If it is Internet buzz that keeps you informed, then you've heard of new kid on the block - Ophiuchus. The new zodiac sign that is playing havoc with who you've always believed you were. Confused? Oh trust me, so am I.
For more years than I would like to forget I have been a Gemini. I even have a baby book. And just when I, and those around me, had come to terms with all sort of Janus-faced behavior on my part, and finally bought that it was a Gemini thing, voila! I am a Taurus. Because Ophiuchus wants its place in the sun. Or constellation.
This 13th Zodiac sign, that is squeezing the astral order , is also one of the top trending topics on twitter right now - hence the importance that I shall accord it. This is how the cookie crumbles if the legend of Ophiuchus is to be believed. (Everyone is quoting someone. And so shall I.
The Huffington Post quotes NBC to quote astronomer Parke Kunkle as saying that changes in the Earth's alignment have caused zodiac signs dates to change with Ophiuchus getting some dates too. This is said to have happened over thousands of years.
The
startribune.com also quotes Kunkle and says, "the ancient Babylonians based zodiac signs on the constellation the sun was "in" on the day a person was born. During the ensuing millenniums, the moon's gravitational pull has made the Earth 'wobble'" around its axis, creating about a one-month bump in the stars' alignment."
So this is how that Babylonian Zodiac calendar looked, before those ancient men were believed to have dumped it because they wanted 12 zodiac signs. And this then is also the new Zodiac that has the Internet buzzing:
- Capricorn: Jan 20 - Feb 16
- Aquarius: Feb 16 - Mar 11
- Pisces: Mar 11 - Apr 18
- Aries: Apr 18 - May 13
- Taurus: May 13 - Jun 21
- Gemini: Jun 21 - Jul 20
- Cancer: Jul 20 - Aug 10
- Leo: Aug 10 - Sept 16
- Virgo: Sept 16 - Oct 30
- Libra: Oct 30 - Nov 23
- Scorpio: Nov 23 - Nov 29
- Ophiuchus: Nov 29 - Dec 17
- Sagittarius: Dec 17 - Jan 20
Have you changed? I Shall stick to Gemini, thank you.
We are crawling the Web for more great videos, tweets pictures, blogs and people that just must be showcased. If you spot some that make you stop and stare,
send them in here. We'll be happy to credit it to your spidery efforts on the WWW.