Change is a Coming...

This whole idea of the horoscope being different due to the ideas of Parke Kunkle, a board member of the Minnesota Planetarium Society have created quite a stir. Star signs were created by ancient Babylonians some 2,000 years ago by tracking where the sun was in the sky each month. However, the moon's gravitational pull has slowly moved the Earth in its axis, creating about a one-month bump in the stars' alignment. 

The new dates would therefore be:
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-Dec. 17
Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20

There is also talk that a new Astrological sign Called Ophiuchus will be added changing the dates as so: 

Scorpio: November 23 to November 29
Ophiuchus: November 29 to December 17

As per Kunkle: "Ophiuchus has been a constellation for years and it just gets left out".

People on Facebook are all up in arms about their potentially new astronomical signs. Funny shit.

FH

For Further Reading:
- Click Here to read Melissa Bell's article New Zodiac sign dates: Don't switch your horoscope yet from The Washington Post's Blogpost Webpage dated January 13, 2011
- Click Here to read Tom Lyden's article Zodiac Sign Changes and New Sign Ophiuchus from the Fox Twin Cities webpage dated January 13, 2011