Track the sun’s path over the coming months as it slides toward its most southern point at the winter solstice. In India, Vedic astrology uses a star-based system, but tropical astrology (most used in the west) works differently. Western astrology is season centered, tied to the lived, embodied cycles of Earth — spring and fall, planting and harvest, light and dark. Tropical astrology isn’t meant to mirror constellations — it’s about how we, on Earth, experience the sun’s cycle through the seasons. Sheridan Semple is an astrologer, astrology life coach and founder of Moon Sisters Circle.