Your Zodiac Is Actually Wrong – Find Out Your New Star Sign

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I’ve always loved being a stubborn, curious, unpredictable Aquarius…mostly because I really love the musical Hair and there’s a whole song about my zodiac sign. Anyway, I own it. Now, BBC’s Stargazing Live is saying I’m actually a Capricorn?!
The Earth wobbles on its axis, something called precession and it means the way we see the stars has changed over the years…and with it, your astrological sign. In fact, there’s actually 13 stars signs, not 12. The additional sign is called Ophiuchus, and it was deliberately left out of the original zodiac over 2000 years ago for unknown reasons. Some believe it is because ancient astrologers wanted to divide the 360 degree path of the Sun in a mathematically appealing way.

However the true boundaries that divide the constellations, as described by the International Astronomical Union, are far from equal. For example Ophiuchus is behind the Sun for a full 19 days of the year. That’s 12 days more than its neighbour, Scorpius.
So if you’re born between 30 November and 18 December – congratulations! You’ve won a new star sign on the astronomical zodiac.

Find out your new sign below. I know, I’m not happy about it either.

BBC’s Stargazing Live new zodiac signs:

Sagittarius: 19 December – 20 January
Capricorn: 21 January – 16 February
Aquarius: 17 February – 12 March
Pisces: 13 March – 18 April
Aries: 19 April – 14 May
Taurus: 15 May – 21 June
Gemini: 22 June – 20 July
Cancer: 21 July – 10 August
Leo: 11 August – 16 September
Virgo: 17 September – 31 October
Libra: 1 November – 23 November
Scorpio: 24 November – 29 November
Ophiuchus: 30 November –  18 December
 
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