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The Zodiac is a basic part of Nephilim's astrology rules. The image below illustrates the order of the signs and their associations with the planets. It uses the planet symbols from medieval alchemy. Starting in third edition and retained in all subsequent editions so far, Capricorn changed to a Moon sign. Presumably this was done for game balance reasons, as otherwise Moon spells had only one month for themselves while the other four elements had two each. This breaks compatibility with prior editions (such as the Saturnian magic in Secret Societies needing to be cast under Grand Enthronements of Saturn), but I have a house rule for that . In the US version, the association between planets and elements was altered compared to the French. I briefly compare this on the table below: Planet Signs (Element*) Day Ka (FR) Ka (US) Mercury Gemini (Air), Virgo (Earth) Wednesday Water Air ...

I've mentioned it before in an astrology post or two, but the Elemental Correspondences changed in the US adaptation for reasons unknown to me. So here I'm presenting a full comparison adapting the table from the character dossiers: ELEMENTAL CORRESPONDENCES (FR) Element Neutral Opposed Characteristic Day Planet Lunar-Ka Water & Earth Fire & Air Charisma Monday Moon Fire-Ka Air & Earth Water & Moon Strength Tuesday Mars Water-Ka Moon & Air Earth & Fire Dexterity Wednesday Mercury Air-Ka Fire & Water Earth & Moon Intelligence Thursday Jupiter Earth-Ka Moon & Fire Air & Water Constitution Friday Venus Orichalc None All* —none— Saturday Saturn Solar-Ka All None* —none— Sunday Sun *Solar-Ka is compatible with all elements and is opposed to none. ELEMENTAL CORRESPONDENCES (US) Element Neutral Opposed Characteristic Day Planet Lunar-Ka Water & Earth Fire ...