NASA's "correction" of the zodiac calendar also included a 13th constellation, Ophiuchus, adding further fuel to the viral wildfire that quickly spread across the internet.Īccording to the NASA post (meant for children) that began the hubbub, the Earth's axis has shifted in the 3,000 years since the signs of the zodiac were first defined. The root of the uproar was apparently an article in Cosmopolitan magazine that claimed that NASA had shaken up the zodiac calendar, and that 86 percent of the star signs people think that they were born under were now incorrect. The uproar was such that NASA's tumblr felt compelled to release a follow-up explanation, emphasizing that astrology is a pseudoscience. All over the world, people check their horoscopes to see what's in store for them for the day.įor most, it is an entertaining, meaningless diversion, but a few genuinely believe in the predictions based on their astrological sign.īut NASA made waves in the astrological community with its recent post explaining that the astrological signs – constellations that the sun appears to move through during the year – have changed as the Earth's axis has shifted over the 30 centuries since the ancient Babylonians invented astrology.
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