Cue the Astrology songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6_VAiznSTc

You mean I'm no longer the sign that's also the name of a horrible disease? WOO-HOO! MOON, KEEP GRABBIN' THAT AXIS!

This isn't much news, as this shift (known as the precession of the equinoxes) was discovered as early as 130 BC by the astrologers/astronomers of the time.

This is why there are different systems of astrology. The system that follows the actual positions of astrology in the sky is known as sidereal astrology, most commonly found in the Vedic, or Jyotish, astrology used in India. There, you would be a Taurus. Though it would be interpreted a bit differently as Vedic astrology is used to describe one's function in society, per that cultures caste system.

Western astrology, on the other hand, is known as tropical astrology. There, the zodiac represents the movement of the sun through the seasons, not necessarily through the true positions of constellations. Thus, Western astrology is used to describe the personality and potential of growth for the individual as in nature, as all life grows and dies through the seasons. This is also why only twelve zodiac symbols are used, three for each of the four seasons.

So, you can still be a Gemini, unless you want to read your horoscope in India.

Also, astrology is bullshit.

They originally had a 13th sign, too, "Ophiuchus". So as long as the whole thing is still basically made up, I'll stick with Leo, thanks.

I'm with you TK I aint's gonna be no wussy Cancer (the worst sign of them all).

So have they changed the thing where if you weigh more than a duck, you're a witch too? What about cats is it still black cats crossing your path that is bad luck.

Yeah, I guess that means that Kepler and Galileo were also bullshit while simultaneously being a part of the scientific revolution.

Pythagoras, Ptolemy, Tycho Brahe, Carl Jung...also all bullshit!

Whatever, Cancer or gtfo.

I love it when bullshit implodes.

@Ghassan - I'm sure they all believed in the medical power of leeches, and in ghosts. Does that make those things true? Are those people you listed all-knowing prophets, in your world view?

I went from pisces to aquarius. Now I need to pick new lotto numbers.

Hmm. More ammo against my mom for when she starts going on about me being so 'cancer' or what-have-you.

It said it's been updated so you don't have to switch your signs. Whew... PISCES 4EVA!!!

Those tattoos are forever, brah.

@Reymont - Of course they're not prophets, but rather intelligent, true individuals who actually took the time to study and investigate something on their own, instead of simply and feebly holding onto "belief" or "disbelief" in something they know nothing about.

Another astrology song worth 4 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI7zewjyJiI

@b!X: I know it is, complete and utter bullshit. Still, WOO-HOO!

No wonder I've been feeling so confrontational lately. I've become an Aries!

This is old NASA data for which constellation the Sun was "in" on the day you were born.

@Ghassan - Why would you just assume we haven't taken the time to investigate it, or thought carefully about our own conclusions? When you have no data to support that assumption? Why would you leap to that conclusion, without investigation?

It's for the same reason that you believe in astrology - because YOU actually do none of those things, and simply believe blindly in whatever ideas make you happy.

We HAVE, and it's complete and utter bullshit. Go put on your tinfoil hat and smoke some more weed.

@Ghassan-- while I hate to add to this discussion as if astrology was anything but absolute bullshit (much like I hate to argue about evolution or the sun rising in the East), there are so many studies discounting astrology it's really not even funny.

A couple: North Texas Univeristy's Jonus Noblitt, physicist Shawn Carlson, Geoffrey Dean (astrologist turned astrology-critic), R.J. Culver, P.A Ianna, and my favorite, Mishel Gauquelin--Google That Shit, Man--are just the ones I can name off the top of my head.

And in case the Forer effect you're experiencing is so strong you can't think about the physical impossibility of astrology, I will point out that the universe's four forces (gravity, electromagnetism, strong nuclear, and weak nuclear) cannot, in any way, be used to justify astrology's claims.

So for the love of shit, please read up on your scientific studies and the LAWS OF PHYSICS before saying anything more about astrology. You're making my knickers all bunchy.

I'm with Todd. Now as a Gemini, I can practically feel myself becoming more interesting.