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Where does the vernal equinox now lie?

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However, because of the precession of the equinoxes , the vernal equinox has moved westward about 30ยก and now lies in the constellation Pisces; the zodiacal constellations thus no longer correspond to the segments of the zodiac represented by their signs.

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