How to Find Your New Zodiac Sign After NASA’s Recalculations
I am now a Libra. What am I do do with all my Scorpio Jewelry?
The Babylonians were lazy: When they came up with the zodiac signs, they left one out on purpose. Using 12 signs instead of 13 was more convenient because it fit their calendar of 12 lunar cycles per year. But that means everyone who’s adopted their astrological calendar and associated personality profiles in the millennia since have been wrong.
NASA pointed out the error last month and offered up a correction. The new zodiac calendar has some big changes. Not only are there now 13 signs, the dates have changed in some cases. NASA updated the calendar to reflect the actual amount of time the sun spends aligned with each constellation, which has changed since the Babylonian’s time thanks to the Earth’s tilt. Scorpio, for example, only takes up seven days of the year. The new sign, Ophiuchus, takes up 19 days.
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