Vendetta1 said:

I like Cancers.

Let a Cancer know that you like him.Give him a call. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

I have read this news about four or five years ago. I can´t really believe in astrology but I think that a certain time of the year you were born in CAN have an influence on your personality.....doesn´t necessariliy have to be the influence of the stars and planets. That´s why I don´t find this news very shocking because I believe most people will still have their typical traits according to their star sign or sun sign, which, as I said above, may not necessarily be a result of a particular star or sun or planet at all.

chocolate1 said:

What's this "Worthless Virgo" thing? I LIKE being a Virgo! (August 24)

September 12th

Genesia said:

Cerebus said:

I'm tellin' ya! I refuse.

Actually...

This changes very little for me. I'm a Gemini (under the real chart ), but my rising sign is Taurus. So I always read for both, anyway.

Aquarius with a Leo moon and Taurus rising... who would be a Cancer.

Im amazed that people are actually taking this serious. Some astro professionals is tweeting telling everyone to calm down and relax. The only effect on me is now I have to read another horoscope.

lazycrockett said:

Im amazed that people are actually taking this serious. Some astro professionals is tweeting telling everyone to calm down and relax. The only effect on me is now I have to read another horoscope.

Well, I don't read horoscopes. I don't believe that the day you were born can tell you anything about your future. But the traits associated with being an Aquarius fit me near perfect. Those associated with being a Cancer don't.

Cerebus said:

lazycrockett said:

Im amazed that people are actually taking this serious. Some astro professionals is tweeting telling everyone to calm down and relax. The only effect on me is now I have to read another horoscope.

Well, I don't read horoscopes. I don't believe that the day you were born can tell you anything about your future. But the traits associated with being an Aquarius fit me near perfect. Those associated with being a Cancer don't.

chocolate1 said:

What's this "Worthless Virgo" thing? I LIKE being a Virgo! (August 24)

OKAY! I love being a Virgo too! (Even though thanks to this "change", I'm a Leo...)

I am so tired of people bitching about being a Virgo like it's so bad. It was alllll over my FB and Twitter. I had to sign off...

^I think its because in the original quwaker post the writer mentioned how being a Virgo was a suck fest, and others just ran with it. The original post is funny cause half of the comments turned into Battlestar Galatica 12 colonies of Kobal conversation.

Oh those nerds .

Jesus Christ, CNN is doing a whole segment on this and these up in arms astrogist claiming how nothing has changed.

lazycrockett said:

Jesus Christ, CNN is doing a whole segment on this and these up in arms astrogist claiming how nothing has changed.

We all know who's fault this is..

I am a Gemini and NOTHING will change that!

The astrologers are not amused...

http://newsfeed.time.com/...d=moreonnf

Astrologers Get Their Say in the Horoscope Hubbub By: Megan Friedman (7 hours ago)

What, you thought they'd be silent when their life's work was reinterpreted? American astrologers are up in arms after a report from the Minnesota Planetarium Society stated that due to the moon's gravitational pull on Earth, the alignment of the stars was pushed by about a month. Since the constellations moved, then, Zodiac signs would be altered.

(More on TIME.com: See more about Ophiucus, the long-forgotten sign of the Zodiac)

But leading astrological experts say this won't change things at all. That's because Western astrology strictly adheres to the tropical zodiac, which is fixed to seasons. The sidereal zodiac, observed in the East, is the one affixed to constellations, and is thus the one that would change.

The tropical zodiac has been in place since Ptolemy's in the second century.

(More on TIME.com: See if your horoscope will change with the "new" Zodiac model)

"Astrology is geocentric," astrologer Jeff Jawer told CNN. "It relates life on Earth to the Earth's environment, and seasons are the most dramatic effect, which is why we use the tropical zodiac." So don't go removing that Libra tattoo just yet. Unless you prefer being a Virgo now; then you can just disregard the astrological pushback.

(via CNN) ed.time.com/2011/01/14/astrologers-get-their-say-in-the-horoscope-hubbub/#ixzz1B3FzyIJz

http://blog.beliefnet.com...chang.html

Your "zodiac sign" has not changed!Friday January 14, 2011 Stories like this have been circulating in the news media like wildfire over the past few days as astronomers discover something that astrologers have known for nearly 2000 years, that the zodiac that we use in Western astrology does not line up with the current placement of the constellations. This is due to what is called "precession," in which due to the earth's wobble the relationship between the earth and the stars changes over a "Great Cycle" of 26,000 years. This is why every 2160 years or so we go through another zodiacal age, like the transition from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius that we are in right now.

