Ophiucus?!? 13 zodiac signs?!?

[D_Tim McGnaw]

Does anyone have a link for a free chart including Ophiuchus so I can go check out what all this Virgo bullshit will do to my chart?

 

[willow78]

I've always been a Gemini, but apparently I'm now a Taurus.....that would explain all my bull. :biggrin1:

 

[Krusader]

According the the chart im now a Leo instead of Virgo, damn i enjoy being a Virgo

 

[Incocknito]

It's complete bullshit. Zodiac signs have changed but somehow this "won't affect horoscope readings"? It's all a big fat pile of steaming bullshit.

 

[PerfectlySexy]

And now for the other side. Why your Zodiac sign is not wrong:

Astrology, Horoscopes, Monthly Horoscopes, Weekly Horoscopes, Daily Astrology Blog, | Don't Worry - Your Zodiac Sign is Not Wrong | Daily Astrology & Adventure by Eric Francis

 

[D_Martin van Burden]

Whew. Okay, me and PS were reading the same story.

No, your zodiac sign hasn't changed – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

The gist of this ordeal is that the 13th zodiac sign would only be of value to eastern astrological views which connect signs to constellations, rather than seasons like we do here.

 

[helgaleena]

Add to that, the major practitioners of the eastern or sidereal system do not feel the need to add in a thirteenth sign. They just have a calculation to account for the shift in the constellations over time. Look up 'jyotisha' for more info. This 13th sign business is a 20th century innovation accepted by only a few who don't use the tropical house system. But it's been trotted out before, many times.

 

[B_Nick4444]

first I've heard of it, but my sun sign is now consigned to that new sign, and the descriptors still fit

 

[petite]

As a non-believer in astrology, it does not bother in the least that my sign, TheBF's sign, and TheBaby's sign are all different under the new 13 sign system. I'm mildly amused to find out how my personality has changed so much under my new sign. To me, it's just harmless fun to look up your horoscope, no different than getting a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant or throwing a coin into a pool with a wish, and there's nothing there to actually believe in. TheBF is strangely attached to his previous sign, though, even though he's a non-believer, too. He's actually upset that his sign has changed. I don't get that!

 

[B_subgirrl]

As a non-believer in astrology, it does not bother in the least that my sign, TheBF's sign, and TheBaby's sign are all different under the new 13 sign system. I'm mildly amused to find out how my personality has changed so much under my new sign. To me, it's just harmless fun to look up your horoscope, no different than getting a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant or throwing a coin into a pool with a wish, and there's nothing there to actually believe in. TheBF is strangely attached to his previous sign, though, even though he's a non-believer, too. He's actually upset that his sign has changed. I don't get that!

According to this thread

http://www.lpsg.org/220063-has-your-zodiac-sign-changed.html

he's got nothing to worry about!!! No changes.

 

[Snozzle]

Besides, Ophicius (sp?) sounds like a shitty name. They shoulda talked to the Final Fantasy Tactics people. The 13th sign in that game is Serpentarius.

Same sign: Serpentarius is the Latin, Ophiuchus (the serpent bearer) the Greek name, like Mars/Ares, Venus/Aphrodite, Cupid/Eros.

 

[Snozzle]

For about a year in the 90s I wrote the "homoscope" for our gay paper, with 13 signs, including Ophiuchus. I made sure every "reading" was either so general it couldn't be wrong, or so particular it couldn't possibly be right. I'll see if any are still extant.

Turns out my 13-sign horoscope didn't last. The paper found it too hard to lay out in columns. But here's the picture of Ophiuchus.
http://i53.tinypic.com/350a0p2.jpg
designed to be greatly reduced without loss of detail...

And here are some of my predictions for 1995:

Scandals in the Royal Family; Princess Diana will appear on the cover of Woman's Weekly; dark hints about Prince Edward; the Queen Mother will suffer an illness.

The OJ Simpson verdict [the trial was still going] will be sensational, many will complain of a mistrial. The Clinton administration will have public relations setbacks, and President Clinton will have great trouble passing any of his foreign policy.

Bombs and bomb threats will threaten the peace processess in Ireland, the Gaza strip and Bosnia.

Crime or accident rates will lead to calls for tougher penalties.

Rachel Hunter will appear on the cover of the Woman's Weekly. A disabled person will appear in [hospital soap] Shortland Street. A black person will not appear in Baywatch, Melrose Place or Beverley Hills 90210.

Interest rates will go up, or down, or both, and commentators will argue that this means the economy is recovering. Health services will be restructured to give more administrators and fewer hospital beds, and [Health Minister] Jenny Shipley will say that is a favourable outcome.

The stars never lie!