![]() “Then they assigned each of those 12 constellations equal amounts of time.”īut experts say that the Earth's wobbly orbit means it is no longer aligned to the stars in the same way as when the signs of the zodiac were first conceived and now Ophiuchus is even more prevalent in the sky. “So the Babylonians picked one, Ophiuchus, to leave out. ![]() ![]() “To make a tidy match with their 12-month calendar, the Babylonians ignored the fact that the Sun actually moves through 13 constellations, not 12. “Even according to the Babylonians' own ancient stories, there were 13 constellations in the zodiac,” Nasa said. Ophiuchus was originally spotted by the ancient Babylonians, some three millennia ago. Took me years to learn how to spell Sagittarius now have to learn how to spell and pronounce Ophiuchus,” joked Shaun Connolly, a digital media apprentice from Scotland. “So I am no longer a Sagittarius, I'm now an Ophiuchus. I'm going to ignore Ophiuchus just like I ignored Pluto not being a planet." Mandy Southgate, from Kent, said: "No way I'm an Aries. The realignment has affected other star signs. Naomi Rowan, 22 said: "I couldn't sleep and found out that my star-sign has apparently changed and instead of a Sagittarius I am now an Ophiuchus! I'm not sure what the traits are, but perhaps it will make more sense to me than Sagittarius ever did."
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