Ophiuchus: The New 13th Zodiac Sign

Until this morning I was a Pisces, or at least, I was under the impression that I was. But now a recent study has thrown my entire 24-year existence into doubt after reading of astronomer Parke Kunkle’s claim that the Earth’s position has changed vis-a-vis the Sun in the last 3,000 years.

This  means that the old way of judging astrological signs, which was over 3,00 years ago, has become outdated making room for Ophiuchus; and dictates the course of many events.

However, many astrologers are now debating the topic which would need more complicated calculations in order to work out the change in dates, as opposed to the pre-set computer-based Zodiac predictions.

Kunkle, board member of the Minnesota Planetarium Society, says: “Because of this change of tilt, the Earth is really over here in effect and Sun is in a different constellation than it was 3,000 years ago.”

Ophiuchus are said to be honest, intellectual, sexually magnetic, prone to change, jealous and require special attention to understand. But the introduction of the new sign, which would fall between Scorpio and Sagittarius, has angered those who take astrology seriously and are opposed to such a drastic and immediate change to the Zodiac calendar.

Other serious – and perhaps more dramatic – astrologers fear that the insertion of a 13th Zodiac sign may bring about the doomsday predictions of 2012, while some are more that their star sign has changed; including myself.

But Susan Miller believed that Kunkle has made an error in mistaking astronomy for astrology – the study of planet opposed to starts:

“We’ve known about this for ages. The constellations don’t suggest what’s coming up, it’s the planets! The constellations are a measuring device,”

And Rick Levine backed up the comments from his fellow astronomer by saying:

“It’s not an Astrology issue. It has to do with the stars — it’s not a sign, it’s a constellation,”

So, does the change effect you? Why not take a quick look by the chart drawn up by IBN Live.

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