Ophiuchus

Your zodiac sign has still not changed!

Nasa thirteenth signAbout five years ago it was discovered that because of the shifting of the Earth’s axis, the constellation Ophiuchus was now closer to the apparent path of the Sun as we observe it from Earth, and astronomers conjectured that this then made Ophiuchus a thirteenth sign in the zodiac.

This popped up recently as “news:”  NASA had changed the system of the zodiac to incorporate the thirteenth sign.

It’s not news the zodiac that we use in Western astrology does not line up with the current […]

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By |2023-11-19T11:08:13-05:00October 19th, 2016|Astrology|2 Comments

Your “zodiac sign” has not changed!

zodiac sign has changedStories 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 […]

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By |2023-11-19T11:08:15-05:00January 14th, 2011|Astrology in the news|7 Comments

An asteroid eats a star: the occult implications

On the evening of July 8, observers from Earth will be able to watch as an asteroid occults a star, blocking its light for several minutes.  An occultation is a bit like an eclipse since the object that is hidden becomes invisible for a period of time.  Read more here.

In this case the asteroid is called “Roma,” and the star to be occulted is Delta in the constellation of Ophiuchus, the so-called “thirteenth constellation.” the role of  Ophiuchis in the 360 degree zodiacal belt is a topic for another story, but another of its Latin names is […]

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By |2023-11-27T14:53:21-05:00July 3rd, 2010|Conspiracy|3 Comments
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