As a certified Tarotist and accidental astrologer, I’m here to clear up some common misconceptions about cusps in astrology. My mother, for example, was born on January 22 and always considered herself to be on the cusp of Capricorn and Aquarius. She’d say she was “on the cusp,” as if she embodied the grounded, practical energy of Capricorn along with the innovative, forward-thinking nature of Aquarius. You might relate to this if you were born near the time the Sun shifts from one sign to another and proudly identify as being “on the cusp.”