Many of us read our horoscopes everyday. But now, it turns out, you may be reading the wrong sign. A shift in the sky over the millenniums altered your zodialogical sign.
The star doctors say Earth right now is in a totally different spot in relation to the sun and its equatorial alignment than it was 3,000 years ago.That's when the 12 zodiac signs were assigned.
Those signs you were born into are now not really the same because the Earth's wobble on its axis means a nearly one-month bump in the stars alignment.
According to the Minnesota Planetarium Society, here is where the real signs of the Zodiac should fall. Get ready for your world to change forever. Depending on whether you are on the cusp, your sign either changed or just moved a bit.
Here is the updated list:
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. <--(ME) :)
Virgo: Sept. 16-Oct. 30.
Libra: Oct. 30-Nov. 23.
Scorpio: Nov. 23-29.
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29-Dec. 17. (THIS IS THE NEW SIGN! read about it: Ophiuchus way of life here)
Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20.
* Ophiuchus is a rarely used astrological sign, not included in most versions of the Zodiac. It is also known as Serpentarius.
Update:
A Minneapolis astronomy professor says he's stunned by the attention he's getting for suggesting the signs of the zodiac are all wrong.
Parke Kunkle said in a newspaper interview that the Earth's wobbly orbit means it's no longer aligned to the stars in the same way as when the signs of the zodiac were first conceived. He said that means when astrologers say the sun is in Pisces, it's really in Aquarius, and so on.
The story went viral, with thousands of people fretting on social networks that their sign might change.
But Kunkle, who teaches at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, said Friday that the shift is "2,000-year-old information."
Shelley Ackerman, spokeswoman for American Federation of Astrologers, said she's been swamped with e-mails from worried clients, but tells them "this doesn't change your chart at all."
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Horoscope Hang-Up: Earth Rotation Changes Zodiac Signs
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The field of astrology, which is concerned with horoscopes and the like, felt a major disruption from astronomers, who are concerned with actual stars and planets. The astronomers from the Minnesota Planetarium Society found that because of the moon's gravitational pull on Earth, the alignment of the stars was pushed by about a month.
(More on TIME.com: See if your horoscope will change with the "new" Zodiac model.)
"When [astrologers] say that the sun is in Pisces, it's really not in Pisces," noted Parke Kunkle, a member of the group's board. Your astrological sign is determined by the position of the sun on the day you were born, so that means everything you thought you knew about your horoscope is wrong.
It turns out that astrology has had issues from its inception. (Aside from the fact that it tries to link personality traits with positions of the stars.) Ancient Babylonians had 13 constellations, but wanted only 12, so threw out Ophuchicus, the snake holder. Libra didn't even enter the picture until the era of Julius Caesar.
(More on TIME.com: See the most surprising pictures of 2010.)
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/13/horoscope-hang-up-earth-rotation-changes-zodiac-signs/#ixzz1C6acl1fV
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