Rachel's Writing

Cancer season starts the day of summer solstice, which usually comes on the 21st or 22nd of June.  In the Northern hemisphere, the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky and daytime becomes the longest in the year. As I showed in the previous article, Zeus, the god of the highest position in Greek mythology, has a lot of children born from human women. Heracles was one of them, and Zeus made a plan for his wife goddess Hera to breastfeed Heracles while she was asleep, because Zeus would like to give him the power of a god. 　 Heracles sucked Hera's breast so strongly, even though he was a baby, that she awoke. Hera was surprised and shook him off, the Milky Way was created by her breastmilk spreading into the night sky. She got angry and continued to hate him forever. Heracles had grown to be the strongest hero in Greece, and started the adventures that are called the Twelve Labours of Heracles. The models of Cancer and Leo are concerned with these episodes. When Heracles slaye...

In the ancient western calendar, the new year begins with Spring Equinox Day, and Aries season starts this day. Equinox Day is the day when the Sun passes on the equator from the point of view of the earth.  This occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September, and daytime and nighttime are of approximately equal duration all over the planet.  In this meaning, people of Aries were born at the beginning of the year. It is said Aries people are so competitive that they are always eager to win the first position. The model of Aries is the big, beautiful male sheep with golden wool who was owned by Zeus in Greek mythology. That’s why Aries people tend to be gorgeous and charismatic, and look like stars or artists. After Aries season, Taurus begins around 20th April, depending on the year. In Greek myth, Zeus loved Europa who was the princess of the human kingdom, and he approached her transforming into a white ox not to be suspicious. Zeus invited her to ride on him, and ...