There never was a 12 sign system, also: the 12 ascendants werepure fancy. http://lulu.com/astrology The number of zodiacal stations is clearly 22, with 16 eastern rising ascendants. The Academic Zodiac consists in 22 zodiacal stations. There are 16 ascendants for the current epoch. The stations of the Sun are 16 in all. (*) http://ow.ly/3EjyY Klaudio Zic NASA JPL ephemeris strip for the winter Sun. 2010-Oct-25 00:00 Vir 2010-Oct-28 00:00 Vir 2010-Oct-31 00:00 Vir 2010-Nov-03 00:00 Lib 2010-Nov-06 00:00 Lib 2010-Nov-09 00:00 Lib 2010-Nov-12 00:00 Lib 2010-Nov-15 00:00 Lib 2010-Nov-18 00:00 Lib 2010-Nov-21 00:00 Lib 2010-Nov-24 00:00 Sco 2010-Nov-27 00:00 Sco 2010-Nov-30 00:00 Sco 2010-Dec-03 00:00 Oph 2010-Dec-06 00:00 Oph 2010-Dec-09 00:00 Oph 2010-Dec-12 00:00 Oph 2010-Dec-15 00:00 Oph 2010-Dec-18 00:00 Oph 2010-Dec-21 00:00 Sgr 2010-Dec-24 00:00 Sgr 2010-Dec-27 00:00 Sgr (*) Sun in Orion, Cetus, experimentally in Sextans due to New Moon in Sextans. http://lulu.com/astrology ( 5000 publications ) We still live in the AEon of Cetus, the Sun rises with Uranus in Cetus for the spring equinox 2012. The peak of the Age of Pegasus is marked with Venus climbing into Pegasus.