Q 01/05

Aries is which sign of the zodiac?

A) The second

B) The sixth

C) The first

D) The twelfth

Answer · why

C) The first

It spans the first 30 degrees of celestial longitude.

Q 02/05

The name Aries is the word for 'ram' in which language?

A) Greek

B) Latin

C) Arabic

D) Sanskrit

Answer · why

B) Latin

Latin: the Romans translated the Greek sky figures into their own tongue and their names stuck, so the sign still goes by what was simply their everyd...

Q 03/05

Which of these days always falls during Aries season?

A) St. Patrick's Day

B) April Fools' Day

C) Earth Day

D) May Day

Answer · why

B) April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day always lands inside the sign, which runs until about April 19. One much-debated theory says the first April fools were people still k...

Q 04/05

In tropical astrology, the Sun enters Aries at which astronomical moment?

A) The June solstice

B) Perihelion

C) The first new moon of spring

D) The March equinox

Answer · why

D) The March equinox

The March equinox, when day and night level out, also opened the year in several ancient calendars, and astrologers still count the zodiac from that m...

Q 05/05

Aries belongs to which of the four astrological elements?

A) Fire

B) Earth

C) Air

D) Water

Answer · why

A) Fire

Fire, which astrologers read as heat, drive and restless energy; it is where the sign gets its reputation as the zodiac's impatient self-starter.