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June 22.. So I'm a Gemini now...
Your Zodiac Sign Maybe Have Changed.........vol. dis is some bull()
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June 22.. So I'm a Gemini now...
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I thought they would've added Aquemini by now.
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Originally Posted by Koudie From BroOklyn
nice
@ the thought of down grading to a Libra
Feels good to be a Scorp
Thats kind of wack that it doesn't apply to everyone.. So someone with the same Birth" DAY " as you can be another zodiac sign, but your's will remain the same. Absolutely no sense. What a waste
your zodiac sign is based on the location of the stars at the time of your birth
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Originally Posted by Koudie From BroOklyn
nice
@ the thought of down grading to a Libra
Feels good to be a Scorp
Thats kind of wack that it doesn't apply to everyone.. So someone with the same Birth" DAY " as you can be another zodiac sign, but your's will remain the same. Absolutely no sense. What a waste
your zodiac sign is based on the location of the stars at the time of your birth
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I'm a cancer and I'm staying one
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I'm a cancer and I'm staying one
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A vaguely futuristic, synthesizer-drenched album punctuated with anthemic choruses and bluesy beats, Aquemini addresses numerous topics such as emancipation, drug addiction and problematic relationships, while exploring the bleakest aspects of humanity.
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A vaguely futuristic, synthesizer-drenched album punctuated with anthemic choruses and bluesy beats, Aquemini addresses numerous topics such as emancipation, drug addiction and problematic relationships, while exploring the bleakest aspects of humanity.
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Yup. Surprisingly, there is a lot of Team Scorpio members
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Yup. Surprisingly, there is a lot of Team Scorpio members
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Sometimes, I’m not even sure where to begin with something.
OK. So this afternoon I see on Twitter that the word "zodiac" is trending, meaning lots of people are talking about it (as I write this it still is). Right, that happens sometimes, and sometimes I’ll post a snarky response. But I also see the word "Ophiuchus" trending, and I think, what?
Then I get an email from BABloggee Kevin Jung saying he heard some DJs on a radio program talking about how astronomers have "rearranged the zodiac". Even before I read another sentence I pretty much know what’s going on. Happily, Kevin found the source of all this: an article in Minnesota’s Star Tribune. And it all falls into place.
OK, first, let’s get this out of the way:
[size=+1]Astrology is 100% utter and complete nonsense.[/size]
Got it? Good.
Great, so what’s with this new story? Basically, the Star Tribune talked to an astronomer and an astronomy teacher in the area, who (correctly) poo-pooed astrology. The astronomer mentioned that the signs of the zodiac have shifted since they were first invented thousands of years ago. This is true, because the Earth’s axis wobbles over time, which has the effect of shifting the positions of the zodiacal constellations in the sky, or, more accurately, the time of the year the Sun passes through them. So it used to be that if you were born on March 22, you were an Aries… if you went by the original timing of when the Sun was in Aries. But now, millennia later, the Sun is actually in Pisces on that date. And it won’t be much longer before it’s in Aquarius in late March (hence "the dawning of the Age of Aquarius", in case you’re my age and a hippy or a 5th Dimension fan).
So that takes care of the shifting zodiac constellations bit. What about Ophiuchus?
Ophiuchus (which I pronounce oh-FYE-uh-cuss) is the serpent bearer, and is a constellation near Scorpius in the sky. Technically, the Sun passes through Ophiuchus, and in fact is in the constellation longer than it’s in Scorpius! But we don’t include it in the zodiac for a couple of reasons; one is that the stars in it are pretty faint, while those of Scorpius are brighter and easier to recognize, and another is that we can’t have 13 constellations, can we? So poor Ophiuchus is sent off to hold his serpent by himself.
That’s really all there is to it. The constellations aren’t being redefined, and certainly not suddenly by some astronomical coup (the same group, no doubt, being blamed for Pluto). And Ophiuchus has long been a point of contention. Nothing in this story is new at all! It’s another case of media (social or otherwise) fueled nonsense.
I’ll note this silliness has extended well beyond Twitter; the prestigious scientific journal OK![sup]*[/sup] says that "Taylor Swift’s the New 13th Sign Ophiuchus!" and goes on to say that even if the astrological signs change, "horoscope readings reportedly shouldn’t be affected."
