10/29/07 10:43 - ID#41875

Astological accuracy?

Last night (e:lauren) and I were watching a (2 hour??) documentary on this new manuscript that suddenly showed up in the Italian National Library in Rome. Amazing how these things just kinda pop up out of nowhere, huh?

So anyway, during the course of this documentary I learned a startling fact....

there are actually 13 astrological constellations! You see, apparently there is a constellation that exists between Scorpio and Sagittarius!

But because the sun only passes through this sign for about 19 days or so, this mysterious 'secret constellation' was dropped from the astrological calendar! Having 13 signs wouldn't be convenient in a 12 month year would it?

The sign is called either 'Ophiuchus' or 'Serpentarius' depending on whether you are Greek or Latin... and was named after Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian who was known for his powers of healing.

THis throws off astrology a LOT. I mean already we have to consider the sun's precession of the equinoxes and we haven't updated the exact dates of our astrological calendar in ages. But apparently if we were to add the 13th astrological sign into our current system, and calculate 'what is our sign' based upon when the sun ACTUALLY passes through that sign, then the following would be the most accurate astrological chart....

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

So whatcha think about that??

crazy....

mike writes at 12:15:25 10/31/07 - Comment #27222: i don't want to be a Leo. Eww. i am total virgo!

jim writes at 10:40:02 10/30/07 - Comment #27210: Planets, I speak to you, and say: Rotate!

That's their jimtological chart.

fellyconnelly writes at 09:54:15 10/30/07 - Comment #27209: the vibrations of the universe maps out my every move. and yours. for example, jim: based upon your astrological chart, i am fairly certain that you will sleep within the next 24 hours.

the planets have spoken.

jim writes at 09:33:02 10/30/07 - Comment #27205: Yeah, THIS is why they're inaccurate :)

fellyconnelly writes at 09:27:41 10/30/07 - Comment #27204: i have no idea what it means to the astrological community - but i'm sure its devastating... and also a good reason why horoscopes have a huge tendancy to not be accurate...

joshua writes at 02:42:04 10/30/07 - Comment #27180: This is too controversial - I'm going to pretend its not true!

twisted writes at 10:23:08 10/30/07 - Comment #27167: No way! You mean I've been horoscopically bamboozled all these years?

So I'm an . . . Ophiuchun? This changes everything! But to what?

jbeatty writes at 08:37:44 10/30/07 - Comment #27163: So...um felly how am I supposed to read my horoscope now? Am I gonna have to go to the witchcraft store to find out how my day is supposed to go?

fellyconnelly writes at 08:01:22 10/30/07 - Comment #27161: i think there is something else to that james... hehe..

i, however, have managed to stay a Leo. I couldn't be anything but... :)

unless of course i was one of the lucky few who got to have a fun super secret sign!

james writes at 11:17:34 10/29/07 - Comment #27154: well, that explains why this lion has crabs

jenks writes at 10:53:19 10/29/07 - Comment #27153: well crap, that changes me from taurus to aries. But I want to be the secret magical voodoo sign, dammit!

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10/13/07 08:21 - ID#41624

a convenient truth

oh look everybody! the vatican secret archives has uncovered a document that shows how the pope WASN"T trying to murder the knights templars! he just wanted them disbanded for the sake of the church.