Why your Zodiac sign might be wrong

[Special-1k]

If you consider yourself a classically well-balanced Libra or a typically stubborn Aries, you may be in for quite a shock – you could belong to a completely different star sign.

Over the past 3,000 years, the Earth’s shift on its axis has changed the 12 astrological signs as we know them. Astronomers from the Minnesota Planetarium Society have discovered that because of the moon’s gravitational pull on Earth, the alignment of the stars was pushed by about a month.

Essentially, your astrological sign is determined by the position of the sun on the day you were born. This new information in effect means that what we thought we knew about our Zodiac sign is wrong. "Because of this change in the tilt, the Earth is over here and the sun is in a different constellation than it was 3,000 years ago when this study of the stars began," astronomer Parke Kunkle told the Twin Cities' KARE-TV. “When [astrologers] say that the sun is in Pisces, it’s really not in Pisces,” Kunkle says.

In fact, astrology has had major issues since it began. Babylonians originally had 13 constellations but opted for 12 instead, completely ignoring Ophuchicus, the snake holder, which has now been reintroduced into the star sign line-up. The Libra star sign didn’t even come to exist until the time of Julius Caesar.

So forget everything you thought you knew about your star sign, and get ready for a brand-spanking new version of the astrological chart. The Minnesota Planetarium Society has revealed the following list as where the real Zodiac signs fall.

Capricorn: Jan. 20-Feb. 16
Aquarius: Feb. 16-March 11
Pisces: March 11-April 18
Aries: April 18-May 13
Taurus: May 13-June 21
Gemini: June 21-July 20
Cancer: July 20-Aug. 10
Leo: Aug. 10-Sept. 16
Virgo: Sept. 16-Oct. 30
Libra: Oct. 30-Nov. 23
Scorpio: Nov. 23-29
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29-Dec. 17
Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20

[wixard]

oh my god what i am a capricorn now

[Special-1k]

Actually no apparently I am a Gemini >:O

[wixard]

january 28th this is disasterous, i loved being an aquarius

[Special-1k]

My birthday is July 2nd. :O

---------- Post added 14-01-2011 at 01:43 PM ----------

Yea same I loved being a Cancer :( It really suited me.

[Nemo]

whats yo source for this

and hell no shut up i aint a leo. virgo fo life

[Special-1k]

http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/home/why-your-Zodiac-sign-might-be-wrong-blog-13-vanessa-green.html That's the link I got it off of.

[Jordan]

I read this earlier, this is bad :(

Same with tara, I liked being aquarius, now im capricorn ;l

[dirrty]

it's only applicable to those born recently i think. also i read somewhere that it doesn't apply to us as we don't follow the constellations, but signs. so change doesn't affect us. idk

[Special-1k]

Oh I don't know. I read it on that site. And I thought "OMG NOO I LOVED BEING A CANCER, THIS IS WEIRD".

[FlyingJesus]

This is only the case if you were born after (I believe) November 2009 which I don't think any of you were, and yeah like my preposterous chum said it doesn't actually affect your horoscope as it's only the astrological zodiac that's changed at all - the tropical and sidereal zodiacs which are used for horoscopes don't recognise Opiuchus, and in the West we almost exclusively use the tropical zodiac for such nonsense

[Conservative,]

I liked being Pisces it suited me - now I'm Aquarius :(

[dirrty]

I liked being Pisces it suited me - now I'm Aquarius :(
god read the post above you

[lol]

the new zodiac orpheus or whatever is the one that applies to people born after nov 09. you see, the old system is based off the babylonians some 3000 years ago, and due to the moon's gravitational pull on the earth (causing the earth to wobble), the alignment of the stars have also changed (polaris is the north star, but it used to be thuban). and since this shift has occured, it is necessary that we also shift the calendar (which just refers to celestial longitude) from what the babylonians believed (aka what we thought we were a couple days ago) to what it is now.

basically you were assigned some **** from 3000 years ago but **** happened and it turns out that would only apply if you were born 3000 years ago but you weren't so you now take the new sign.

[sammy]

Omg i like being a Gemini, i am like totally Gemini and not Taurus at all +o(

[FlyingJesus]

To carry on from the point on Babylonians inventing the entire thing, they did originally have 13 with Ophiuchus included but somewhere along the line decided they only wanted 12 for some reason and booted him out, presumably just to make the zodiac wheels look neater idk

[ChickenFaces]

It's actually bull. You're still going to be the same star sign.

http://www.comcast.net/video/so-what-s-your-sign-now-/1743266256/Comcast/popular/

This video features an expert that says our signs are the same.

[buttons]

it's only applicable to those born recently i think. also i read somewhere that it doesn't apply to us as we don't follow the constellations, but signs. so change doesn't affect us. idk

This is only the case if you were born after (I believe) November 2009 which I don't think any of you were, and yeah like my preposterous chum said it doesn't actually affect your horoscope as it's only the astrological zodiac that's changed at all - the tropical and sidereal zodiacs which are used for horoscopes don't recognise Opiuchus, and in the West we almost exclusively use the tropical zodiac for such nonsense
yes this basically
I'M SILL SAGITTARIUS U KNOW THE WISE TRAVELLER OBV AND IDK THE ONE THAT LIKES FREEDOM AND WILL NEVER COMMIT TO SOMEONE forever alone

I liked being Pisces it suited me - now I'm Aquarius :(
wat aquarius > pisces


anyway SUN signs say literally nothing bout someone, i have mostly air & fire in the whole of my chart

[FlyingJesus]

A load of hot air, yeah that sounds like you

[Axel]

I'm still Leo anyway so meh.

[Deak]

Im now a Gemini then if this is true

[Samantha]

I love being a Gemini. I was like 1 day off a Taurus (I was 12 days late anyway) I can't believe that and now it says I am a taurus.