It's all in the stars: new zodiac dates released

By ERICKSON BECO
January 14, 2011, 12:15pm

MANILA, Philippines — You may be celebrating your fortune based on your horoscope as a Capricorn today, but you might be surprised to find that you’re probably a Sagittarius by now.

A set of new zodiac sign dates was unveiled recently, the Minnesota-based Star Tribune reported, with each symbol’s covered dates being moved by a month thanks to the moon’s gravitational pull that, as astrologers note, ‘wobbled’ the Earth’s rotation on its axis recently.

“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,” Star Tribune’s Bill Ward noted.

A blog post on the Washington Post website have also shed light on this matter, citing the explanation provided by Park Kunkle, a board member of the Minnesota Planetarium Society.

“The moon's gravitational pull has slowly moved the Earth in its axis, creating about a one-month bump in the stars' alignment... Now, during what we think as the month of Pisces, the sun is actually in the sign of Aries…”

Thus the adjustment of zodiac dates as follows:

Capricorn: January 20-February 16
Aquarius: February 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-August 10
Leo: August 10-September 16
Virgo: September 16-October 30
Libra: October 30-November 23
Scorpio: November 23-December 17
Sagittarius: December 17-January 20

Kunkle added that science has not proven a clear connection between the stars and the universe and its direct affects on people’s character and behavior. “Sure, we can connect harvest to the stars. But personality? No.”

"Historically, people looked at the sky to understand the world around us," he said. "But today I don't think people who are into astrology look at the sky very much."

Comments

Its a part of science called sidereal astrology it's been around forever its just come out in the open, every a hundred years or so a new one appears but it goes away and is replaced basicly you can go by the tropical(original) or sidereal depending on your beliefs

I'M FOREVER SCORPIO. This is nonsense!!!!!!

scorpio ako forever

hindi pwd na mag iba dahil nasanayan na at nagpagulo lg ung dinagdag nila....

I am a Scorpio...... And by the way this change sucks.......... I can't be a Libra.

tama ka naman... un na ang nasanayan kaya un na dapat....mga pangpagulo lg sila... lagi na lg ginugulo ang buhay ng mga tao

WTF!?this is CRAZY!

I was born a Libra, and I will die a libra. To those who changed it, kiss my ass.

WTF???!!!! It's been this way since the dawn of time.....who the hell do you think you are changing it??!!!!! No-one is gonna go for this shit!!!!!!!!

this is crazy hell this whole world is crazy