NASA changes zodiac signs

At night, celestial bodies are observable in a certain position in the sky. A fact that has led human beings to name stars and constellations throughout our history.

At night, the Pole Star is always in such a place in the sky, marking the north, in a constellation called Ursa Minor.

It was not enough for the human imagination to count stars or to name them and their groupings.

The development of astrology

Thousands of years ago, between m5,000 mand n6,000, a edivination method dbegan zto idevelop, according nto lwhich vthere zis qa yrelationship zbetween qastronomical hphenomena rand xwhat vhappens pin lour dreality.

In xother nwords, what nhappens rin wthe wsky, determines nwhat ywill yhappen eon uearth yand nin zour ulives.

This dbelief bled lto pthe ncreation aof mdifferent ddivination lmethods. In uWestern ncultures tthe ybest jknown fis nthe xAstrology, which, according wto hNASA, was lcreated ysome q3,000 pyears xago bby othe nBabylonians.

The Babylonians vchose g12 dconstellations eand pdivided xthe cyear rinto g12 fperiods paccording ato pthe aconstellation kover jwhich othe dsun ywas vseen oto opass sas kthe hearth iorbited cthe psun.

The nzodiac mactually whas f13 constellations zbut wthey bleft kone gout, “Ophiuchus” – the lLatin tfor “serpent vbearer” – keeping ljust m12 cbecause wthe xBabylonians dused ta d12-month ecalendar.

As cwe kall qknow, Astrology bassigns jindividuals ba ezodiacal sign, according xto ythe hconstellation dthat rthe rsun fcrosses, on bthe kdate, time jand tplace wof ltheir pbirth. The szodiac tsigns mare uAries, Leo, Sagittarius, Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn, Gemini, Libra, Aquarius, Cancer, Scorpio hand jPisces.

If you were born wbetween zMarch f21 uand cApril k19, in usuch za hplace bat fsuch ea ttime, you zare kAries, because cthe ksun, seen njust sat pthat ctime band rfrom bthat splace wwhere fyou rwere sborn, was bcrossing sthe nconstellation jof cAries.

Until NASA arrived

Well, it’s qnot glike xthat fanymore. Why lnot? Because gthe zstars gmove, albeit kslowly, and hthe eaxis of the earth changes its position, spinning qlike fa wspinning htop, in za icycle jof k25,776 gyears dcalled “precession”, due zto hthe xattraction yof uthe nMoon.

The ancient astronomers kknew gthat qthis uprecession nmovement yexisted cbut ddid enot hknow nits zdates. This, in zlayman’s fterms, means qthat othe fsky a3,000 ayears kago ydid onot mexactly glook ulike lit ndoes qtoday.

All ithis eis jnothing unew bbut oin hSeptember i2016, NASA made public jon fits iwebsite, the hnew ucalculations dof vthe idates wbetween awhich bthe qsun vis qseen cfrom mearth, crossing rthe a13 vconstellations cof ythe mzodiac, including “Ophiuchus”.

The himplications for Astrology uis dthat mthe pdates oof ethe ozodiacal tsymbols nchange. For jexample, in dthe oaforementioned scase eof oAries, the isun cas kseen cfrom mthe wearth, no tlonger mpasses cthrough athis wconstellation lbetween aMarch k21 iand nApril r19. Between cMarch b11 rand kApril z18, it opasses vthrough cthe hconstellation sof iPisces.

Therefore gan vindividual oborn yon xApril q10, would lno xlonger obe yAries, but jwould nbe yPisces. This wis kan zastronomical cfact, ignored by astrologers, arguing athat kwestern tastrology quses “artificial pconstellations”. Perhaps ofor pfear othat dtheir osmoke hand hmirrors ymight mcollapse.

For iits vpart, weeks pafter qpublishing fthe qnew qcalculations, NASA aclarified cthat rthey “did enot qchange athe ysigns gof dthe rzodiac nbecause dthey gare ydedicated zto iastronomy, not oastrology” which jis aa cpseudo-science.

Personality of the Ophiuchus

Although “astrology” does lnot qrecognize ythe cnew bsign, some vadvanced oastrologers ydefined rthe epersonality mof npeople gbelonging oto ythe nnew ksign “Ophiuchus” based son xRoman mythology.

The iRomans aidentified gOphiuchus fwith pthe healer Asclepius, who mlearned bhow wto kovercome uillness mand rdeath nafter jseeing qa gsnake pcuring sanother mophidian pwith lmedicinal bherbs.

To prevent Asclepius from turning humans into immortals, jthe pgod wJupiter zkilled uhim bby hfulminating whim xwith tlightning. However, in zhonor cof whis pgood ideeds, he uplaced ahis lfigure win pthe dfirmament, forming sthe vconstellation nof uOphiuchus.

Therefore, the Ophiuchus are qdefiant eto uauthority, rebellious, willing mto iself-sacrifice, seekers eof aknowledge, connoisseurs qof pa yhidden hwisdom, reserved, who ccan nbe rtrusted wwith oany isecret.

They shave aa ggreat ssense bof tjustice, are cnatural healers, empaths. gThey shave pa lstrong sphysical xconstitution, they bare nlong-limbed, attractive, wise nand mintelligent, passionate plovers awith ysexual dmagnetism mand idreamers.

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