Bye, Bye, Zodiac Sign!

[Madeline]

If you are married to that zodiac sign of yours, well, this may make you want to consider divorce.

Way back when, the ancient Babylonians based zodiac signs on the constellation the sun was in on the day a person was born.

But this was thousands of years ago when the Earth was positioned, in relation to the sun and the stars behind it, in a different place on the rotational axis.

The result: The sign you think you are, and the sign you really are in terms of the constellation the sun is in on your birthday are different.

"Because of this change in the tilt the Earth is over here and the sun is in a different constellation than it was 3000 years ago when this study of the stars began," explains astronomer Parke Kunkle.

This is not a "new" thing, according to Kunkle.

This alignment shifted a long, long time ago.

It's just the Horoscope world didn't shift with it.

"This is not something that happened today, this has gone on for thousands of years," Kunkle said.

If you are curious about what your sign may be now, here is the list:

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
*Discarded by Babylonians B.C. because wanted 12 signs per year, not 13 even though there were 13 constellations

© 2011 NBC

Earth's shift means new zodiac sign dates; see the list

I've been bumped from Leo to Cancer.

Anyone else?

 

[Rat in the Hat]

If you are married to that zodiac sign of yours, well, this may make you want to consider divorce.

Way back when, the ancient Babylonians based zodiac signs on the constellation the sun was in on the day a person was born.

But this was thousands of years ago when the Earth was positioned, in relation to the sun and the stars behind it, in a different place on the rotational axis.

The result: The sign you think you are, and the sign you really are in terms of the constellation the sun is in on your birthday are different.

"Because of this change in the tilt the Earth is over here and the sun is in a different constellation than it was 3000 years ago when this study of the stars began," explains astronomer Parke Kunkle.

This is not a "new" thing, according to Kunkle.

This alignment shifted a long, long time ago.

It's just the Horoscope world didn't shift with it.

"This is not something that happened today, this has gone on for thousands of years," Kunkle said.

If you are curious about what your sign may be now, here is the list:

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
*Discarded by Babylonians B.C. because wanted 12 signs per year, not 13 even though there were 13 constellations

© 2011 NBC

Earth's shift means new zodiac sign dates; see the list

I've been bumped from Leo to Cancer.

Anyone else?

All these years of thinking I'm a Cancer, only to find out I was a Gemini.

And the biggest laugh is that I have a professional astrologer in the family.

I'm going to have some fun with THIS tomorrow.

 

[syrenn]

Damn still a virgin!

 

[Madeline]

No doubt that is entirely fitting, syrenn......

*Laughing*

 

[goldcatt]

I was a flying fish, now I'm Aquarius. Well that sucks.

 

[Madeline]

I was a flying fish, now I'm Aquarius. Well that sucks.

Ha! Feel mah pain -- I was Queen of the Jungle.

Now I'm not even kosher!

 

[Zoom-boing]

This info is floating around out there:

"The stupid changing of the astrological signs, didn't for sure happen yet, and when it does happen it applies to babies born 2009 and beyond."

Don't know if that's true or not. One thing I do know? I was born a Leo and I'll die Leo.

 

[Madeline]

Well then, mebbe I will too, Zoom-boing. No need to just accept these things, eh?

LOL.

 

[syrenn]

Well then, mebbe I will too, Zoom-boing. No need to just accept these things, eh?

LOL.

What?!? I don't want to die a virgin!

 

[Rat in the Hat]

Well then, mebbe I will too, Zoom-boing. No need to just accept these things, eh?

LOL.

What?!? I don't want to die a virgin!

Must...Not...Say...It.

 

[American Horse]

Earth's shift means new zodiac sign dates; see the list

I've been bumped from Leo to Cancer.

Anyone else?

I've gone to Aries from being a Taurus.

It's the result of precession of the earths axis, a slow change similar to the axis of a spinning top, that repeats about every 26,000 years.

 

[Revere]

What are horoscopes worth, if you no longer live under the sign you were born under?

 

[Madeline]

What are horoscopes worth, if you no longer live under the sign you were born under?

LOL.

What were they worth before, Revere?

 

[Mr. H.]

I like whore scopes.

So, from Capricorn to Sagittarius. To infinity and beyond!

I am so screwed.

 

[Baruch Menachem]

I am with sheldon
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w59boLMnrbU"]A different perspective[/ame]

 

[American Horse]

I am with sheldon
A different perspective

And with Shakespeare:

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves,
That we are underlings

Cassius Julius Caesar

The only value astrology ever had for me was chatting with the ladies; it's an open door to personality analysis.

 

[Granny]

I refuse to move from Scorpio to Sagittarius.

 

[Madeline]

I refuse to move from Scorpio to Sagittarius.

We will not be bullied!

LOL.

 

[Two Thumbs]

Born 7/31/1966

Born King of the Jungle and I will die King of the Jungle.

Hear me ROAR!!!


Cancer? No one admits to being cancer

 

[Madeline]

1966?

You are a baby still, Two Thumbs.