fact, exact sciences, as represented in these materials, sometimes widely separated both geographically and chronologically, constituted a single integral historical field.The opening section of general studies focuses on topics related to transmission, translation, and mingling of textual traditions from Indus Valley in east to Europe in west. The editors' choice to open with set piece Hellenophilia and history of (1992) is a good one. It presents Pingree's aim to study history of science as a matter of written sources in context, with further consequence that essential to study of science in history are subjects whichwere or are within contexts of cultures in which they once flourished or now are practiced ... and that intellectual content must be related to culture that produced and nourished each, and to social context within which each arose and developed [p. 3] ... If my definition of science as it must be viewed by a historian is accepted, it is easy to show that and certain learned forms of divination, magic, alchemy, and so on are sciences [p. 8] ... Much of my argument has been based on anthropological perception that science is not apprehension of an external set of truths that mankind is progressively acquiring a greater knowledge of, but that rather are products of human culture [p. 12].These statements clarify Pingree's fundamentally context-driven historiographical approach and reflect, arguably, central commitment of his research. The sciences, from his point of view, are comprised of a plurality of local traditions of knowledge that were never simply transmitted but always bound up with other parts of contexts in which they existed and continued to have value.Arguing for legitimacy of study of as science in history, introductory section of volume moves on to an encyclopaedia entry defining ancient and making distinction between Babylonian celestial divination and astrology, former being about omens, latter about celestial influence in a physical (effective) way. This definition is further specified in lengthy From Alexandria to Baghdad to Byzantium: The transmission of astrology as interpretation of horoscopic diagram representing positions of planets and zodiacal signs at moment of a native's conception or (p. 18), and places invention of this system with Greeks in Egypt ca. 100 C.E. D. Greenbaum and M. Ross have argued thatvarying definitions of alter identification of horoscopes in antiquity ... and historical conclusions drawn from these pieces of evidence. In fact, depending on which definition is used, origin of horoscope could have occurred in Babylon, Egypt or Greece.[1]Pingree's definition, quoted before, also precisely describes cuneiform horoscopes that represent positions of planets and zodiacal signs at moment of birth or conception.[2] The article From Alexandria to Baghdad to Byzantium traces lines of descent from Greek astrological manuscripts from Alexandrea to Sanskrit translations made in mid-second to third centuries of our era. …

The Zodiac Calendar and Equity Factor Returns

We calculate the returns for four well-known equity factor returns, the market, size, value, and momentum, for each Zodiac calendar year from 1926 to 2015. We find that point estimates of average returns for each Zodiac sign can be substantially different. However, when we employ statistical tests, we do not find enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis of equal excess returns across Zodiac signs. For an investor with an equally-weighted portfolio in these four equity factors, the Year of the Rooster may seem particularly good and the Year of the Ox particularly poor, but also in this case the null hypothesis cannot be rejected. Hence, we conclude that investment strategies based on Zodiac signs are unlikely to generate superior returns.

The Front Dial and Parapegma Inscriptions

The dial at the center of the front face of the Antikythera Mechanism was surrounded by two scales, one representing the zodiac, the other the Egyptian calendar year. The Zodiac Scale was inscribed with the names of the zodiacal signs as well as series of index letters in alphabetic order, while the Egyptian Calendar Scale was inscribed with the Greek names of the Egyptian months. In addition, two rectangular plates, the remains of which survived displaced from their original positions, bore an inscription, called the Parapegma Inscription, comprising an alphabetically indexed list of annually repeating astronomical events relating to the Sun and to fixed stars. This paper gives transcriptions and translations of the inscriptions on the dial scales and the Parapegma Inscription, and deduces the original structure, layout, and location of the Parapegma Inscription. A provisional astronomical analysis of the data in the Parapegma Inscription and tentative restorations of some of its damaged and missing lines are also provided.

Chinese Seal Clasp–Meeting technology and elegance with functional goals

This study comes within the framework of a PhD course in Design, which is the continuation of a Masters degree research in Fashion Design, searching for wardrobe technology and innovation, through the use of three-dimensional computer-aided design and printing, with it’s use already popular in areas related to product development and design, as well as architecture, translating and adapting, integrating it into the world of Fashion. The intent of this project is to present solutions that promote a new and versatile product, allowing for a different kind of aesthetic. This will be achieved and presented through planning and prototyping, thus creating a new clasp for fashion products. This research will result in a finished clasp, with its purpose and function being tested, in order to achieve concrete results, thus creating an innovative technology to be part of a fashion collection that allows the transformation of the suntan marks left by female swimwear. This will result in the creation of designs and drawings on the body, using shapes inspired by the Oriental Zodiac Signs, as well as colours drawn from the five elements of Feng Shui , which are also present in the Western Astrological Signs.