Phew! I’ll agree with them on that. After all…
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Sometimes, I’m not even sure where to begin with something.
OK. So this afternoon I see on Twitter that the word "zodiac" is trending, meaning lots of people are talking about it (as I write this it still is). Right, that happens sometimes, and sometimes I’ll post a snarky response. But I also see the word "Ophiuchus" trending, and I think, what?
OK, first, let’s get this out of the way:
[size=+1]Astrology is 100% utter and complete nonsense.[/size]
Got it? Good.
Great, so what’s with this new story? Basically, the Star Tribune talked to an astronomer and an astronomy teacher in the area, who (correctly) poo-pooed astrology. The astronomer mentioned that the signs of the zodiac have shifted since they were first invented thousands of years ago. This is true, because the Earth’s axis wobbles over time, which has the effect of shifting the positions of the zodiacal constellations in the sky, or, more accurately, the time of the year the Sun passes through them. So it used to be that if you were born on March 22, you were an Aries… if you went by the original timing of when the Sun was in Aries. But now, millennia later, the Sun is actually in Pisces on that date. And it won’t be much longer before it’s in Aquarius in late March (hence "the dawning of the Age of Aquarius", in case you’re my age and a hippy or a 5th Dimension fan).
So that takes care of the shifting zodiac constellations bit. What about Ophiuchus?
Ophiuchus (which I pronounce oh-FYE-uh-cuss) is the serpent bearer, and is a constellation near Scorpius in the sky. Technically, the Sun passes through Ophiuchus, and in fact is in the constellation longer than it’s in Scorpius! But we don’t include it in the zodiac for a couple of reasons; one is that the stars in it are pretty faint, while those of Scorpius are brighter and easier to recognize, and another is that we can’t have 13 constellations, can we? So poor Ophiuchus is sent off to hold his serpent by himself.
That’s really all there is to it. The constellations aren’t being redefined, and certainly not suddenly by some astronomical coup (the same group, no doubt, being blamed for Pluto). And Ophiuchus has long been a point of contention. Nothing in this story is new at all! It’s another case of media (social or otherwise) fueled nonsense.
I’ll note this silliness has extended well beyond Twitter; the prestigious scientific journal OK![sup]*[/sup] says that "Taylor Swift’s the New 13th Sign Ophiuchus!" and goes on to say that even if the astrological signs change, "horoscope readings reportedly shouldn’t be affected."
Phew! I’ll agree with them on that. After all…
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Sometimes, I’m not even sure where to begin with something.
OK. So this afternoon I see on Twitter that the word "zodiac" is trending, meaning lots of people are talking about it (as I write this it still is). Right, that happens sometimes, and sometimes I’ll post a snarky response. But I also see the word "Ophiuchus" trending, and I think, what?
Then I get an email from BABloggee Kevin Jung saying he heard some DJs on a radio program talking about how astronomers have "rearranged the zodiac". Even before I read another sentence I pretty much know what’s going on. Happily, Kevin found the source of all this: an article in Minnesota’s Star Tribune. And it all falls into place.
OK, first, let’s get this out of the way:
[size=+1]Astrology is 100% utter and complete nonsense.[/size]
Got it? Good.
Great, so what’s with this new story? Basically, the Star Tribune talked to an astronomer and an astronomy teacher in the area, who (correctly) poo-pooed astrology. The astronomer mentioned that the signs of the zodiac have shifted since they were first invented thousands of years ago. This is true, because the Earth’s axis wobbles over time, which has the effect of shifting the positions of the zodiacal constellations in the sky, or, more accurately, the time of the year the Sun passes through them. So it used to be that if you were born on March 22, you were an Aries… if you went by the original timing of when the Sun was in Aries. But now, millennia later, the Sun is actually in Pisces on that date. And it won’t be much longer before it’s in Aquarius in late March (hence "the dawning of the Age of Aquarius", in case you’re my age and a hippy or a 5th Dimension fan).
So that takes care of the shifting zodiac constellations bit. What about Ophiuchus?
