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Author Topic: Do you know your sign? Astrological signs need to change to include OPHIUCHUS  (Read 3249 times)
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« on: January 15, 2011, 10:05:47 AM »
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1347140/Horoscope-change-2011-Sidereal-astrology-reveals-13th-OPHIUCHUS-zodiac-sign.html


Turns out the Moon has been pushing us around since the Babylonians established the conventional zodiac signs we are all familiar with ... to the point where a new sign is needed. Adding a sign means all the others have to be adjusted so now I am supposedly a Leo instead of a Virgo.
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2011, 10:21:12 AM »
So, this explains a lot!!!  I've never felt like I fit in as a Leo but was instead more Cancerian, and this is why!!  I'd like to be that new sign, though...that sounds way cooler.
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2011, 10:25:20 AM »
Most Western followers of the zodiac use the "Tropical Zodiac," which has had no change at all.
Just another media mash-up.

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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2011, 10:26:57 AM »
Now I'm having a self identity crisis...
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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2011, 08:57:37 PM »
I've never fit as a Gemini anyway.. I'm far too introverted... I need to check out the characteristics of a Taurus... AND, with the new sign, Stephen Colbert is also a Taurus
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« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2011, 03:51:48 AM »
I have now gone from a Capricorn to a Sagittarius, but I don't like keeping fit. I am definitely a Capricorn. Hard working, boring, does not like keep fitting and I hate sports. So there.I am stopping where I am.
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« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2011, 06:38:59 AM »
Quote from: Bill Peckham on January 15, 2011, 10:05:47 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1347140/Horoscope-change-2011-Sidereal-astrology-reveals-13th-OPHIUCHUS-zodiac-sign.html


Turns out the Moon has been pushing us around since the Babylonians established the conventional zodiac signs we are all familiar with ... to the point where a new sign is needed. Adding a sign means all the others have to be adjusted so now I am supposedly a Leo instead of a Virgo.





These are our star-signs, until someone finds another one   -   or perhaps two?   :waving;
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« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2011, 08:06:34 AM »
If an extra constellation really is required, Ophiuchus is a bad choice. It lies where constellations in use lie close together (Saggitarius, Scorpius, Libra) and it's not on the ecliptic. So the sun's never in Ophiuchus.

A better choice would be Cancer, which is on the ecliptic and lies smack between Leo and Gemini.
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« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2011, 02:40:39 PM »
My mom says that she don't care what anyone says, she'll always be a scorpio.. *G*
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« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2011, 03:18:23 PM »
Ha.  According to the Daily Mail article I should now be Gemini.  I am Cancer and have all the characteristics of Cancer. So I looked up the characteristics of Gemini and was interested to note that yes, I could be Gemini.  If I had the inclination to keep researching I'd no doubt find that I also have many of the characteristics of many of the other signs. 

Nope, I've never been much of a believer in the zodiac.

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« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2011, 03:49:05 PM »
Here's an explanation of the whole misunderstanding:
http://planetwaves.net/pagetwo/2011/01/13/your-zodiac-sign-is-not-wrong/

"... Here in the West, we use a zodiac that follows the seasons. It’s called the tropical zodiac. It’s based on the position of the Sun’s rays and the tropics — that’s why it’s called tropical. There is another one, based on the positions of the stars. It’s called the sidereal zodiac."

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« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2011, 09:52:32 PM »
Quote from: Stoday on January 16, 2011, 08:06:34 AM
A better choice would be Cancer, which is on the ecliptic and lies smack between Leo and Gemini.

Oops! Cancer's already one of the 12.

Just goes to show how much I take account of horoscopes.
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« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2011, 11:16:10 AM »
Do adults really believe in Astrology? I suppose there are worse things though..  :laugh:
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« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2011, 06:18:57 PM »
Quote from: -Lady Noir- on February 01, 2011, 11:16:10 AM
Do adults really believe in Astrology?

Of course many of us do.

It's better than the pundits in newspapers at forecasting what the stockmarket will do.  :laugh:
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« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2011, 03:46:32 AM »
was a gemini - still a gemini
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