Studi di poesia greca tardoantica ed. by D. Gigli Piccardi—E. Magnelli (review)

Reviewed by: Studi di poesia greca tardoantica ed. by D. Gigli Piccardi—E. Magnelli Laura Miguélez-Cavero Studi di poesia greca tardoantica D. Gigli Piccardi—E. Magnelli, Eds. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2013. Pp. 175. ISBN 978–88–6655–487–5. This volume of studies represents the publication of a seminar on late antique Greek poetry organised at the University of Florence by two recent doctorates, Lucia Maddalena Tissi and Nicola Zito. It gives voice to a number of young researchers working at the moment in Florence and other Italian universities. As such the volume gives illustrative notice of the careful work done on diffi cult and historically understudied late antique poems. Valentina Cecchetti dedicates the first chapter to Orphic Argonautica line 31, part of the initial opus catalogue, a taste of the commentary she is preparing on the whole poem. The edition curated by Francis Vian presents ὄργια Πραξιδίκης καὶ ὀρεινῆς νύκτας Ἀθηλῆς (which he translates, “les mystères de Praxidike et les nuits d’Athélé la montagnarde?”), although the manuscripts transmit ὄργια Πραξιδίκης καὶ ἀρείνης νυκτὸς ἀθήνης (the mysteries of Praxidike and of Athena, oak of the night). After considering the textual solutions proposed previously, as well as investigating the parallels and contexts of all variants, Cecchetti concludes that the best option is to print Vian’s reading, wisely relying on the Orphic-Dionysiac background of the text. Nicola Zito focuses on two passages of Maximus’s Περὶ καταρχῶν, a brief epic-didascalic poem on the influence of the moon and zodiacal signs on human life. For the vox nihili αιοερωση [End Page 436] (of the Pleiads) transmitted by manuscript L in line 281, Ludwich had suggested εἰαρόεσσα (spring-like), but Zito gives wider evidence for αἰθερόεσσ’, a conjecture suggested earlier by Eduard Gerhard. In line 296 Ludwich printed μορόεντι σιδήρῳ, instead of the transmitted πυρόεντι σιδήρῳ, which, it is proved here, is likelier. Zito’s edition of this poem, forthcoming in Belles Lettres, is eagerly anticipated. Lucia Maddalena Tissi offers here a “preview” of her forthcoming commentary on the oracles embedded in the Theosophia Tubingensis. § 27 Erbse (= I 24 Beatrice) is attributed to Porphyry (De philosophia book 2) and has been described as Chaldean. The text quoted by the Theosophia seems to be a hymn, and the commentary that immediately follows concludes that it describes the three types of angels. Tissi offers a detailed textual (lines 12–19 require editorial attention) and contextual study (PGM, the New Testament, extant works and fragments by Porphyry, Porphyry-related texts such as Proclus’s commentaries or Calcidius’s In Tim., and Fathers of the Church such as Augustine and Gregory of Nazianzus). Based on this, she concludes that the oracle is consistent with the style of the De philosophia (although three of the angels mentioned there do not find an exact counterpart in the extant texts) and that Chaldean influence is visible in the first part, whereas the second reproduces a late theological koine influence by Jewish tradition. For the final paraphrase of the oracle, Tissi rules out Porphyrian authorship: Porphyry usually resorts to symbolic exegesis, whereas here we have something akin to a grammarian’s glossa. Sara Lanna is the author of a critical edition, with Italian translation and commentary of the Hymn to Physis by Mesomedes (S. Lanna, Mesomede. Inno a φύσις, Quaderni di Seminari Romani di cultura greca 15, [2013]). In this book she offers a reading of Mesomedes’ Hymn to Isis, an expression of syncretistic henotheism. The text transmitted for lines 9–10 in the Ottobonianus (τὸ, καλεῦσι πῦρ / Ἄϊδός τε καὶ χθόνιος Ὑμέναιος) does not fit the metre (cretic dimeters) and is diffi cult to understand. Previous editors have corrected the initial τό into τύ or τε, but after reading each cluster of the two lines in the context of this hymn and of what we know about the language used at the time to refer to Isis, she proposes τὸ καλεῦσι πῦρ Ἄιδος <τε> / ‹ἐγ›χθόνιος ὑμέναιος. πῦρ Ἄιδος describes Isis as the sun of the Underworld. Idalgo Baldi, the author of Gli Inni di Sinesio di Cirene. Vicende testuali di un corpus tardoantico (2012), treats Synesius’ Hymn 7, where the author prays for his own well being and that of his family. He focuses on the much disputed lines 29–31, where he suggests that Synesius prays for two brothers and two sons (Hesychius and Dioscorius): Γνωτῶν τε συνωρίδα / τεκέων τε φυλάσσοις, / ὅλον Ἡσυχιδᾶν δόμον / ὑπὸ σᾷ χερὶ κρύπτοις. Francesco Valerio, who published...