Astronomers will be disappointed to learn that this debate has raged through astrological communities ever since the phenomenon of precession was discovered sometime around 130 bce. The astrology that is typically practiced in the West is called "tropical" astrology which is based on the seasons and the earth's relationship to the Sun. Another branch of astrology originated in India and is called "sidereal" astrology which relates to the stars rather than the Sun.

Some people like to call the zodiac "star signs," and while they are incorrect in terms of Western astrology, in which signs are called "sun signs," the terminology "star signs" is accurate where sidereal astrology is concerned.

The astrological pantheon that we call the zodiac is a symbolic system. The constellations do not align into nicely divided 30 degree sections as they do around the birthchart, and as many of these news articles mention there is a 13th constellation that the Sun passes through on its trip around the Sun called Ophiuchus. This last idea has given rise to the question about whether the zodiac should have 13 signs rather than 12. These are concepts that for many years have caused astronomers to dispute the validity of astrology.

Astrology is not astronomically correct. Planets don't really move backwards, and the earth isn't the center of the solar system. But that is how we observe the planets astrologically, and we observe them against a backdrop of symbols that are named after the constellations that form the backdrop of our observed world.

Vedic astrology continues to use the sidereal zodiac and we won't go into that debate here. When I first started using software that can switch between the two zodiacs in the flip of a switch I tested the sidereal zodiac and found it to be inaccurate in my work. Occasionally I have a client from India who wants to know about the Vedic/Tropical debate, and they generally agree that the Tropical system is more accurate. But obviously there are thousands of astrologers who would disagree, and quite vehemently.

In the tropical zodiac, the cardinal points line up with the changing of the seasons. This is true in the northern hemisphere AND the southern hemisphere, although the seasons of course are reversed in the southern hemisphere. For example, zero degrees Aries marks the Vernal Equinox in the tropical system, and zero degrees Libra is at the Autumnal Equinox. In my work with clients in the southern hemisphere, despite the fact that Aries is actually the Autumn season, Aries works exactly the same way, and so does Libra.

As we practice it in the West, astrology is a symbolic system largely credited to the work of Ptolemy whose "Tetrabiblos" was written about 300 years after the phenomenon of precession was discovered, but when the zero degree Aries point was still aligned with the Vernal Equinox according to Rob Hand's excellent article. Rob also points out that there is evidence from translations of other works that the Tropical zodiac was favored by the Greeks back to the fourth century bce.

It's gratifying to see astrology discussed in the mainstream media, and ABC News has even printed a retraction (sort of) to the story. Our own Matthew Currie was quoted in this nice article on Salon.com.

So don't worry - your zodiac signs have not changed. The news media is just catching up to astrologers.

Wow, I'm an octopus, who knew?

I have to admit being a man getting to call yourself a serpent bearer has a nice appeal to it.

Oh the fun in the 70's that would have been.

[Edited 1/14/11 15:22pm]

Leo to Cancer, but my wife's always said I'm Cancer by the Thai version anyway.

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[Edited 1/14/11 17:57pm]

Serious said:

chocolate1 said:

What's this "Worthless Virgo" thing? I LIKE being a Virgo! (August 24)

September 12th

Yes, Virgos are pretty much worthless haha!

Cerebus said:

I'm really, genuinely annoyed by this. I mean, it doesn't "blow my mind" or anything. As I'm always saying, time and calendars are all nonsensical man-made constructs anyway. But I like being an Aquarius. In fact... I refuse to stop being an Aquarius.

I have spent 30 odd years grooming myself to conform to the aquarian profile, that's a LOT of work out the window! and it means now that me and the master are completely incompatible

GetAwayFromMe said:

Serious said:

September 12th

Yes, Virgos are pretty much worthless haha!

chocolate1 said:

GetAwayFromMe said:

Yes, Virgos are pretty much worthless haha!

Its time for us Virgos to join together and put an end to this discrimination and hate.

We will rise up, its time for a Virgo revolution!

GetAwayFromMe said:

Serious said:

September 12th

Yes, Virgos are pretty much worthless haha!

mostbeautifulboy said:

chocolate1 said:

Its time for us Virgos to join together and put an end to this discrimination and hate.

We will rise up, its time for a Virgo revolution!

Count me in !

Serious said:

mostbeautifulboy said:

Its time for us Virgos to join together and put an end to this discrimination and hate.

We will rise up, its time for a Virgo revolution!

Count me in !

chocolate1 said:

Serious said:

Count me in !

We will kick their asses !

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chocolate1 said:

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I cannot believe it, that describes me perfectly, word for word. Everything is totally on point .

Does it fit for you too, Lynn? Are you not only sexy but dominant too ?

Serious said:

I cannot believe it, that describes me perfectly, word for word. Everything is totally on point .

Does it fit for you too, Lynn? Are you not only sexy but dominant too ?

Sometimes too dominant!