New Zodiac - Not Who You Thought You Were

Well...I went to bed last night a 'Leo' and I woke up a 'Cancer' today! Frankly I'm in a small state of shock, much denial and a fair amount of bewilderment. This just doesn't sit right with me. I don't like 'change' very much, I'll admit it....but THIS? Most of us are now...not what we thought at all. What's your sign? (No, that's not a pick up line....(but it could be used to be!) Whatever your sign was, I'm sorry to tell you that you probably aren't that anymore. In case you didn't catch this little jewel of perception changing information today....it appears that the Astrological Horoscope Signs have now changed from what we've believed them to be the last couple thousands of years.

Yes we can thank our well intentioned astronomers for making this identity changing correction for us. Apparently it's all because of a scientific thing called 'precession' that has been caused as a result of the earth's wobble as it rotates every year. So the slight shift each year, has over time, resulted in a subsequent shifting of the constellations that rule the zodiac. And this subtle shift, although just a one-tenth move....equates to almost a full month difference in the astrological signs themselves. So basically, most people, unless born on the cusp of their signs, are now shifted into the next sign over. So what do you think about this?

I realize that not everyone places much value in 'horoscopes'. I am one of those who greatly enjoy the study of it, and find the majority of people I know to really fit the descriptions of their signs. But I also take it all with a grain of salt, as I do most everything in life. But now what? Do the attributes stay the same for the most part, and just the name changes? Or are we now supposed to view ourselves with a whole new set of traits?

In reading a few comments on the articles, I laughed as people were relieved that now they finally knew why they never fit the description of their previous sign....because they weren't really that sign at all. But then on the flip side are people like me, who feel that my sign was a pretty accurate depiction of me. However now that I think about it, there were a few things that just never did fit, although I felt the majority was right. Now I just read a Cancer horoscope and me thinks maybe that sounds sort of like me too, so what does that mean exactly? Even if it's all just a bunch of poppy-cock....I've always enjoyed it, and now they've gone and ruined it for me.
But here is the real kicker, there is also no longer just 12 signs of the zodiac. Apparently we spend some time in a 13th constellation known as Ophiuchus (better known as Serpentarius). Say what? I can't even pronounce that, but even more bothersome is the fact that it is now the new sign of my husband. This man whom I thought was a Sagittarius, is now an Ophiuchus and wth is THAT? One fact my Leo horoscope always mentioned was that I was most compatible with Sagittarius. What I figured out later in life when I finally read that, is that almost every boyfriend I'd had, was a Sagittarius. I never knew what their sign was when I met them, so I was just magnetically drawn towards the very sign that Astrology said I was most compatible with. There was comfort in that. But what now? Who are these strange Ophiuchus men that I have loved? Even my own Father was an Ophiuchus according to these new guidelines.

I feel betrayed. The majority of my love life has been spent with some strange 'alien' men that I now know nothing about. Eeegads....I have spawned with this new Zodiac breed! What have I done? I liked the Sagittarius. I liked the front-half man / back-half horse symbol that represented it. I'd reference it when I'd tell the hubby he was acting like a horse's ass....ha! Now he is represented by a Serpent! That really doesn't sound any better to me. Does that mean that I've dated a bunch of snakes? Let's see...mysterious 13th sign, the serpent....sounds a bit nefarious.

Do you see where this going? This change....it's just not a good thing. It's too late to start all over now, sizing everybody up according to their new set of peculiar astrological attributes. I kind of liked everybody the way they were. However, I guess if I tried viewing it in a positive light...it is a chance for us all to make ourselves over....be something new and different. So how do you feel about being something different now? Do you like your old sign better or your new one? New year....new you! Who would have thought! :o)