The Gates Cosmology of the Astronomical Book of Enoch

This paper finds a parallel to the division of each Babylonian zodiacal sign into 30 degrees in the Enochic cosmology. In particular a new explanation of the rare Aramaic word חרתיה in 4Q209 (4Q209 7iii 1–2, 6) from the Aramaic Astronomical Book is offered as describing heavenly openings on the horizon for the daily rising and setting of the sun. These openings were smaller parts of each one of the twelve gates compared previously by scholars to the zodiacal signs. It seems plausible that the description of the daily openings appeared four times in the account of every year at the end of each season. The addition of these four days can be seen as part of the author’s polemic against the Mesopotamian 360-day year. An implication of the repetition of the sentence in 4Q209 8 3–4 is that this scroll was probably longer than previously assumed and included a triennial cycle synchronizing lunar and solar years.

Un programme iconographique occidental pour le pavement médiéval de l’église du Christ Pantocrator de Constantinople

The pavement in Constantinople’s Christ Pantocrator church is a particularly rich example of Byzantine medieval mosaic floor decoration. It was made around 1118-1136 at the end of the construction of the church commissioned by John ii Comnenus. The iconography presents the feats of Samson, a cycle of zodiac signs, animals including a hunting scene and fishes, the seasons, and diverse vegetation. The iconography is characteristic of the medieval Romanesque mosaic pavements in the West. This study attempts to understand the cultural motives for these choices.

Augustus' Power from the Stars and the Foundation of Augusta Praetoria Salassorum

Augustus' propaganda founded the ruler's power on a series of references to the sky: Caesar's comet, which helped to establish the divine nature of kingship, the completion of the calendar's reform celebrated in the Campus Martius' meridian, and Augustus' association with Capricorn, the zodiacal sign of the winter solstice. Various forms of proof derived from texts, works of art and numismatics show the key role of such a ‘power from the stars’. We present here new archaeological and archaeoastronomical evidence coming from Augusta Praetoria Salassorum (modern Aosta), founded around 25 bc after the victory of Augustus' army on the Salassi. An emergency excavation along the Aosta's Roman walls has brought to light, on a corner of one of the towers, an in situ block which carries several reliefs — including a plough and a spade — apparently related to the town's foundation ritual. As a consequence, we carried out a complete analysis of the original urban plan of Aosta and of its relationship with the sky and the landscape, taking into account the complex natural horizon of the Alps in which Aosta's valley is nested. The results show that the town was oriented in such a way as to pinpoint Augustus' ‘cognitive’ relationship with the ‘cosmic’ signs of renewal.

FACTORS AFFECTING EMPLOYEE ABSENTEEISM (A STUDY ON A SAMPLE OF TEXTILE WORKERS)

ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that influence absenteeism in a sample of workers from a leading textile company in Turkey. The statistical analysis indicated that absenteeism was significantly correlated with age, tenure, type of work and marital status. An interesting finding was that absenteeism was found to be positively and significantly related to astrological signs. Finally, the regression analysis revealed that tenure and level of education were found to be the significant predictors of absenteeism. Keywords employee absenteeism, demographic factors, astrological sign, Turkey.

