Merged Oh no. Now I'm no longer an aries / Astrology shift

[Cainkane1]

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978917493

Astronomers say our astrological signs have changed.

 

[JoeyDonuts]

You're telling me. Apparently I'm now an Ophiuchus.

 

[Resume]

Still an Asshat here.

 

[Mister Earl]

Do people who are some kind of genetic throwback merit an astrological sign? I say this because I apparently have an overabundance of Neanderthal genes.

 

[NotJesus]

You're telling me. Apparently I'm now an Ophiuchus.

Gesundheit.

 

[Ducky]

WTF is a Ophiuchus anyway? Sounds like an STD.

 

[Squabbles Bluntly]

I've raised this with a lot of astrological buffs..invariably they refuse to accept it and continue to call themselves whatever they were before they were told about the precession of equinoxes etc...for some reason they get attached to their sign

 

[Madalch]

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978917493

Astronomers say our astrological signs have changed.

This was old news twenty years ago when I mentioned it to an astrologically-minded friend of mine. Apparently astrologers make a distinction between a "birth sign" and a "sun sign", the latter being your sign according to where the sun actually was when you were born, and the former being where it would have been had you been born in 1 AD.

 

[Just thinking]

What!!!

Still no Orion?

(I think the sun goes through a tiny part for a handful of days.)

 

[steve s]

.... before they were told about the precession of equinoxes etc..

On the news tonight, Brian Williams called it "precision." I wonder if he corrected it by the time the west coast broadcast occurred.

Steve Sf

 

[Macgyver1968]

I'm a Capricorn now. Should I be feeling different?

 

[Elizabeth I]

...but...but...but...I liked being a Sagittarius...

 

[TraneWreck]

I finally became a man. Moved from a Virgo to a Leo.

I suddenly have the confidence to hit on drunk chicks in bars. Sweet.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

...but...but...but...I liked being a Sagittarius...

Relax. Precession is pretty slow. I think it only changed the signs of people on the cusps.

 

[Macgyver1968]

I suddenly feel the urge to organize this mess....go figure!

 

[TraneWreck]

I'm a Capricorn now. Should I be feeling different?

Capricorns have to wear shirts.

Paul Anka will explain (I should add, NSFW):



That's just the *********** way it is.

 

[JoeyDonuts]

What about everyone who got their Zodiac sign tramp stamped on their lower back?

 

[Alan]

Apparently, people are PANICKING. Ridiculous.

Top tweets:

Your Zodiac sign didn’t change. It only applies to people born this year. Pass it around so everyone will stop crying.

http://twitter.com/#!/thecheyennee/status/25741861297590272

My iPhone has been exploding with media. My friends: You are still the same sign! Do not panic. This concept was developed in 125 AD! Gee!

http://twitter.com/#!/astrologyzone/status/25702564745973760

 

[Lord Emsworth]

Taurus our ass. We have always been Gemini. We are Gemini.


Resistance is futile.

 

[fromdownunder]

Well, I can assure everyone here that I have not been a Virgo for well over 40 years. And proud of it.

Norm