New astrological sign proposed

QMI Agency ^ | January 13, 2011 | TED RATH

[rickmichaels]

Better check your horoscope – according to astronomers, your sign might not actually be your sign.

Scientific star-gazers say the 12 Zodiac signs we have come to memorize as handily as our own birthdays are actually out of date by a few thousand years.

In fact, there should actually be a 13th sign called Ophiuchus between Scorpio and Sagittarius, changing the dates of the other signs as well.

“Precession has shifted our view of the stars significantly over a few thousand years, so the sun is no longer situated in front of certain star groupings on the astrologically appointed dates,” Mary Lou Whitehorne, president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, as well as an astronomy educator and author, explained in an e-mail to QMI Agency.

Precession is the change in the orientation of Earth's axis over the years.

Because of this gradual shift, “things are 'off' by about one month, which is roughly the equivalent to one constellation (or sun sign) of the zodiac” since the times of ancient Greece, when these first signs were created, said Whitehorne.

That means the dates of signs are out of whack and many of us born Virgos could actually be Leos, many Aries are actually Pisces, and so on.

Others – born between Nov. 29-Dec. 17 – should actually be following the little known sign of Ophiuchus, the snake.

While astrologers are well aware of Ophiuchus, don't expect a change in your newspaper horoscopes anytime soon.

“This isn't news. This is nothing,” said Anne Massey, an astrologer and author based in Surrey, B.C.

She said astrological prognosticators have long known about the existence of Ophiuchus, and the shift of how we see stars over time, but that scientists are missing the point.

“This is symbolic – it follows a certain symmetric geometry. It's based on the seasons,” she said. “Astronomers don't observe the skies the same way astrologers do.”

According to a scientists, modern astrologers should be using these dates for the signs of the Zodiac.

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- Nov. 29

Ophiuchus: Nov. 29- Dec. 17

Sagittarius: Dec. 17- Jan. 20

[InternetTuffGuy]

This is the dawning of the Age of Ophiuchus, age of Ophiuchuuuuuuuus,

Ophiuchuuuuus....Ophiuchuuuus,

Suddenly you're not a Libra,

Gemini is lost in space,

Might as we say you're a zebra,

Astronomical divisions,

Sell some New Age chart revisions,

Ophiuchuuuuus....Ophiucuuus....

[Hatteras]

"Because of this gradual shift, “things are 'off' by about one month,.."

So, should we be in the middle of February right now?

[smokingfrog]

There are 28 days to each lunar month, 364 days to each lunar year and 13 months to each lunar year. The 365,366 days years are FALSE concepts. It is the starry designs that form the background to each lunar month that constitute the ZODIAC SIGNS.There are therefore THIRTEEN Zodiac signs.OPHIUCHUS - The serpent holder - which is between Scorpio and Sagittarius, is the one which has been denied existence. The fact that no month is more than 28 days long puts a question mark on the concept of Leap Day and leap year... on all the 30-day and 31 day months. And why are SEPT-OCTO-NOVEM-DECEM no longer SEVEN -EIGHT-NINE-TEN as far as our CALENDAR goes? It seems all our BIRTHDATES , ZODIAC SIGNSand our VERY CALENDAR are FALSELY CALCUALTED Even though GALACTIC SUNS and PLANETARY GALAXIES are all seen as BALLS OF LIGHT in infinite space, Galactic Suns differentiate themselves by the compactness of their LIGHT!

THE 13TH ZODIAC

[The Brush]

Does this mean my moon is no longer in Uranius?
Tonite I’ll be using my new rap; “So, honey, what’s your NEW sign?”

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

We are indebted to the Babylonians (via Hipparcaros via Ptolemy) for the Zodiac and for astronomy and modern science and technology, if truth be known. The Babylonians divided the ecliptic, the plane containing the earth's orbit into the twelve constellations. It seems a bit presumptuous to reassign constellation boundaries based on modern “improvements”. The zodiactical divisions are arbitrary and traditional. Leave them alone.

[murron]

Someone told me that it only affects those born after 2009. Don’t ask me why.

[Eaker]

Yer now a snake ping.

Now I have to get all new pajamas.

The kind with no feet!

[murron]

Hey! My husband is a Capricorn. Born on Christmas Day.

[Charles Henrickson]

DUmmie FUnnies 01-14-11 (It's a Zodiac moment: "What's your sign?")

[Tanniker Smith]

Next you’ll be telling me that Pluto isn’t a planet!

[Tanniker Smith]

I was a Virgo but now I’m a Leo. Does that make me a Liger, renowned for my magical properties?

Once you were a Virgin, now you are a Lion.
but were you ever lion 'bout bein' a virgin ...