Claude Vivier Kopernikus, De Nationale Opera, Amsterdam

I've known Claude Vivier's marvellous chamber opera Kopernikus for more than ten years, have seen several productions, have studied the music in detail, have written about it. But what, sacré nom de Dieu, is it actually about? There is something elusive, ungraspable, about this féerie mystique, as Vivier called it (a mystical enchantment). Ostensibly, Kopernikus tells of a woman's journey to the next world. But there is no real narrative as such, and a great many detours and off-ramps, such that an audience could be forgiven for not grasping this central fact. What the work is not about – appearances to the contrary – is the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who barely features in the opera, only appearing at the end to open the gates of heaven. Vivier explained that it was the mythic Copernicus that interested him, ‘the idea of the cosmic searcher’, and that he had made no attempt to research the life and thought of the real Nicolaus Copernicus. The principal character is Agni, the Hindu deity – a male god, but represented here in female form by an alto. Vivier made it clear that he identified strongly with the central character, so much so that we may regard Agni as one of the long list of ‘Vivier characters’ in his work. In a press release at the time of the work's premiere he noted: ‘Agni is the Hindu god of fire ... Fire is my astrological sign. I was born on April 14. I am Aries, the ram. Agni, c'est moi’.

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El proceso místico en Del templo de su cuerpo, poemario de Rubén Bonifaz Nuño

This work proposes an interpretation of the strophic structure of Del templo de su cuerpo (1992), book of poems by Ruben Bonifaz Nuno (Veracruz, Mexico,1923), according to its symbolic relation with the Kabbalah. Kabbalah is “amethod of religious contemplation, a theosophical system based on the sefirot or emanations of divinity which uses certain techniques to interpret the letters of the Hebrew alphabet in order to reach the mystical elevation”. However, inDel templo de su cuerpo, the reader will find that Kabbalah is also a processthat leads to knowledge and seeks the “mystical elevation”, with the differencethat what is sublimated is not the soul, but the body. Del templo de su cuerpois a complex system of poetic symbols that presents an example of mystical erotic poetry. This book contains symbols that represent the sacred act: theperfect circle, the embrace of the lovers, and the androgyne. Also, each of thesefirot has an elaborate connection with other symbols: parts of the body, colors,days of the week, planets, natural elements, Star Signs… everything works in a perfect balance, held by the female body. The poetry of Ruben BonifazNuno is a quest for the salvation of the body through love and words, a brief attempt to remain.

A Perfect Storm: Health, Disorder, Culture, and the Self

A Perfect Storm:Health, Disorder, Culture, and the Self Şerife Tekin (bio) Keywords self, culture, psychiatric diagnosis, cognitive biases, memoirs I thank Jeffrey Bedrick and Somogy Varga for their insightful commentaries. They have situated my concerns over the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnoses’ reflective influence on self-insight in a wider net that includes the diagnosis, the patient, the illness experience, and the culture of the self. There is, of course, a tightly knit relationship between mental disorder, the self, and the larger culture. Psychiatric taxonomy is a scientific endeavor that aims to individuate accurately mental disorders; it is also an ethical undertaking that may impoverish or enrich self-insight through its influence on individuals’ self-understanding and insight into their illness. Bedrick has two main concerns. First, he inquires whether the problem of hyponarrativity is limited to the DSMs: “Does any diagnostic system not have to abstract from the details of individual circumstances and experiences to focus on the shared aspects of the disorder to be diagnosed?” (Bedrick 2014, 157). Nor is it obvious whether “another basis for a diagnostic system would be better in this regard than a symptom-based approach” (157). I am inclined to agree. Developing a psychiatric taxonomy is a scientific project; it aims at finding the commonalities among patients’ complaints, with an aim to (i) describe the encounter with mental illness, (ii) develop possible explanations of their underlying causes, and (iii) suggest interventions that can be effective in treating all individuals suffering from the same mental disorders. As Bedrick suggests, any diagnostic system has to abstract away the particular experiences of patients and form idealizations if its goal is to develop a shared framework for understanding and treating the individuals encountering the same condition. Following Bedrick (2014, 157), it is doubtful, for instance, whether “the disordered neural circuits that are hypothesized to be central to diagnoses by the Research Domain Criteria project would yield a richer, more individualized narrative than symptoms do.” It may also be argued that any kind of psychiatric taxonomy may yield impoverished patient insights. As I discuss in the article, however, it is not the symptom-oriented approach of the DSM alone that shapes a person’s self-insight. As I make clear, (i) the features of the DSM, (ii) the DSM culture, and (iii) the cognitive architecture of the self-work jointly to shape self-insight. What is special and interesting about the DSM’s hyponarrativity is that it might trigger a cognitive bias, known as the Barnum effect, because of which individuals identify their particular character traits, or personalities, with [End Page 165] broad and vague categorizations or labels, even when these are not accurate portrayals of who they are (Dmitruk et al. 1973). As discussed in Section V of my article, a well-known example is our tendency to believe the accuracy of astrological signs in representing our personality (Tekin 2014a). Descriptions of mental disorders that prioritize symptoms at the expense of undermining or eliminating the subjective elements of the individual’s encounter with them have a similar influence on self-understanding. Because these descriptions are general, with no room for particular contingencies, individuals, when exposed to such information via various media of the DSM culture, might overidentify their experiences with the suggested symptoms, undermining other, more personal aspects of their lives. Thus, the symptom-based descriptions do not constitute, but rather compound, the problem. The risk of developing impoverished self-insight via the deficiencies of the DSM’s symptom-based approach might be compensated for in two ways. First, during the clinical encounter with the patient, the psychiatrist might work on creating a more integrated narrative of her experiences, including not only the symptoms, but also the interpersonal relationships. Second, the DSM culture could be altered in a way that disseminates information about mental disorders through a more integrated framework, individuating mental illness not as a symptom cluster, but as a set of experiences connected intrinsically with the individual’s personal identity, social context, and culture. What needs to be acknowledged, perhaps, is that the DSM’s scientific goal in taxonomizing mental disorders (made explicit in the introductions of...

