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Earth’s ‘wobble’ means your zodiac sign may be wrong
The Lookout ^ | January 13, 2011 | Liz Goodwin

Posted on 01/13/2011 6:07:36 PM PST by decimon

A Minnesota astronomer confirms what many have suspected: Your horoscope is quite possibly wrong.

Earth's shifts on its axis over the past 3,000 years have changed the 12 zodiac signs.

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Here's your new sign below:

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

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(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Society
KEYWORDS: astrology; astronomy; constellations; horoscope; ophiuchus; science; serpentbearer; zodiac
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1 posted on 01/13/2011 6:07:38 PM PST by decimon
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To: decimon

Oh well,back to the owl entrails then.


2 posted on 01/13/2011 6:09:15 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: decimon

Why are there 13 signs in your list ?


3 posted on 01/13/2011 6:11:49 PM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: decimon
Cool, I am now a ferocious bull instead of having a split personality.
4 posted on 01/13/2011 6:12:13 PM PST by crazyhorse691 (Now that the libs are in power dissent is not only unpatriotic, but, it is also racist.)
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To: decimon

This could change some bar room pickup lines.


5 posted on 01/13/2011 6:12:27 PM PST by mkmensinger
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To: decimon

I’d worry more about the earth going into a protracted global cooling phase.


6 posted on 01/13/2011 6:16:56 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....Duncan Hunter Sr. for POTUS.)
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To: crazyhorse691
.... I am now a ferocious bull ....

Ferocious bull or full of bull?

7 posted on 01/13/2011 6:18:20 PM PST by reg45
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To: crazyhorse691

Me2


8 posted on 01/13/2011 6:19:46 PM PST by JPG (YES SHE CAN!)
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To: decimon

Ophiuchus: Nov. 29-Dec. 17

Who the heck is that? I want my Sagittarius back.


9 posted on 01/13/2011 6:21:20 PM PST by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: hoosierham
Why are there 13 signs in your list ?

I don't know. Don't think I've seen Ophiuchus before.

10 posted on 01/13/2011 6:21:27 PM PST by decimon
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To: decimon

no maybe about it. The wobble, called the precession of the equinox has changed since this phony thing called astrology was set up and what ever sign you think you are, you are off one sign and soon to be two. Ask any astronomer what he thinks of astrology and he will probably roll his eyes. And most important of all, if you are a Christian, the Bible teaches to stay away from this sort of thing.


11 posted on 01/13/2011 6:23:05 PM PST by fish hawk (reporter to old Indian: you lived here on the reservation all your life? Old Indian, "not yet".)
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To: decimon
I looked it up. From Wikipedia Ophiuchus is a large constellation located around the celestial equator. Its name is Greek (Ὀφιοῦχος) for 'serpent-bearer', and it is commonly represented as a man grasping the snake that is represented by the constellation Serpens. Ophiuchus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It was formerly referred to as Serpentarius English pronunciation: /ˌsɜrpənˈtɛəriəs/, a Latin word meaning the same as its current name.
12 posted on 01/13/2011 6:24:14 PM PST by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: hoosierham
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29-Dec. 17

That is the name of the "serpent bearer" constellation in the sky, it does intrude into the Zodiac plane so there are some who do believe that there are 13 signs instead of 12.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus
13 posted on 01/13/2011 6:24:18 PM PST by Nowhere Man (General James Mattoon Scott, where are you when we need you? We need a regime change.)
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To: decimon

So I am an Ophi-uch-us?
what the heck is that???
Oh well, not going to affect me in any way......


14 posted on 01/13/2011 6:24:56 PM PST by 9422WMR (Illegal is not a race.)
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To: kalee

Not that I believe in this sort of thing, I do NOT.


15 posted on 01/13/2011 6:25:24 PM PST by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: 9422WMR
English pronunciation: /ˌsɜrpənˈtɛəriəs/, Yep, looks like english to me!!!! Who posted this garbage?
16 posted on 01/13/2011 6:26:51 PM PST by 9422WMR (Illegal is not a race.)
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To: hoosierham

Lunar calendar....


17 posted on 01/13/2011 6:27:01 PM PST by Uriah_lost (Is there no balm in Gilead?....)
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To: crazyhorse691

Cool! Welcome to Bull Land! Glad to have you!!


18 posted on 01/13/2011 6:27:06 PM PST by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty Let the American Taxpayer foot the bill !)
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To: decimon

Our “sign” includes three factors: Date, Time, Longitude/Latitude of place of birth.


19 posted on 01/13/2011 6:27:24 PM PST by bannie (( ))
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To: hoosierham
Ophiuchus was added. While never part of the zodiac proper it has been included as an astrological indicator in the past. I doubt charlatans fortune tellers will change their method of divination to include modern astronomical observation.
20 posted on 01/13/2011 6:30:03 PM PST by Durus (The distance between us has grown, and I struggle to quantify it. Windage adjustments are done.)
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