Ophiuchus (which I pronounce oh-FYE-uh-cuss) is the serpent bearer, and is a constellation near Scorpius in the sky. Technically, the Sun passes through Ophiuchus, and in fact is in the constellation longer than it’s in Scorpius! But we don’t include it in the zodiac for a couple of reasons; one is that the stars in it are pretty faint, while those of Scorpius are brighter and easier to recognize, and another is that we can’t have 13 constellations, can we? So poor Ophiuchus is sent off to hold his serpent by himself.
That’s really all there is to it. The constellations aren’t being redefined, and certainly not suddenly by some astronomical coup (the same group, no doubt, being blamed for Pluto). And Ophiuchus has long been a point of contention. Nothing in this story is new at all! It’s another case of media (social or otherwise) fueled nonsense.
I’ll note this silliness has extended well beyond Twitter; the prestigious scientific journal OK![sup]*[/sup] says that "Taylor Swift’s the New 13th Sign Ophiuchus!" and goes on to say that even if the astrological signs change, "horoscope readings reportedly shouldn’t be affected."
Phew! I’ll agree with them on that. After all…
http://
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Sometimes, I’m not even sure where to begin with something.
OK. So this afternoon I see on Twitter that the word "zodiac" is trending, meaning lots of people are talking about it (as I write this it still is). Right, that happens sometimes, and sometimes I’ll post a snarky response. But I also see the word "Ophiuchus" trending, and I think, what?
OK, first, let’s get this out of the way:
[size=+1]Astrology is 100% utter and complete nonsense.[/size]
Got it? Good.
Great, so what’s with this new story? Basically, the Star Tribune talked to an astronomer and an astronomy teacher in the area, who (correctly) poo-pooed astrology. The astronomer mentioned that the signs of the zodiac have shifted since they were first invented thousands of years ago. This is true, because the Earth’s axis wobbles over time, which has the effect of shifting the positions of the zodiacal constellations in the sky, or, more accurately, the time of the year the Sun passes through them. So it used to be that if you were born on March 22, you were an Aries… if you went by the original timing of when the Sun was in Aries. But now, millennia later, the Sun is actually in Pisces on that date. And it won’t be much longer before it’s in Aquarius in late March (hence "the dawning of the Age of Aquarius", in case you’re my age and a hippy or a 5th Dimension fan).
So that takes care of the shifting zodiac constellations bit. What about Ophiuchus?
Ophiuchus (which I pronounce oh-FYE-uh-cuss) is the serpent bearer, and is a constellation near Scorpius in the sky. Technically, the Sun passes through Ophiuchus, and in fact is in the constellation longer than it’s in Scorpius! But we don’t include it in the zodiac for a couple of reasons; one is that the stars in it are pretty faint, while those of Scorpius are brighter and easier to recognize, and another is that we can’t have 13 constellations, can we? So poor Ophiuchus is sent off to hold his serpent by himself.
That’s really all there is to it. The constellations aren’t being redefined, and certainly not suddenly by some astronomical coup (the same group, no doubt, being blamed for Pluto). And Ophiuchus has long been a point of contention. Nothing in this story is new at all! It’s another case of media (social or otherwise) fueled nonsense.
I’ll note this silliness has extended well beyond Twitter; the prestigious scientific journal OK![sup]*[/sup] says that "Taylor Swift’s the New 13th Sign Ophiuchus!" and goes on to say that even if the astrological signs change, "horoscope readings reportedly shouldn’t be affected."
Phew! I’ll agree with them on that. After all…
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i dont believe in this zodiac nonsense, but my sign aint change anyway
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i dont believe in this zodiac nonsense, but my sign aint change anyway
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Never understood how grown adults still believe in zodiac signs
...So because I was born around the same time as somebody else that means we will automatically have similar characteristics? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense...
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Ohh... cool ok
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Never understood how grown adults still believe in zodiac signs
...So because I was born around the same time as somebody else that means we will automatically have similar characteristics? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense...
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Ohh... cool ok
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Fuuuuuuuuuuuu I already got my %+!+ covered with an ice cream cone.
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Fuuuuuuuuuuuu I already got my %+!+ covered with an ice cream cone.
