Your zodiac sign may not actually be your zodiac sign anymore. (UPDATE: Scroll down for Twitter reactions -- and to submit your own!)
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.
Kunkle says that as the Earth and Sun slowly move the signs gradually change, as expected.
The change didn't happen over night either. The 12 signs were designated to different periods of the year almost 3,000 years ago, when astrology began, and since then the Earth's position in relation to the sun has changed.
While the sign many people were born under may now be different, it shouldn't affect horoscope readings, according to NBC.
See if your Zodiac sign has changed below.
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.love-astrology.com/13th-sign-of-the-zodiac/ophiuchus-13th-sign/
Do the math of your new astrological sign and figure out who you are in the giant story of 'The New World' that we are playing in.
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If your astrological forecast is inaccurate today, there's an explanation – other than the usual explanation of “it's all made up, anyway,” I mean.
The Internet is all atwitter with news that threatens to upend the industries of horoscope writing, little symbolic knick-knack manufacturing and ill-considered lower-back Zodiac-sign tattooing: Your astrological sign isn't what you think it is.
According to astronomers at the Minnesota Planetarium Society, here's how your date of birth aligns with the constellations:
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. 23-29
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29-Dec. 17
Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20
Wait, 13 signs? Ophiuchus? Let's slow down. The system still observed by people who take astrology seriously dates to the Babylonians, who started with 13 and ditched Ophiuchus, the “snake handler,” because they wanted an even 12 to match the number of months in the year.
But is the Age of Capricorn the new Age of Aquarius? Sure, but only if you want to be, like, technical about it. The origin of this discussion – “new zodiac sign dates” is a Google hot trend item, in case you're wondering – is a brief piece in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune in which an astronomer merely points out that the positions of constellations relative to the calendar, as observed by the Babylonians, no longer correspond to the dates they appear today.
So should everybody re-examine their personalities? Start reading a different horoscope for spiritual guidance? Divorce the spouses they married because their signs allegedly matched?
Well, it's your life. An astronomer pointing out the flaws in astrology, by the way, is kind of like a doctor explaining why you shouldn't drill holes in a person's head to let the demons out. In other words, the extent to which this information is cosmos-shattering probably depends on how much you 're willing to let grumpy ol' science blow the whistle on superstition.
Same thing different website!