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The new Zodiac?
Okay, well I found out today by my teacher that we have new Zodiac signs, and my boyfriend is upset because his birthday is July, 30th which he was a Leo, and he doesn't want to be a Cancer like me.(July, 22) haha So, is all this true? I believe in the zodiac completly, but I've dated a cancer and he cheated on me and he wasn't a good boyfriend. :/ Well, and leo's and cancers are a perfect match because I study this stuff..so will anything change because I don't want my boyfriend to change. Will these new signs change there personality?
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I know how your boyfriend feels.I'm a gemini..but because of that new zodiac sign(pronouncing whose name is like mission impossible 5) I am Taurus.Of course, I think I'm nothing like that sign.So, I'm reassuring myself by saying that it's only meant for those born in 2010.
In all honesty,I don't believe in zodiacs(I call myself a gemini whenever I read something good about the sign..but if there's something negative,I say that the whole horoscope thing is illogical..)If you believe in horoscopes,that's really cool-because I'm really interested in how so-called star alignment can affect a person's personality.
If you ask me-we all have some characteristic or the other of each of the signs.And while, I'm sure Cancer and Leo get along really well-they don't define your relationship.You both do.So.No matter if you're cancer,leo,or that ridiculous new sign ,for that matter..ultimately you're you.Your boyfriend remains as he was.So you have nothing to worry about.All the best to your relationship. :)
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Oh yeah I actually heard about that this morning they said that it would be fine to keep your old zodiac sign and that it would still be accurate!! hope this helps(:
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even if its true, its for children born in 2010. you're still your original sign :)
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No this is not true. Even if it was true they are saying its only if you were born after november 2009. They are saying that the Zodiac change is due to the sun. well Zodiacs were created under the moon.
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The person below me is right...I'm sorry, but the horoscope stuff is bs.
Regardless of whether or not you believe in it, though, the change in Zodiac signs doesn't affect you- only people born in 2009 and after. If it's changed at all...you should probably read this:
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NO. Your zodiac had ABSOLUTELY no effect on anyone's personality before, and it will have ABSOLUTELY no effect on anyone's personality now.
You can read below for a long convoluted answer to why this change is happening, but the answer to your big question is that horoscopes are bullshit. They are for fun, like believing that your wish will come true when you blow out your birthday candles or cracking fortune cookies. They are not science, and they are not serious.
Long-winded explanation of why some people are trying to redefine the zodiac begins NOW...
There are two different things happening here. I'm going to try and explain them both clearly.
PROBLEM 1 - In most ASTROLOGY in the western world (like what you find in newspapers and most English language books) there are 12 zodiac signs. Your zodiac sign is sometimes called your 'Sun Sign'.
Those zodiac signs were based on the sign that is behind the sun during those dates. (Only they are wrong - we'll come back to that in problem 2).
In ASTRONOMY, the scientists who actually study the stars known that there are 13 constellations which spend time behind the sun during the year. These scientists who study celestial bodies know that this is part of an accurate solar calendar. The 13th constellation is called Ophiuchus.
Some people have tried to add Ophiuchus to the astrologist's zodiac (not astronomy - those people are scientists - astrologers are fortune tellers) 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 would still not be an accurate representation of what constellation was behind the sun on the day you were born, because of problem number 2.
PROBLEM 2 - 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 by the Babylonians. Each zodiac's date range was based on when it's constellation of stars was behind the sun 2000 years ago. However, the earth, and our galaxy and all the stars around us have kept on moving! Most of this movement is actually us, the earth, wobbling, for lack of beter word. So, over the many years, the position of the sun on each day has changed, quite a lot actually. (The big fancy world for this change is the 'precession of the equinoxes').
Because everthing has moved, by the time you were born in 1980s or 90s the sign they said was yours was not behind the sun on that date in the year anymore. What was happening in the sky in the year 100, what not what was happening in the sky in 1990.
So the new date ranges that are getting into the news now corrected both of these problems by adding the 13th constellation and reflecting the actual way our sky looks now, not the way it appeared 2000 years ago.
Astrology can be fun, but you shouldn't put much faith in it. It's only as trustworthy as fortune cookies. I hope these simple facts can help you see that there are things is every sign that apply to you and anyone else, 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.
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