Astrology is f***ed -- Sun enters Ophiuchus on November 29

[eppur_se_muova]

November 29, 2016. If you could see the stars in the daytime, you’d see the sun shining in front of the border of the constellations Ophiuchus and Scorpius on this date. The sun crosses a constellation boundary, into Ophiuchus, on November 29, 2016, at 1 m.m. CST in the central U.S. That’s 19 hours UTC on November 29.

At about this time each year, the sun passes out of Scorpius to enter Ophiuchus. Like Scorpius, Ophiuchus is a constellation of the zodiac … but unlike Scorpius, Ophiuchus is not one of the traditional twelve zodiacal constellations.

The sun will remain in front of Ophiuchus until December 18.

The ecliptic – which translates on our sky’s dome as the sun’s annual path in front of the background stars – actually passes through 13 constellations, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), although this is not commonly known. After all, when you read the horoscope in the daily newspaper or a monthly magazine, you see only 12 constellations, or signs, mentioned.

There are the 12 traditional zodiacal constellations that have been with us since ancient times. The relatively recent addition of Ophiuchus as a member of the zodiac has increased the number to 13.



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more: http://earthsky.org/tonight/sun-in-ophiuchus-november-30-to-december-18



If your birthday is between 29 Nov and 18 Dec, your astrological sign is Ophiuchus, The Serpent Handler. You might want to think twice before sharing that information.

[HassleCat]

1. Fun fact for me

And others who realize astrology is just for amusement. People who take it seriously might be upset.

[Warpy]

2. I always wondered what the 13th sign was supposed to be

since the original system was based on lunar months. The Julian calendar abolished that system, too feminine for them I guess, and gave us the 12 month system and "thirty days hath September" that never really worked all that well. Neither does astrology, but o bla di.