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Zodiac Gets a 13th Sign: Ophiuchus

Astronomers say astrologers have got it all wrong: The Zodiac as we know it has been off for thousands of years because of wobbles in the Earth's axis. Star sign dates as people know them are incorrect, according to the Minnesota Planetarium Society, and people born between Nov. 29 and Dec. 17 actually belong to a 13th sign: Ophiuchus, the snake-handler

The "new" sign—which was originally discarded by the Babylonians, who wanted just 12 signs per year—is associated with healing, enlightenment, medicine, and higher education, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligence. But some astrologers say people don't need to worry about their star sign having shifted: Most Western astrologers adhere to the tropical zodiac, a system fixed to seasons, rather than the constellation-based system the Babylonians came up with, reports CNN 

 ...Some History About

Our Ancestors observed that the sun described certain celestialregions suffering never changes, this also explains the eclipsesand movements of both the planet and the moon. For thisgrouped into constellations of stars that were at the bottom ofthese regions and put them calestes animal names (except books), because their shapes reminded.

The word zodiac comes from the Greek "zoos" ("having life").These constellations are not magic or something similar, what makes them special is the 75 remaining constellations that mark the path of the Sun   called the ecliptic (circle of eclipses).

These constellations are well known and there is nobody in the world who knows anything about it, but this  fame is not owed ​​toastronomy, but the astrology that has divided the 12 zodiacal houses or constellations of  30 ° of celestial longitude each . But the strange thing is that he has not seen the sun crosses 12 constellations, but 13. Where the latter passes the sun between 30 November and 18 December and is called Ophiuchus (the constellation of the mythical Aesculapius, god of medicine of the Romans and the Greeks called Ascepios, son of Apollo).

Why was this discrepancy between astrology and astronomy?
He says the reason is that in the First Assembly of theInternational Astronomical Union, held in Rome in 1922, was fixed shape and size of all the constellations, this was donewithout consulting any astrologer. And finally was the official division of the sky where the zodiacal constellations said to be 13 and not 12 as previously thought.

Change of dates for star signs revolutionary Internet

After last Sunday's news was published in "The Star Tribune" has produced a great revolution in Internet. What if all your life do was sign Virgo and overnight they tell you not?

All this is said to have occurred because in these 2000 years, themoon's gravity that affects the orientation of the axis of the earth, so until a time when we talked about Pisces, we were referring to Aquarius.

So you could say that the zodiacal signs deal today that do not work, because they rely on outdated and erroneous basis

Capricurnius: January 20 – February 16
Aquarius: February 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 – August 10
Leo: August 10 – September 16
Virgo: September 16 – October 30
Libra: October 30 – November 23
scorpion: November 23 – November 29
Ofiuco: November 29 – December 17
Sagittarius: December 17 – January 20

Your 2011 Horoscope? It's Wrong




If you’re basing your plans for the coming year on astrological predictions, you might want to think again. The Zodiac was established 2,500 years ago, and the signs were based on the constellation the sun was in on a person's birth date. But in those 2,500 years, the Earth has wobbled (scientific term: precession), meaning “your” sign has moved about one month—so it isn’t actually your sign. Of course, there’s also the fact, as LiveScience makes sure to note, that astrology is not a science…

Signs of the Zodiac are the new requirement becomes when submitted to job postings

"Virgo and Scorpio, abstain. Capricorn, Libra and Pisces have priority", according to a job advertisement posted on the campus of the University of Geology of China in Wuhan. The advertisement had been placed by a high school education and training for English teachers and clerks. Among the requirements specified the zodiac sign of the staff.

Now, if a private school teaching English wants to hire new employees, why the zodiac sign is a requirement? The head of the institute, Ms. Xia, offers her explanation. According to her "research" astrological Scorpio people have a very strong personality, and can be irritated at any time. As for the people of Virgo, they are very critical and do not like doing the same job for a long time. "Before I hired people from these two signs, often argued with his colleagues and after a while they left." Ms. Xia is convinced that the people of those signs are well and "there is no exception," she said vehemently.

Liu Ya, doctor in psychology from Central China Normal University, said: "The relationship between the zodiac sign and personality lacks scientific evidence. The belief in astrologybelongs to what in psychology is called 'expectation effect'. Ms. Xia has preconceived notions about people of these two signs, and therefore judges people according to her prejudices. "

Wen Li, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Hankou, says that hiring new employees as zodiac signs violates the equality rights of applicants, so applicants can file a complaint with the department of supervision to erase this article in the job advertisement.

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