Why your Zodiac sign might be wrong

If you consider yourself a classically well-balanced Libra or a typically
stubborn Aries, you may be in for quite a shock – you could belong to a
completely different star sign.

Over the past 3,000 years, the Earth’s shift on its axis has changed the 12
astrological signs as we know them. Astronomers from the Minnesota Planetarium
Society have discovered that because of the moon’s gravitational pull on Earth,
the alignment of the stars was pushed by about a month.

Essentially, your astrological sign is determined by the position of the sun
on the day you were born. This new information in effect means that what we thought
we knew about our Zodiac sign is wrong. "Because of this change in the
tilt, the Earth is over here and the sun is in a different constellation than
it was 3,000 years ago when this study of the stars began," astronomer
Parke Kunkle told the Twin Cities' KARE-TV. “When [astrologers] say that the
sun is in Pisces, it’s really not in Pisces,” Kunkle says.

In fact, astrology has had major issues since it began. Babylonians
originally had 13 constellations but opted for 12 instead, completely ignoring
Ophuchicus, the snake holder, which has now been reintroduced into the star
sign line-up. The Libra star sign didn’t even come to exist until the time of
Julius Caesar.

So forget everything you thought you knew about your star sign, and get ready
for a brand-spanking new version of the astrological chart. The Minnesota
Planetarium Society has revealed the following list as where the real Zodiac
signs fall.

Capricorn: Jan. 20-Feb. 16

Aquarius: Feb. 16-March 11

Pisces: March 11-April 18

Aries: April 18-May 13

Taurus: May 13-June 21

Gemini: June 21-July 20

Cancer: July 20-Aug. 10

Leo: Aug. 10-Sept. 16

Virgo: Sept. 16-Oct. 30

Libra: Oct. 30-Nov. 23

Scorpio: Nov. 23-29

Ophiuchus: Nov. 29-Dec. 17

Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20

Source: Yahoo Lifestyle