So says the stars: A textual analysis of Glamour, Essence and Teen Vogue horoscopes

Synopsis This study examines horoscopes published in three women's magazines: Essence , Glamour , and Teen Vogue , a magazine for teenage girls. Leaving out race and age, the target demographics of all three magazines are very similar. In this textual analysis of more than 400 individual horoscope entries, three dominant themes emerged: love, money and work. Stereotypes associated with race and age—more than zodiac signs—shape the fate of those who read and believe in what horoscopes predict.

Use of the star sign to diagnose internal fistulas in pediatric patients with penetrating Crohn disease by MR enterography

Development of internal fistula due to extramural spread of inflammatory bowel disease is a characteristic feature of penetrating disease in patients with Crohn disease. The "star sign" is a radiological finding of internal fistula that has previously been described in the gastroenterology literature in adult Crohn disease patients undergoing MR enteroclysis. The goal of this paper is to review the clinical and imaging features of penetrating disease in pediatric Crohn disease patients, highlighting the star sign as a useful diagnostic tool for diagnosing internal fistula in children by MR enterography. The recognition of penetrating complications by MR imaging can have important therapeutic and prognostic implications.

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Boxing Performance May Benefit from Pertaining of the Boxer to a Given Zodiacal Sign

The aim of the present study is not to provide the reader with a proof of astrology’s validity. The present study has been undertaken in the aim of providing the coach with an original tool for identification of the candidates more advantaged than others to boxing practice, in the case that the coach has too numerous candidates to deal with. Microsoft Office Excel 2007 program has been used in the analysis of data gathered from BoxRec.com, the web based database, about the World top 100 male boxers BoxRec.com-rated, retired on March 26th, 2013. The study has shown that boxing performance may be influenced by pertaining of the boxer to given zodiacal signs: 1) Regarding all victories pulled together, the most disadvantaged are Sagittarius signs. As other zodiacal signs related to the element Fire, they probably rarely display tactful behavior. Their resulting impulsiveness may make them neglectful of their defense. 2) Regarding all losses pulled together, the most disadvantaged are Aquarius signs. As other zodiacal signs related to the element Air, they probably think too much before they act; and they tend to rise above conflict and to float around it. All that may affect negatively their attack velocity and defense velocity. 3) Regarding non-KO victories and KO losses, the most advantaged are Scorpio signs. Contrary to other Water signs which are used to detest all form of conflict, they often seek out challenges and problems, subliminally realizing that such challenges call forth their greatest strength and resources. That may probably help them not to neglect their attack, what is expectable in other Water signs. 4) Regarding all victories pulled together, all losses pulled together, and non-KO losses, the most advantaged are Virgo signs. Regarding KO victories, the most advantaged are Taurus signs. As other Earth signs, when driven back against a wall, Virgo and Taurus signs are capable of hitting the obstacle hard with full force. That is particularly true of Taurus, the fixed Earth, who will never seek out conflicts but who is capable of surprising power. The known soundness of Earth signs may help Virgo and Taurus signs to control both their attack and defense actions, performing them only when they feel that they are going to be successful. 5) Regarding boxers life spans, the most advantaged are Libra and Sagittarius signs.