Astrology is a symbolic language, a philosophy, a multidimensional concept. “Astronomy is a scientific concept based on 3D material reality. “It’s important to remember that astrology is NOT astronomy,” she adds. Hence the move from Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius.” Western astrology (tropical) sticks with the unchanging positions and accounts for the apparent shift via the great ages (around 2,500 years in each sign).
Eastern astrology (sidereal) reads the planets against the current view of the constellations.
The constellations have not shifted, the wobble of the earth’s axis creates the impression that they have. When I ask her if NASA’s comments about shifting stars has any impact on the zodiac signs, Gerosa explains: “ is due to the precession of the equinoxes. It just wasn’t selected by the ancient astrologers to be one of the 12 zodiac signs.” Pauline Gerosa, the consultant astrologer behind Astrology Oracle, tells me: “Ophiuchus has always been one of the constellations that fall along the ecliptic. However, astrologers have a word of warning to all those frantically casting the old zodiac aside. Students of the stars have included some of history’s most prominent thinkers: Galileo, Sir Isaac Newton, Copernicus and Carl Jung.Essentially, they reckon that the stars have shifted, we’ve been reading the wrong horoscope all this time, and there’s a new star sign – Ophiuchus – in the mix (more on that later). It begins every year with the Aries pseudo-constellation, which is based on the position of the Sun at the spring equinox on March 21.įun fact: Up until few centuries ago, astrology and astronomy were considered part of the same discipline.
The Tropical Zodiac is static and not affected by shifts in the Earth’s axis. Ptolemy used the same names for the zodiac signs as he did for the constellations, which is why there is confusion around the horoscope birth date range. In second century Alexandria, the great mathematician and astronomer/astrologer Ptolemy created the Tropical Zodiac, which is a fixed system that is not affected by changes in the constellations or the Earth’s axis. The actual constellations HAVE shifted over the ages, but Western astrology follows a different system, which uses “artificial” constellations. That is why zodiac sign dates remain the same even as the heavens keep shifting. Within that path, astrologers have carved out static zones, and we track the planetary movements against these. Rather than following the movement of the visible stars, Western astrology is based on the apparent path of the Sun as seen from our vantage point on earth. Here’s an interesting bit of clarification between astronomy and astrology. They will announce the “discovery” of Ophiuchus as a 13th star sign and claim that the horoscope dates for Libra (and every other sign) have changed. While the whole world might be freaking out, here’s a friendly reminder: NASA agrees with us that astronomy and astrology are NOT one and the same. Periodically, astronomers will announce “breaking news” that horoscopes aren’t accurate because the constellations have shifted. ‘Scuse us? They explain that in the last 3000 years since the zodiac system was first created, “the sky has shifted because Earth’s axis (North Pole) doesn’t point in quite the same direction.”Īccording to NASA, this shift of the constellations from our vantage point also confirms claims made by astronomers that the constellation Ophiuchus is now the 13th star sign and a legit member of the zodiac. In September 2016, NASA made waves on the Internet when it announced that it changed the 12 zodiac signs because of a shift of the Earth’s axis. SHARES BREAKING NEWS: Your star sign has not changed-contrary to popular belief and a recent declaration made by NASA.
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