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The Entomozodiac is an ancient horoscope that was developed by old civilizations living in the South American Andes. These pre-Incan civilizations used a zodiac system consisting of 12 signs or houses that were named after 12 insects. The original name for this horoscope pronounces like “Naivsku” but we have renamed it “Entomozodiac”, a combination of “Entomology” and “Zodiac”.

Beetle Ant Wasp Mantis Butterfly House fly Moth Cockroach Mosquito Dragonfly Grasshopper Bee

Until a few years ago the Entomozodiac was rather unknown, but recent archaeological discoveries in the South American rain forests have sparked a renewed scientific interest in this ancient indigenous knowledge. When a team of archeologists and anthropologists started to collect and compile available information they called this “The Entomozodiac Project” (TEP).

TEP has now started this website, partly to share its knowledge with a bigger audience, and partly to involve more people in its ongoing research programmes.

The 12 signs of the Entomozodiac

The Entomozodiac consists of 12 insect signs, with each sign corresponding to a period of the year of approximately 30 days. The Entomozodiac years starts on 22 September, which is the time when the sun crosses the equator from North to South, marking the beginning of spring for the ancient civilizations living in the Andes mountains.

#    Entomozodiac sign    From To
1 Beetle = Scarab 22 September    22 October    
2 Ant 23 October 21 November
3 Wasp 22 November 21 December
4 Mantis 22 December 21 January
5 Butterfly 22 January 20 February
6 Housefly 21 February 23 March
7 Moth 24 March 22 April
8 Cockroach 23 April 23 May
9 Mosquito 24 May 22 June
10 Dragonfly 23 June 23 July
11 Grasshopper 24 July 22 August
12 Bee 23 August 21 September

History of the Entomozodiac

Early civilizations (pre-Inca) in the Andes had already defined a “Zodiac” based on their own stellar observations. The clear mountain skies in early human history revealed many more stars and patterns than can be seen today. Many of these patterns were interpreted as constellations representing persons, animals or objects. Well known constellations of the pre-Inca’s era include: standing man, sitting girl, llama, leopard, butterfly, wasp, maize plant, and tree. These constellations can be big or small and they can be individual signs or overlapping with others. Some stars are part of several quite distinct constellations that were recognized by these early civilizations. To measure progress of time throughout the year (which was important for their developing agriculture) the chief astronomers then mapped out a series of constellations resembling insects, which helped them to roughly divide the year in 12 periods (of approximately a month). Cropping calendars were directly linked to the appearance of these insects in the sky. Several of these insect constellations consist of a large number of minor stars and are nowadays not easy to recognize as night skies have become blurred with polluted airs and light pollution. But some, for example the “butterfly” can still be easily seen on clear nights (for example from mountain tops) and partly overlaps with the better known modern constellation of “Aquarius”.

Modern zodiacs are believed to have “borrowed” heavily from this ancient pre-Inca indigenous knowledge. But in many cases astrologers have added their own interpretations which have obscured many of the ancient truths. The commercialization of modern astrology has attracted “astrologists” who use horoscopes to predict the future. This questionable misuse of the modern zodiac has fortunately not polluted the purer entomozodiac, which has been passed on throughout the ages within secluded communities in the Andes and Amazon regions. The entomozodiac does not make any predictions but is used to describe human characters. It has now been scientifically proved that characterizations based on the Entomozodiac have an accuracy of upto 70%. This may seem low but is actually much more accurate than any other known system in use. Empirical studies have found that astrological predictions based on western, Chinese or even Indian zodiacs are no better than random chance. For example it has been shown that matches based on astrological compatibility are not resulting in significant lower divorce rates, and astrological signs do never correlate with a certain career path. It seems the pre-Incan astronomers have never ventured in this non-science of finding compatibilities or making predictions. When they developed their Entomozodiac they preferred to stay on firm ground matching a detailed characterization of a person with his/her birth sign. Your birth sign does not determine what you will be but it describes who you are.

Entomozodiac and Human Traits

Pre-Incan astronomers dedicated a lot of their time on human observations, describing personal traits and matching them with birth signs. They understood that also the location of planets on the moment of birth would mark an individual with certain traits. But planets are less stable than stars, and for this to become meaningful it would be necessary to not only know a persons birth day, but also the exact moment (time) of birth. This was not possible during the pre-Inca era but it is possible today to finetune the Entomozodiac through direct human observations and linking these to the exact birth moment. Studies like this are ongoing and it is expected that these will eventually lead to an Entomozodiac with accuracies of 80% or even higher.

The Entomozodiac Project is dedicated to study the ancient Entomozodiac to preserve ancient knowledge and to eventualy enrich this knowledge with modern observations. A first version of an Entomozodiac database is now completed, and while research is ongoing to develop a next generation database with more details, TEP has decided to release some major parts of the first version via this website.

Click here to find Human Traits for a specific date, or click on the links below to find more general information for each of the twelve entomozodiac signs.

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Entomozodiac compared to other Horoscopes

If you are familiar with horoscopes, it will be clear that there is a rough similarity between the Entomozodiac and the zodiac which is used by Western astrologists. The most obvious similarity is that both have 12 signs or houses. Looking closer we see that familiar zodiac signs such as “Libra”, “Scorpio” and “Sagittarius” roughly coincide with “Beetle”, “Ant” and “Wasp”. This similarity between the two horoscopes could be coincidental, but for modern astrologists who are familiar with the Western zodiac (Tropical zodiac) it will be interesting to look at the following table, which illustrates the apparent overlap between the Entomozodiac and the Tropical zodiac.

# Entomozodiac    From To      # Tropical zodiac    From To
1 Beetle = Scarab   22 Sep    22 Oct      7 Libra 23 Sept    22 Oct   
2 Ant 23 Oct 21 Nov   8 Scorpio 23 Oct 21 Nov
3 Wasp 22 Nov 21 Dec   9 Sagittarius 22 Nov 21 Dec
4 Mantis 22 Dec 21 Jan   10 Capricorn 22 Dec 20 Jan
5 Butterfly 22 Jan 20 Feb   11 Aquarius 20 Jan 19 Feb
6 Housefly 21 Feb 23 Mar   12 Pisces 20 Feb 21 Mar
7 Moth 24 Mar 22 Apr   1 Aries 21 Mar 20 Apr
8 Cockroach 23 Apr 23 May   2 Taurus 21 Apr 22 May
3 Mosquito 24 May 22 Jun   3 Gemini 22 May 23 Jun
10 Dragonfly 23 Jun 23 Jul   4 Cancer 23 Jun 23 Jul
11 Grasshopper 24 Jul 22 Aug   5 Leo 23 Jul 23 Aug
12 Bee 23 Aug 21 Sep   6 Virgo 23 Aug 23 Sep

Note that both horoscopes have their starting point during spring, which in the southern hemisphere starts on 22 September (i.e. autumn in the northern hemisphere).

Some researchers have pointed out that there are more similarities between the Entomozodiac and modern astrology. For example in the association of colors with the astrological signs there is a remarkable resemblance (e.g. color Yellow for Gemini and Mosquito).

Click here to read more about Colors in the Entomozodiac.

Is the future written in the stars? Time will tell. See: proverbs and quotes about time.

Happy with your insect? See: proverbs and quotes about insects.

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