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Every so often, I get bursts of questions about NASA’s “shift” in the zodiac wheel and the introduction of a 13th zodiac sign called Ophiuchus. This usually happens whenever a post or story on social media about this “new sign” is sort of published and shared. But I am here to tell you not to listen. 

There is no 13th zodiac sign. Ophiuchus is not a zodiac sign. And all learned western astrologers will say the same thing.

So why doesn’t it exist? I’ll give you some reasons.

First and most importantly, the zodiac wheel is not and has essentially never been directly correlated with the constellations. They are correlated with the seasons. The sun enters Aries the moment the sun crosses the celestial equator in March (the spring equinox). The sun enters Cancer the moment the sun reaches the Tropic of Cancer in July (the summer solstice). The sun enters Libra the moment the sun crosses the celestial equator in September (the fall equinox). The sun enters Capricorn the moment the sun reaches the Tropic of Capricorn in December (the winter solstice). There is no direct correlation between the constellations the sun in western astrology. If you don’t like this, consider looking into sidereal astrology.

Next, there is symbolism behind the number 12 that has existed since basically forever and cannot be ignored. Twelve is considered the number of cosmic order, which is basically what astrology is all about. There are 4 elements, 3 modalities, and 6 polarities in the zodiac. There is balance. It’s all about balance. There are 12 months. There are 12 astrological houses. There are 12 basic archetypes. There are 12 apostles. There are 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. What is associated with the number 13 in terms of order and completion? Thirteen is an odd, prime number. It’s unbalanced. It’s disorderly. A 13th zodiac sign would basically mess everything up.

In addition, NASA didn’t “discover” anything when they ignorantly introduced a 13th zodiac sign. It has always been denied by astrologers, especially over the past few decades. There’s nothing new about all this.

And I’m sort of sick of non-astrologers thinking that they can define and “change” astrology without knowing what they’re talking about. NASA’s deal is science and astronomy. Astrology isn’t science or astronomy. Astrology is not within NASA’s jurisdiction.

It isn’t legit (according to our zodiac calendar).

Because the 12 tropical zodiac signs do not change with time. they’re determined by the static segment of the sky that the sun is in at the time of birth. they have not now, nor have ever, had any bearing on actual constellations (ophiuchus is JUST a constellation). they were only named after certain constellations. but that’s it.

we have 12 signs and will always only have 12 signs, corresponding to 12 sky segments, because they are based on the number of lunar cycles in an average year and are marked by the solstices and equinoxes.

Youtube posted a #LGBTPRIDE video about 5 hours ago. It was insanely beautiful, representing genders and sexualities of all people. They have showed us love and just all around wonderful support. 

However, when I looked at the likes and dislikes ratio of this motivational video, I was astonished in a horrified sense. Around 80,000 dislikes were on this video, which has over a million views. That’s not the worse part. A majority of the comments were saying stuff along the lines of #ProudToBeOrlandoShooter, “let’s go kill 50 more fags”, and  “oh hello tumblr degenerate, I also identify as an attack helicopter”. 

This makes me unbearably sick. My hands started shaking, and I had to go take a walk outside. The comments were so appauling and disgusting. I don’t know why so many people around our age are viciously hateful towards us. Still, THIS IS OUR MONTH AND WE SHOUDLN’T JUST LET IT HAPPEN! GIVE THIS VIDEO SOME LOVE! YOUTUBE WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT US SO LET’S APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS! SHOW YOUR PRIDE AND HIT THAT LIKE BUTTON!