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I was born a Cancer, today I woke up a Gemini

SunnyGuySunnyGuy
edited January 2011 in General Chat
So yeah, they changed the date for each zodiac sign and even added a 13th one and stuff
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/13/new-zodiac-sign-dates-oph_n_808567.html

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 - Nov. 29
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29 - Dec. 17
Sagittarius: Dec. 17 - Jan. 20

So, who else is suffering an identity crisis now?
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  • mrpineappleheadmrpineapplehead
    edited January 2011
    I'm no longer a Scorpio, im kinda sad from that :(
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited January 2011
    wat.

    I don't wanna be a Gemini. :(

    I love how the article says "it shouldn't affect horoscope readings". Good to know that intentionally vague "predictions" are still possible in light of this earth-shattering development.
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited January 2011
    I don't care. Yet I care a lot. I like being a goatman Capricorn
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited January 2011
    WTF?! No! I liked be a Libra! This is BS.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited January 2011
    I like how the article is based on something one guy said. Until the newspaper starts printing thirteen signs in the horoscopes, I'm putting less stock in this article than I do in astrology.
  • Giant TopeGiant Tope
    edited January 2011
    JedExodus wrote: »
    I don't care. Yet I care a lot.

    This. I really don't give a damn... but at the same time I sorta like being an Aries...
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited January 2011
    JedExodus wrote: »
    I don't care. Yet I care a lot.

    Fine, I'm with you guys. I'm a Scorpio, and no random article's going to make me a Libra.

    And either way, I was still born a Rabbit, and nobody can take that away!
  • SunnyGuySunnyGuy
    edited January 2011
    GuruGuru214 wrote: »
    I like how the article is based on something one guy said. Until the newspaper starts printing thirteen signs in the horoscopes, I'm putting less stock in this article than I do in astrology.

    But it's not just a thing a random guy said, this is SCIENCE

    Also, a fun fact I found
    he signs of the zodiac were created by the ancient Babylonians, who believed that whatever constellation the sun was "in" when you were born helped shape who you are. But a "wobble" in the Earth's rotation means that the sun's placement in, say, late December is no longer where it was when the Babylonians created the system.

    "When [astrologers] say that the sun is in Pisces, it's really not in Pisces," Parke Kunkle of the Minnesota Planetarium Society told the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

    Even more shocking: Kunkle and his colleagues say there should be a 13th sign, Ophiuchus. That's the constellation the sun is in from Nov. 29 to Dec. 17. Apparently, the Babylonians skipped Ophiuchus because they wanted there to be only 12 signs.

    If they ignored a constellation "just because" when they created this stuff then I say it's perfectly fair that they readd it "just because" too.
    And either way, I was still born a Rabbit, and nobody can take that away!

    And I'm a monkey, not even an awesome metal monkey either IIRC =(
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited January 2011
    Libras for life. It sort of like if someone said "Your home country has been taken over. Nothing will change, but you're now Russian. No! I'm an American!
  • adventureaddictadventureaddict
    edited January 2011
    No no no no no no!
    I will always be an Aquarian, my mug says so!
  • WeeblerjakeWeeblerjake
    edited January 2011
    I am, and always will be, a Libra. No virgin's taking my scale away from me...
  • FarlanderFarlander
    edited January 2011
    Uhm... you do know that mass media feds up this news every year, right? And that's because they play on the confusion between zodiacal constellation and zodiac signs? The Ophiuchus constellation is well known for many, MANY years and this 'suddenly discovered' bullshit is to agitate the community. All astrologists and astronomers know for many years that Sun passes through Ophiuchus, but the number of Zodiac signs still remain the same. Zodiac signs are based not on the Sun's position infront of the constellations, but on it's position during Spring and Autumn equinox and Winter and Summer solstice and where the Sun stands during these periods and in between them (something like that, I can't exactly remember the details). So nobody worries or makes a fuss, everything's going to be fine. Year 2012 we'll hear the same damn bullshit. But don't mind it. It's 13 zodiacal constellations, 12 zodiac signs. Different things.
  • Giant TopeGiant Tope
    edited January 2011
    woah chill dude
  • FarlanderFarlander
    edited January 2011
    Giant Tope wrote: »
    woah chill dude

    I'm calm. It's just that every year on at least one of the forums I'm a member of people start posting this news and yell 'AAAAHHH!!!! DIFFERENT SIGN!!! BUT I WANT TO STILL BE MY *OLD SIGN*, BWWAAAAAAHHH!'. It's the fourth or fifth year now I watch this, TellTale's not the only forum with this thread and I'm kinda getting a bit sick of it, floods the places. In my opinion better to try and kill off these threads quickly before they grow into 50-60 pages (don't ask... I wasn't a part of the discussion, but the thread was hanging on the top for damn very long!)
  • CheriCheri
    edited January 2011
    Sagittarius?
    D--> E%quisite
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited January 2011
    I'm with Farlander.
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited January 2011
    In a few thousand years these constellations won't even exist anymore, due to the stars being on different places in the night sky. In fact, these stars aren't even at the spot they're now since <distance in lightyears from Earth to star> years.
  • FarlanderFarlander
    edited January 2011
    GaryCXJk wrote: »
    In a few thousand years these constellations won't even exist anymore, due to the stars being on different places in the night sky. In fact, these stars aren't even at the spot they're now since <distance in lightyears from Earth to star> years.

