NASA Reveals A 13th Zodiac Sign
September 26, 2016
In a recent blog post made by NASA, it was revealed that the astrology dates we all know and love are all wrong.
Approximately 3,000 years ago, the ancient Babylonians created maps of constellations you could see with the naked eye.
Having 12 zodiac signs and 12 months in a year made it rather simple to assign one zodiac sign to each month. However, when it came to the month of November they were caught in between Scorpio and Ophiuchus.
Although, now after re-calculating the astrological mathematics of the ancient Babylonians, some people may find themselves having a different sign than before.
For many, the 13th sign may not impact us at all.
“It’s a little weird thinking about how it kind of just breaks tradition,” said Anna Lepcin ‘17, “although it doesn’t really affect some of us in that big of a way and some people might not even believe in astrology in the first place,”
However, for students such as Ava Otoadese ‘18 whose sign did change, the 13th sign causes a bit of confusion.
“I feel like i’ve been deceived,” said Otoadese, “i never really paid much attention to astrology in the first place, but am I supposed to change what kind of person I am all of the sudden?”
Did your sign change? Here are the new dates:
Capricorn: 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
Scorpio: November 23 – November 29
Ophiuchus: November 29 – December 17
Sagittarius: December 17 – January 20