15 January,2011 08:10 AM IST | | Agencies
Hey, baby, what's your sign? Now the answer is, "Who the heck knows!"
A group of astronomers claims that the ancient zodiac chart is wrong and that the dates used for centuries to define each sign are off by about a month.
That means if you were a Scorpio, a sign known for its fire and drive, instead you may now be pushed all the way back to milquetoast Virgo people who purportedly just want balance in life.
"When [astrologers] say that the sun is in Pisces, it's really not in Pisces," said astronomer Parke Kunkle, a member of the Minnesota Planetarium Society, a group that redefined the zodiac calendar this week.
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The Babylonians, who created the system, based the signs on the constellation the sun was in on the day a person was born.
But over the last 3,000 years, the moon's gravitational pull has made the Earth wobble around its axis, creating about a one-month bump in the stars' alignment.
And now there's are 13 zodiac signs, Ophiuchus being the newest and is from November 29 to December. 17.
