STAR Signs of the Rich List (List & Analysis)

In this study, we’ve looked at all 1,000 entrants in the 2020 Rich List (updated May 2020) to identify their star sign before and after the additional star sign was added, revealing the most successful star signs of the new astrological calendar.

Most successful star signs of the new astrological calendar

The most common star sign in the 2020 Rich List is Taurus – born from May 13th to June 21st, in the updated calendar.

According to the study, the most common star sign amongst the Rich List 2020 is Taurus – a sign known for stubbornness but also for being something of a dark horse, sharing in the beauty, hedonism, artistry and love of luxury of their ruling planet, Venus.

Notable Taurians in the list include:

Sir Paul McCartney, worth £800 million from a career in music
Slavica Ecclestone, worth £730 million after a divorce from Formula One’s Bernie Ecclestone
Simon Fuller, worth £445 million from founding the ‘Idol’ series (including Pop Idol, that was later usurped by X Factor)
Peter Kelly, worth £728 million having founded Softcat PLC IT firm
Damien Hurst, worth £315 million from his work as an artist
Charles Saatchi, worth £131 million from a career in advertising

This is a change from the previous astrological calendar, which has existed since the Babylonians first invented the 12 signs more than 2,500 years ago. According to the original 12 sign calendar, the most common star sign of the Rich List was Gemini.

Here’s how the prevalence of star signs has changed from the 12 sign Zodiac of 2019 and before, to the 13 sign Zodiac of 2020:

The following table shows the percentage of analysed members of the Rich List who fall into each star sign:

Star Sign	2020	2019
Taurus	15.55%	11.13%
Virgo	12.39%	8.40%
Pisces	9.66%	6.09%
Leo	9.03%	7.77%
Capricorn	8.82%	7.14%
Aries	8.40%	7.56%
Sagittarius	8.40%	7.98%
Cancer	6.30%	6.72%
Gemini	5.67%	12.39%
Ophiuchus	5.46%	N/A%
Libra	4.83%	7.77%
Aquarius	4.20%	9.45%
Scorpio	1.26%	7.56%

Methodology

This study was conducted by the financial analysis team at AskTraders by taking the full 2020 Rich List. We then used Google’s own entity graph API to pull the birth dates of every member of the list; where a person is not known by Google or does not have a birth date listed, the individual is not included in the analysis.

Where list members appear in groups of more than one, we analysed every single individual – which means our analysis includes a total of 476 entrants to the 2020 list.

What do star signs really mean?

Star signs have been around for over 2,500 years. The signs are determined by the sun's position in relation to a constellation on your day of birth, and astrologers believe that star signs have an influence over our innate personality traits and preferences.

But the night sky has changed since the days of the Babylonians, hence NASA’s decision to revise the astrological calendar to incorporate the previously missing star sign, Ophiuchus.

A NASA spokesman explained:

“The line from Earth through the sun points to Virgo for 45 days, but it points to Scorpius for only seven days.

“To make a tidy match with their 12-month calendar, the Babylonians ignored the fact the sun actually moves through 13 constellations, not 12. Then they assigned each of those constellations equal amounts of time.

“Besides the 12 familiar constellations of the zodiac, the sun is also aligned with Ophiuchus for about 18 days each year.”

The revision to the calendar means that a new 13th sign has been added between Scorpio and Sagittarius, so every other sign’s dates have moved to make way for it. Have you moved into a successful star sign?