Saturday, January 15, 2011

What's Your Sign?


If we are talking about Zodiac signs, you might be quick to answer the question "What's your sign?"
Well, not anymore as Professor Parke Kunkle of the Minnesota Planetarium Society stated that gradually, Earth's position in relation to the sun, has changed. Dr. Kunkle said that "[T]he Earth spins and, like a toy top, the spin axis moves around, pointing in different directions" thus, setting off the zodiac signs as much as a month that they no longer correspond to the dates and months we've all known.

In addition to this, Dr. Kunkle re-introduced the idea of Ophiuchus, the 13th Zodiac sign (dubbed as the "astrology's orphan" as it "gets left out"), adding it to the standard set of 12 Zodiac signs.

"Ophiuchus has been around a long time, and the sun has been going through Ophiuchus for thousands of years," Dr. Kunkle talked about Ophiuchus.

Ophiuchus (also known as Serpentarius, the "serpent bearer") is a large constellation that lies northwest of the center of the Milky Way. It is said to be a popular sign in Japan since the 1990's.

Here is the new Zodiac Sign Chart as Dr. Kunkle suggested:
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

So, what's your sign?

SOURCES: UPI.com; The Huffington Post; Fox.com; Ophiuchus image from Constellationsofwords.com.



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