Thing to make note of about zodiac statistics

Did you know that there are more Cancerians than almost any other sign? Census figures over the past century consistently show seasonal fluctuations in the birth rate. There is a yearly peak of births that begins with Taurus and lasts through Virgo, but the high point is in Cancer.

There's a corresponding low that starts with Sagittarius and continues to slide downward, with the low point in Aries.So, if you feel like you know loads of Cancers and rarely meet an Aries, it's not just your imagination.

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Additionally, more people are born with Cancer Rising on any given day. Due to astronomical factors, there are signs of long ascension (meaning they are on the Ascendant longer) and of short ascension (meaning they are on the Ascendant a shorter time).

According to Nicholas deVore's invaluable but rare classic, Encyclopedia of Astrology, Aquarius, Pisces, and Aries are the signs of shortest ascension. Aquarius is only rising for an hour and 26 minutes at New York??s latitude, while Cancer is rising for two hours and 23 minutes. (This varies slightly with distance from the equator. At the latitude of San Diego, it is an hour and 33 minutes for Aquarius and two hours and 10 minutes for Cancer.)

From: http://skywriter.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/why-cancer-isn% E2% 80% 99t-a-popular-sign/

Posted by tiziani
Are they just talking Northern Hemisphere?

Mostly.
Southern has more Libra and Scorpios.

Well, it makes sense, the cooler weather makes people friskier, therefore conceptions in October = cancer births.

And the hotter weather makes it too hot for sweaty physical activity, thus August conceptions would be down = less Aries births.

*yeah I'm FOS, but it sounds good*

^^July, not August

Posted by truecap
Well, it makes sense, the cooler weather makes people friskier, therefore conceptions in October = cancer births.

And the hotter weather makes it too hot for sweaty physical activity, thus August conceptions would be down = less Aries births.

*yeah I'm FOS, but it sounds good*

Hold over from our biology I think.
Babies would have a more difficult time surviving through winter than in the summer.
Which is why fertility drops during the warmer months, but increases during colder months.

Posted by JustALeo

Posted by truecap
Well, it makes sense, the cooler weather makes people friskier, therefore conceptions in October = cancer births.

And the hotter weather makes it too hot for sweaty physical activity, thus August conceptions would be down = less Aries births.

*yeah I'm FOS, but it sounds good*

It's never too hot to get it on, at least IMO.

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Kindly do so. We need more Sags, Caps, Aquas, Pisces and Aries.

Interesting! I always thought Virgos were the population champs because of the New Years Eve celebrations.

I have more Aries friends than any other sign. April's an expensive month.

However I never really meet Tauruses.

Posted by Jahlia
What's the population rank of Caps through history?

can't find anything online, but I'm gonna say low.

Posted by Wynter
Interesting! I always thought Virgos were the population champs because of the New Years Eve celebrations.

http://www.statisticbrain.com/zodiac-sign-statistics/<BR>
#2 in 2012...

It's too hot to boink in the summer I guess.

I need more than just babies born a year.
Need totals involving babies- old folk.

Posted by DonJohnson
i don't get it. it clearly indicates Scorpio as the most common sign

Conflicting reports.

From my OP:
- [i]. The seasonality of birth rates was discussed in, —Birth, Marriages, Divorces and Deaths for 1989,?? in the National Center for Health Statistics?? journal, Monthly Vital Statistics Report, v.38:12, 4/4/90. I read a census publication in the 1970s with the same pattern, so it is consistent over time.

Posted Reports have been from 2010 and 2012.

Posted by Wynter
Interesting! I always thought Virgos were the population champs because of the New Years Eve celebrations.

Me too!!

Or Scorpio from Valentine's Day. 🙂