I am a Gemini, and I have always proudly identified with my sign and its attributes. But now, scientists say I'm not a Gemini? According to these new zodiac sign dates they've introduced, you may be reading the horoscope for the wrong astrological sign too.
It's all very scientific and has to do with the moon's gravitation pull of the earth and how things have shifted over the years, but astronomers at the Minnesota Planetarium Society say it's so. Apparently, the way the stars are really aligned mean a lot of people think they're a sign they're really not.
"This is not something that happened today. This has gone on for thousands of years," astronomer Parke Kunkle told NBC-2. "Because of this change of tilt, the Earth is really over here in effect and Sun is in a different constellation than it was 3,000 years ago."
Thanks for telling us now!
Important life decisions have been made according to horoscopes; jewelry and clothing proclaiming one's sign have been purchased. Lives have been forever altered because someone in a bar didn't like the response they heard when they asked one of the most famous pick-up lines of all time: "Hey baby, what's your sign?" They can't just go and change it!
But they have. Here are the new dates, see if yours is affected:
Capricorn: Jan. 20 – Feb. 16
Aquarius: Feb. 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 – Aug. 10
Leo: Aug. 10 – Sept. 16
Virgo: Sept. 16 – Oct. 30
Libra: Oct. 30 – Nov. 23
Scorpio: Nov. 23 – Nov. 29
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29 – Dec. 17
Sagittarius: Dec. 17 – Jan. 20
Well, I for one refuse to accept it -- science or not. The description of Gemini has always fit me accurately. Now I'm supposed to be a Taurus? I want to be a twin, not a bull! I'm an extrovert, not an introvert! Gemini is the sign of writers; the twins help explain my mood swings. And I'm going to continue to be a Gemini regardless of what anyone says. I'm stubborn like that ... which is a hallmark trait of Taurus. Hmmm ...
Does your sign change under these new dates? Are you going to start reading your new horoscope?
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Comments 474
wth is Ophiuchus? now im on a cusp... of scorpio and whatever this sign is lol... and my girls are tauruses and my husband is a gemini? i mean really? they changed that much???
What the heck is Ophiuchus?
I changed from a Gemini to a Taurus. Everyone has changed it looks like. My youngest is the Ophicus or whatever it's called.. Stupid...
Everyone in my family moved except me. I'm still a Virgo. But DD went from Aries to Picses, DS went from Cancer to Gemini and Hubs went from Tarus to Aries.
I know a lot of people with tattoos who are going to be pissed...
BULL POOP! I am a Pisces THROUGH AND THROUGH! My oldest is 100% LEO! Yet, both of us are no longer our signs. My husband is a Sagiterious and fits the bill perfectly but is now a different sign. My daughter has NEVER fit the Leo bill, though, and is still a Leo. I call shenanigans. Go get yer brooms.
Ugh, I went from Pisces to Aquarius, DH and our son changed from Aries to Pisces, my BIL changed from Aquarius to Capriconr, my other BIL & FIL changed from Gemini to Taurus. My MIL stays as a Pisces. Bleh, I'm Pisces through and through, I match the traits of a Piscean nearly 100%, so no I don't agree with this study either.
And I'd also like to know what the hell Ophiuchus is.
This "new" sign: LAME.
The fact that my Son and I are no longer Geminis and my Husband is no longer a Pisces: REDONK!
I'm pretty much the epitome of a Gemini, as is my Son - and my Husband is most def a Pisces. I don't care - I'm not following these new bullspit signs. I refuse! But it is making me rethink my Gemini tattoo..UGH!