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Description:
Given a date, returns the appropriate zodiac sign.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfloop index="x" from=1 to=12>
    <cfset thisDate = createDate(year(now()), x, 1)>
    <cfoutput>Sign for #dateFormat(thisDate,"mmmm d")# is #getZodiacSign(thisDate)#<br></cfoutput>
</cfloop>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Given a date, returns the appropriate zodiac sign.
 * 
 * @param date      Date value. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Charlie Griefer (charlie@griefer.com) 
 * @version 1, February 14, 2004 
 */
function getZodiacSign(date) {
    var bday_m = month(date);
    var bday_d = day(date);
    
    switch(bday_m) {
        case 1: 
            if (bday_d LTE 20) { sign = "Capricorn"; } else { sign = "Aquarius"; }
            break;
        case 2: 
            if (bday_d LTE 19) { sign = "Aquarius"; } else { sign = "Pisces"; }
            break;
        case 3: 
            if (bday_d LTE 20) { sign = "Pisces"; } else { sign = "Aries"; }
            break;
        case 4:
            if (bday_d LTE 20) { sign = "Aries"; } else { sign = "Taurus"; }
            break;
        case 5: 
            if (bday_d LTE 21) { sign = "Taurus"; } else { sign = "Gemini";    }
            break;
        case 6: 
            if (bday_d LTE 22) { sign = "Gemini"; } else { sign = "Cancer";    }
            break;
        case 7: 
            if (bday_d LTE 23) { sign = "Cancer"; } else { sign = "Leo"; }
            break;
        case 8: 
            if (bday_d LTE 23) { sign = "Leo"; } else { sign = "Virgo"; }
            break;
        case 9: 
            if (bday_d LTE 23) { sign = "Virgo"; } else { sign = "Libra"; }
            break;
        case 10: 
            if (bday_d LTE 23) { sign = "Libra"; } else { sign = "Scorpio"; }
            break;
        case 11: 
            if (bday_d LTE 22) { sign = "Scorpio"; } else { sign = "Sagittarius"; }
            break;
        case 12: 
            if (bday_d LTE 21) { sign = "Sagittarius"; } else { sign = "Capricorn"; }
            break;
    }
    
    return sign;
}