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Changes in the Zodiac Signs?
My friend recently told me their was another zodiac sign added in, and that I am not a Capricorn any more, I am a Sagittarius? Is this true? on yahoo it said this has been like that for 2 years? What do I follow? I don't think this is true............ i act so much like a Capricorn.....why would these people all of a sudden change the zodiac signs? Thanks
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There are two different things happening here. I'm going to try and explain them both clearly.
In most ASTROLOGY that we modern people us in newsappers, there are 12 zodiac signs. Your zodiac sign is your 'Sun Sign'.
Those zodiac signs are based on the sign that is behind the sun during that period of time. (Only they are wrong - we'll come back to that in a second).
In ASTRONOMY, the scientists who actually study the stars accept there is a 13th constellation which spends time behind the sun is part of how they understand an accurate solar calendar. That sign is called Ophiuchus.
Some people have tried to add Ophiuchus to the astrologist's zodiac, so that that zodiac better reflects what is actually happening in the sky.
But even if people do just slot Ophiuchus in, your zodiac sign is STILL NOT an accurate representation of what constellation was behind the sun on the day you were born.
Those 12 zodiac signs you see in the newspaper have never, ever been accurate in any sense of the word. Not as long as you have been alive.
You see, the date ranges for the zodiac signs were determined over 2000 years ago. Each zodiac's date range was based on when it's constellation of stars was behind the sun. However, the earth, and our galaxy and all the stars around us have kept on moving! So, over the many years, the position of the sun on each day has changed, quite a lot actually. (This is called the precession of the equinoxes).
Because the sun has moved, by the time you were born in 1980s or 90s Capricorn was not behind the sun on that date in the year anymore. Sagittarius was. (If you pull out an actual map of the stars on your birthday, you might find out the shift is so great, that the constellation of Leo was actually behind sun on the day you were born.)
Astrology can be fun, but you shouldn't put much faith in it. It's only as trustworthy as fortune cookies. You were ALWAYS a Sagittarius (or maybe a Leo) - if you consider the constellation that was actually behind the sun when you were born. I hope that simple fact helps you see that there are things is every sign that apply to you, and people tend to just accept the bits of the one they are told early on is their own. There is no fact to it at all. Astronomy is science. Astrology is for entertainment purposes only.
But don't take it from me, listen to the amazing Bill Nye...
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