![]() “As an astrologer, I can assure you that your zodiac sign didn't change,” assured Nina Kahn, author and astrologer ( She told Reuters via email, “Ophiuchus is a real constellation, but it's not a zodiac sign. Reuters reached out to astrologers to find out if Ophiuchus resulted in people’s star signs shifting, the primary apparent concern among comments on these social media posts. ![]() ![]() WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ASTROLOGY BELIEVERS?Īstrology believers questioning whether their signs have now shifted can rest at ease. Even then, some of the chosen 12 didn’t fit neatly into their assigned slice of the pie and crossed over into the next one.” So they picked one, Ophiuchus, to leave out. “But even according to the Babylonians’ own ancient stories, there were 13 constellations in the zodiac. The page also explains that the Babylonians, who lived over 3,000 years ago, divided the zodiac into 12 parts and chose a constellations for each one, corresponding with 12 months of the calendar. The tweet links to a NASA Tumblr page here, where it explains the story in more depth and points out the difference between astronomy, which is “the scientific study of everything in outer space”, and astrology, “the belief that the positions of stars and planets can influence human events.” ![]() ![]() When the Babylonians invented the constellations 3,000 years ago, they chose to leave out a 13th sign. The tweet reads: “We see your comments about a zodiac story that re-emerges every few years. NASA explained in a tweet posted on Jhere, that it did not change the zodiac. ![]()
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