Did Your Horoscope Change?

NASA recently stated on their website that there is a “thirteenth zodiac sign,” which caused many people to panic, because their zodiac sign shifted to make up for this “new discovery”. But, the truth of the matter is that zodiac signs have not changed because NASA has actually always known about the thirteenth zodiac sign. This thirteenth sign is called Ophiuchus and it has no effect on the zodiac signs. So for those people who read their horoscopes religiously you can take a sigh of relief because your sign has not changed.

     As I mentioned, NASA has known about Ophiuchus for as long as they have known about the other twelve zodiac signs. This explanation dates back to Babylon. The Babylonians had all thirteen in the original zodiac but chose to make an adapted version of the zodiac signs by having one for each of the twelve months. So, by coordinating the zodiac signs with the calendar, only twelve out of the thirteen were able to be used leaving Ophiuchus as the odd one out. Thus, Ophiuchus is nothing to worry about, for all those horoscope readers and the controversy of this topic was all just the product of a silly rumor formulated out of an understanding of astronomy.