The 13th Zodiac Sign (Must-Read)

I was watching History Channel just now and learnt some rather interesting information. The show was on Nostradamus?? Lost Book and yes the latest end of world deadline is now in 2012. Great...

Anyway, that is not the point I want discussed here. It is one of the points History Channel raised that there are actually 13 Zodiac signs instead of 12. The thirteenth sign was named Ophiuchus — translated to Serpent Man, snake holder or Serpentarius. The sign is represented by a man grabbing a large snake in both of his hands and was located between Scorpio and Sagittarius.


Image taken from: http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/ophiuchus.htm<BR>
A star chart of Ophiuchus. From Atlas Coelestis, John Flamsteed, London, 1753. The curved black and white line at the bottom of the drawing is the Ecliptic. Whilst the figure has a slightly different orientation - notably of the head - in comparison to Kepler's drawing, the star positions of the major limbs are very similar. This figure is very close to what the Ancient and Classical Greeks would have seen when they looked for Ophiuchus in the heavens.


According to Wiki, zodiac signs are actually zodiacal constellation which sun passes through them during the course of the year. Even though the sun passed though Ophiuchus, it is not counted as a proper zodiac sign. Some theories were that the number 13 was considered as unlucky in the western world, thus it was not added in. Other official explanation was that Ophiuchus was not in the natural southerly path of the 12 major constellations thus it is awkward to promote it as part of natural universal precession.

Anyway, if astronomers added Ophiuchus into the zodiac signs, the months which we associated with a zodiac sign changes. One might not even be the zodiac sign that he/she is known as. See the list below. The more interesting thing about Ophiuchus is that one in twenty people falls under this sign, but there is no proper explanation on what are their characters and personalities like compared to other signs...

Many people questioned the characters and personalities of Ophiuchusian online, but found no answer. Some suggested that perhaps they are cusp of Scorpio and Sagittarius, but I doubted so since current zodiac signs?? character differs very much from one and other even though they fall right after each other.

This finding somewhat sparkled off my curiosity. If you happened to stump upon this post on the same topic and knew about Ophiuchusian's personalities, do share with me.

Some Astronomers believed the following dates to be the real solar Zodiac Sun Signs instead:


ARIES = APRIL 19 - MAY 13
TAURUS = MAY 14 - JUNE 19
GEMINI = JUNE 20 - JULY 20
CANCER = JULY 21 - AUG 9
LEO = AUGUST 10 - SEPTEMBER 15
VIRGO = SEPTEMBER 16 - OCTOBER 30
LIBRA = OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 22
SCORPIO = NOVEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 29
OPHIUCHUS = NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 17
SAGITTARIUS = DECEMBER 18 - JANUARY 18
CAPRICORN = JANUARY 19 - FEBRUARY 15
AQUARIUS = FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 11
PISCES = MARCH 12 - APRIL 18

i got it off a website..im not a virgo but im an aquarius
so with that said...who on dxp is Ophiuchus
but going off-topic, im a true athiest and i believe in "things outside of this world" but not that 2012 nonsense..
..but none the less there is "some" proof that ancient civilizations in the past were visited by "aliens"..people like christopher columbus/thomas edison/einstein believed in this theory and no ones seems to grasp why? Well, there's a reason for everythinq

Posted by Dynamite Parfait
I've asked this before, but....

Why does Scorpio (in sidereal astro) only get allotted seven days?

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In response to your question: Most of the dxp Saggies will be Ophiuchus.

The only exception will be the first decan Saggies, and some of the 3rd decans.

Under sidereal astro, first decan Saggies will be Scorpius, while some of the later third decans will still be 'Sagittarius'.

thx gorgous..(off-topic reply)

im a capricorn den..that would explain alot

I would be a Virgo, No way in hell! I am the most untidy, disorganised, indecisive, lazy person ever, i am definately a Libra. wish I was a Virgo then maybe i wouldnt have to keep paying my sister to tidy my house...

Posted by KingPisces
This is not really a surprised to me....I was already aware of this and so were other people....You also got your dates wrong, noob....

first of all> i got the dates fro a site and didnt bother to check it...
..second of all: i knoe u not tryin to go in whiteboy..stop it
"noob" omg i hate wen "veterans" use that word
u average fggt...you look like simon from realhouswives of ny
u not a gq model btchboy..stop it dckhead.....you look like marky mark

I would be an ARIES yay!! cus I hate being a TAURUS 😢 but what element would Ophiuchus be in ??