Astronomers Say Dates for Zodiac Signs Are Wrong

[Lyri]

Not that I put any faith in this, I just thought this was funny:

So, you've spent your whole life happily smug in your star sign. You're a fish! Swimming in two directions! You're intuitive, imaginative, unworldly! And then today's Web is aflame with the news: You are not a Pisces. You are an Aquarius. Your star sign has been wrong your whole life. All along, you've been a freaking water carrier. This is not cool.

According to Parke Kunkle, a board member of the Minnesota Planetarium Society, cool or not, it's written in the stars. Star signs were created by ancient Babylonians some 2,000 years ago by tracking where the sun was in the sky each month. However, the moon's gravitational pull has slowly moved the Earth in its axis, creating about a one-month bump in the stars' alignment, reports the Minnesota Star Tribune. Now, during what we think as the month of Pisces, the sun is actually in the sign of Aries.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2011/01/new_zodiac_sign_dates_dont_swi.html

So, according to the new dates, what's your Zodiac sign now?


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-Dec. 17
Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20


Apparently, I'm now a Capricorn. I liked being Aquarius! My sister didn't change though, she's still a Pisces. Interesting.

 

[Harley]

I went from being a Capricorn (on the cusp of Aquarius...like Buffy 😉 ) to a Sagittarius.

 

[xfivebyfive]

I'm still a Leo phew yay!! But my bestfriend who was also a leo now isnt 🙁

 

[Mumrik]

Huh, interesting. I've seen an entirely different chart with a 13th zodiac, Opiuchus. Which, according to that chart, I was. Which wasn't cool at all, because I read up on that guy and he's stupid. I liked being a Sagittarius. Archers ftw! According to your chart, Lyr, I'm now a Scorpio. Which isn't as cool as being a Sag either.

 

[Washburne]

I'm now a Aquarius. Doesn't bother me. Not that I'll start saying that I am one but even if I did it wouldn't bother me. Sounds better in english than in swedish though. What's hugely important is that I still have the same characteristics as before. If not that would mess up things real bad. 😉

 

[nightshade]

I'm still a Leo, which is good cos I like being a Leo

 

[Kean]

I'm a bloody Libra now!

I've been Scorpio and I'm gonna stay Scorpio. That's that. *sulk*

 

[PrincessBuffy16]

What? Aquarius? Noooo. I'm really typical Pisces!

 

[Ollehh]

I'm a Taurus now, I liked being a Gemini.

 

[brinkster130]

No change for me. Still Taurus.

Did anyone hear about the new 13th sign?

Astronomer Parke Kunkle says that due to changes in the Earth's alignment the dates of many zodiac signs have changed, according to NBC. In addition, there may be a 13th Zodiac sign: Ophiuchus.
The New Dates:

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

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/13/new-zodiac-sign-dates-oph_n_808567.html#s223863&title=kristin_leigh

 

[Ms.Trick]

I don't want to be Cancer, Leo is just so much more better!

 

[This Year's Girl]

Still a Taurus. I sooo am one too, the personality they describe fit me really well.

 

[GrrArghx]

Nooo!! I lost Leo. 🙁 I don't want to be a Cancer... ew. 😛

EDIT:

This Year's Girl agrees: lol. this is a sentence I never thought I write: what's wrong with cancer? 😀

Nothing, except the name. 😛

 

[EvilBuffy]

I went from being a Cancer to a Gemini. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this.

 

[xfivebyfive]

I heard on twitter this only applies to people born after 2009 idk if thats true or not *confused*

 

[MinwaraYana]

I'm still Cancer. Yay! 😀 Or Gemini? What? My birthday is July 20th. 😵

 

[Bexieh]

Huh. Well. In that case, I'm an Aries! Nahhhh I reckon I'm still a Taurus at heart... When I look at info on the signs, Taurus seems to suit me!

 

[Zeppo]

I feel like a lost little lamb now. I'm really bummed! I hope it only applies to those born after 2009 ... Oh man, someone make sense of this!

 

[caitaintdead]

I'm such a Gemini that I find this hard to believe.

I really can't see myself a Taurus. When I get to work I'll have to have a look at both signs side by side, but honestly - I'm a Gemini through and through.

 

[luckystar]

Hmmm Im now a Pisces which is oddly a lot more fitting than my supposed Aries sign.