With the recent emergence of the 13th zodiac sign, Ophiuchus, many people have started to call into question the reliability of their zodiac signs, specifically, the reliability of their daily and monthly horoscopes.
To give a little background knowledge, there have always been 13 zodiac signs. This is not some new occurrence and it is surely not a ploy by NASA to throw everyone into a tailspin. There have always been 13 signs, but the Babylonians just decided to ignore one.
Over 3000 years ago, the Babylonians devised the biggest con of all by convincing people that there are only 12 significant constellations. They even created a 12-month calendar to correspond with the phases of the moon. Due to this, they decided to divide the sky into 12 parts and allocate each section accordingly through the use of constellations, except there were 13 known constellations at this time and not 12. So what did the Babylonians do of course? They pretended that one never existed, which wasn’t particularly too hard considering Ophiuchus was rarely visible for more than 18 days.
According to Inverse, in the long run, “…not all constellations are created equally so the Sun doesn’t spend the same amount of time aligned with each.”, therefore making it quite easy to decide which constellation has to go—in this case, the one that is rarely visible. To make matters worse, Inverse also acknowledges that “…constellations are not consistent presences in the night sky. The Earth’s axis has also shifted in the past 3,000 years, meaning that the days used for the original zodiac no longer align with the path of the sun. Resulting in approximately 86 percent of people currently identifying as the wrong astrological sign.” Wow.
Essentially what this all means is that we’ve all been living a huge lie in regards to our zodiac signs, and it was all perpetuated by the Babylonians when they decided to completely abstain from including the 13th zodiac sign, Ophiuchus, in their findings. Ultimately, no matter how you look at it, we have all been using the wrong zodiac signs for ages and it hasn’t really phased us before, until now.
According to NASA’s new reports though, this is the “real” line up of the zodiac signs:
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
Now although this may seem discouraging, as I am now a Sagittarius and not a Capricorn anymore, I refuse to actually believe that this is my ‘true’ sign. Forever and always I will continue to be a Capricorn and not a Sagittarius. I mean it’s as if my whole life is lie all because the Babylonians refused to record Ophiuchus. But in all honesty, why throw a fit about the addition of a new zodiac sign now? Why not continue to ignore it like the Babylonians did? I mean it sure worked out well for them until now.