    We'll be long dead, who cares? Not our problem :p
  • FalancaFalanca
    edited January 2011
    Whole astrology is bullshit.

    BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE A CAPRICORN FFFFFFFFFF
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited January 2011
    ^ Moar liek "Crapricorn", amirite?

    (ooh, he went there!)
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited January 2011
    ShaggE wrote: »
    ^ Moar liek "Crapricorn", amirite?

    (ooh, he went there!)

    Way to peeyo the original Capricorns.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited January 2011
    That's how we do, mang. Ain't no astrological symbol safe, herd?

    (this is why I shouldn't chase a Red Bull with a Mountain Dew.)
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited January 2011
    herd_of_sheep.gif

    Speak and they will listen.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited January 2011
    Shiiiiiit, son, call that a herd? Where you and ya boys learn shepherdin' at?
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited January 2011
    Okay, so here's our new signs:

    January: Awesome
    February: Awesome
    March: Awesome
    April: Awesome
    May: Awesome
    June: Awesome
    July: Awesome
    August: Awesome
    September: Awesome
    October: Awesome
    November: Awesome
    December: Awesome
  • jeeno0142jeeno0142
    edited January 2011
    Haha! I'm not too fussed over this, but being changed from an Aries to a Pisces is quite convenient as my sister-in-law-to-be got me a Pisces necklace simply because I adore fishies!
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited January 2011
    You mean like in a pet loving way or in a pet "loving" way?
  • jeeno0142jeeno0142
    edited January 2011
    I'll go with the first one. It has to be said though my goldfish are sexy beasts. :D
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited January 2011
    ShaggE wrote: »
    Shiiiiiit, son, call that a herd? Where you and ya boys learn shepherdin' at?

    Jamaca.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited January 2011
    Snap. Respect, y'all. Respect.
  • mathman77mathman77
    edited January 2011
    Changing zodiac? Stupid. I never cared about the zodiac before, but now I miss being an Aries.
  • StrongBrush1StrongBrush1
    edited January 2011
    WHAT?!? I don't want to be a Saggitarius! I was born a Capricorn and I will stay that way, damnit!
  • SunnyGuySunnyGuy
    edited January 2011
    Farlander wrote: »
    I'm calm. It's just that every year on at least one of the forums I'm a member of people start posting this news and yell 'AAAAHHH!!!! DIFFERENT SIGN!!! BUT I WANT TO STILL BE MY *OLD SIGN*, BWWAAAAAAHHH!'. It's the fourth or fifth year now I watch this, TellTale's not the only forum with this thread and I'm kinda getting a bit sick of it, floods the places. In my opinion better to try and kill off these threads quickly before they grow into 50-60 pages (don't ask... I wasn't a part of the discussion, but the thread was hanging on the top for damn very long!)

    Come on dude, it's just a silly, harmless thread made for fun no different then any other random thread in this or any other forum. I've been on the internet for 5+ years too and this is the first I ever hear of it. Besides, the more important/interesting thing is the (re)adding of a 13th sign, not the moving of the dates.

    If anyone actually takes any of this seriously we can just point and laugh at them anyways.
  • StarEyeStarEye
    edited January 2011
    I was born a Leo and today I woke up with Cancer... I mean, AS A Cancer.

    Yeah, right. Leo is much closer to my personality, if we're goint to take the signs seriously.
  • jeeno0142jeeno0142
    edited January 2011
    So... every sign follows a constellation and every constellation has a picture. What picture is Ophiuchus supposed to make?
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited January 2011
    jeeno0142 wrote: »
    What picture is Ophiuchus supposed to make?

    chihuahua-dog-hamburgers.jpg

    That.
  • Jen KollicJen Kollic
    edited January 2011
    I'm a Taurus now? THIS IS BULLSHIT. (pun intended)

    It's funny how they're acting like Ophiuchus is a brand new zodiac sign, it's been around since the second century and it's used in some sidereal zodiacs. *only knows this because Alchemy made a pendant for it years ago for all the folk who wanted to be extra-special snowflakes instead of Scorpio or Sagittarius*
  • SunnyGuySunnyGuy
    edited January 2011
    jeeno0142 wrote: »
    So... every sign follows a constellation and every constellation has a picture. What picture is Ophiuchus supposed to make?

    A snake. Or a guy holding a snake. I don't remember.

    *googles*

    Actually it's a guy holding a snake with a bull on top of its tail.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited January 2011
    I guess I am a Virgo... but I never pay attention to these things.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    No change for me. I'm still a Pisces.
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