Time to check your Zodiac again they may have changed :-)

[antikristuseke]

without reading the article, is it about the change in the axial tilt of the Earth from the time the zodiac was written down to current day?

Besides, the zodiac is demonstrably a load of horse**** even without this nail in its coffin.

[Sailor Steve]

I guess I'm a Pisces now. I always thought there was something fishy about my signs.

[krashkart]

The can of worms has been opened. Soon this thread will be swimming in pun. Quick! To the diving bell! Before we flounder!

[frau kaleun]

The can of worms has been opened. Soon this thread will be swimming in pun. Quick! To the diving bell! Before we flounder!

DON'T PANIC! There's room for everybody. You know the drill, salmon and children first...

[Takeda Shingen]

I was a Sagittarius, but now appear to be this new-fangled Ophiuchus.

Traits (my annotations italicized):

-prone to change--I am a creature of habit
-instinctual and impulsive--Creature of habit
-jovial, good humored--I like to think so
-honest--Occasionally
-intellectual--I like to think so
-emotional and intuitive--Intuitive, but not particularly emotional
-passionate, powerful--Stop, you're making me blush
-hard to commit to lovers--Better not let the Mrs. read that one
-jealous--True. Envy is my most common deadly sin
-overly critical of things disliked--Absolutely
-cordial, clever, and creative--And a snappy dresser
-curious--What do you mean by that?
-exciting and magnetic--And my teeth do that 'ding' thing when I smile
-irresponsible and restless--No, I tend to be pretty on top of things
-have penetrating eyes--Look into my eyes.....
-able to tell people what they want/like to hear--You're doing just great, and that tie looks marvelous!
-passion for justice--Power to the people!
-imaginative--Maybe
-master of the written/spoken word--Just let me adjust my tie here
-procrastinator--No, I am almost compulsive about getting things done
-passionate lover--Doing the eyebrow thing right now
-like unlimited freedom, unusual ideas, and flirting--I have a feeling that this is refering to the above trait
-dislike surface information, being taken advantage of, demeaning work--The Morlocks will inherit the Earth
-like hidden causes, truth, involvement, persuasion, and being the undisputed best at something--Yes, I enjoy being good at things
-dislike disapproval, being safe/secure/confined, administrative details, and having my honesty doubted--No, I do not enjoy having nasty things said about me
-violent temper--No, quite the opposite, almost to a fault
-require praise--I do have bouts of insecurity
-defensive--See above
-am everything and it's opposite--I am what I am
-sexual magnetism--How you doin'?
-rebellious--You'll never stop the Cobras
- sarcastic--Not me. Never.
-tendency to discard friends when not 'useful'--I wonder what mookie has done for me lately
-secretive--Stop looking over here
-belong to multiple groups of friends--unable to be 'labeled'--Don't try to change me baby

[Oberon]

Still a Pisces Have the fish shaped birthmark to prove it!

[frau kaleun]

If you read the whole article, the whole thing is just a lot of meaningless hoo-ha over nothing, even to astrologers. The cited reasons for the "shift" don't affect Western astrology, which is what we're all talking about here.

But this is an annoying red herring for astrologers.

They point out that this precession only affects "sidereal" astrology, a system commonly used in India and by other people with an interest in "Vedic" astrology. In this system signs do shift.

"People might be Aquarian under the tropical system but a Capricorn under the Vedic system," says astrologer Russell Grant.

But in the "tropical zodiac", the system used by Western astrologers, there are fixed sectors of the sky through which the movement of the sun, moon and planets is tracked to create the basis for horoscopes.

"The tropical zodiac is fixed and immovable. It is static - whatever happens to the Earth's axis."

These sectors of the sky use the equinoxes as reference points, not the constellations upon which the star signs are based.

The suggestion of a 13th sign - "Ophiuchus" - is also dismissed by astrologers. They point out that the Babylonians consciously chose 12 signs.

In other systems there have also been signs for "Arachne" and "Cetus the Whale", notes Grant.

Both the effect of precession on the zodiac and the presence of a 13th sign are stories that crop up in the press every few years, Grant explains.

But for all those people that believe in astrology or set some kind of lesser emotional store on the signs of the zodiac, they can rest easy. The Tauruses are still Taurus and the Arieses are still Aries.