Am I the last person to know that there are now 13 Star Signs?

Eh? So I'm now a Capricorn? No wonder my life/personality/future/erm... has changed so much lately!

Wtf?  So about 30% of us have changed sign due to the changed dates.... clearly that's why my forecast never seemed right!

Perhaps the last person to know that cares about that kind of stuff...I've no idea how many there were before they added another to increase marketing potential.

I feel sorry for the people who were born on the end/start dates as it isn't clear which one they are!

Those dates don't make sense - what about folk born on Nov 23 or Jan 20 - what side of the line do they fall?

The whole thing's a cosmological game of Mornington Crescent, a load of people shouting nonsense and making up rules as they go.

So this is no different to adding Crossrail and a few LTN's in Hackney making it a little more difficult to win.

How many were there before?

Edit - Wikipedia says you're talking bollocks anyway, there are 12

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_sign

Is the new one for people who don't identify as one of the others?

The whole thing’s a cosmological game of Mornington Crescent, a load of people shouting nonsense and making up rules as they go.

Reported

How very dare you suggest such a thing.  Mornington Crescent is a serious game and a sacred British institution.

Mysticmeggery is of course absolute bollox.

Comparing the two is beyond the pale and I'd be surprised if the ban hammer isn't wielded forthwith.

I was born on the cusp of Leo and Capricorn. I'm a Leprechaun!

It seems I'm a Piscean now. Apparently I'm a visionary fish, I used to be a flying ram.

The whole thing’s a cosmological game of Mornington Crescent, a load of people shouting nonsense and making up rules as they go.

Except it's less laden with middle class smuggery and is funnier.

there are 12

How does that explain my changes!?

Except it’s less laden with middle class smuggery and is funnier.

Not just reported, but I am now writing to the Telegraph.

It seems I’m a Piscean now. Apparently I’m a visionary fish, I used to be a flying ram.

I used to be a visionary fish, now I'm an eccentric water carrier. I don't think I'm winning at Zodiac if I'm being honest

At last I understand..

Personality: capricious, hesitant, calm, thoughtful, cold-blooded

Ophiuchus represents the courage and perseverance of fighting against death and people under the Ophiuchus sign can hardly be defeated. Being loyal and steady, they have a strict standard on the good and the evil. In addition, Ophiuchus people have their own ideal and goal and always stride forward to challenges with the strong motivation.

See you on the battlefield.💋

If you see somebody looking upset in a doctor's or hospital waiting room there's nothing more hilarious than asking "Cancer?" and when they nod, pointing to yourself and with a smile exclaim "Gemini!".

I used to be Taurus, now I'm a ****ing sheep!

Well as you were. Wikipedia says "The constellations of the zodiac have only a loose association with the signs of the zodiac, and do not in general coincide with them". So whilst Ophiuchus is a constellation it is not a sign of the Zodiac.

So I can put down that snake and reclaim my bow.

I was a virgin but now am a lion. Seems quite a dramatic change considering no one told me.

<roars>

I’m surprised nobody saw this coming, tbh.

I think Nasa did it just annoy folk who love a horoscope.

I was a Scorpio but now that sign only lasts a week 😔

I remember Alchemy Gothic doing this decades ago. They wedged it in as like four days in November or something, rather than changing everything else around.

Definitely pronounced 'oh **** us'.

I'm still a ****ing rabbit...

What , who, is Opiuchus?

Out of interest, does anyone here actually believe in horoscopes? Or know anyone who does? So far as I know (in that I've not actually quizzed them all) no one I know does.  In that they've either never mentioned it at all* or have said they think it's abject bollocks.

*overheard conversations suggest people who believe do mention it quite a bit.  Especially when meeting others for the first time in a 'what star sign are you' kind of way.

"What star sign are you?"

"Oh, Ophiucus."

"Ophiucus? That's not real!"

"None of them are real Susan"

Still i've got to admit I feel slightly miffed to have been moved out of Libra and into Virgo, like some sort of cosmic refugee.

What , who, is Opiuchus?

Some sort of ancient serpent god I think. I'd have to google it.

Ophiuchus (/ˌɒfiˈjuːkəs/) is a large constellation straddling the celestial equator. Its name comes from the Ancient Greek ὀφιοῦχος (ophioûkhos), meaning "serpent-bearer", and it is commonly represented as a man grasping a snake.

I know a few people who might be well served by that constellation...

Out of interest, does anyone here actually believe in horoscopes?

I don't.
But that's because I'm a Gemini and we're natural cynical.

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it is commonly represented as a man grasping a snake.

I know a few people who might be well served by that constellation…

It seems the onanists have a star sign. In other news I've changed from being Pat Sharp to being a bull.

(I just block quoted successfully for the first time. Maybe Septic Peg helped me.)

November 26th so I was an Archer now I fall into Scorpio for a week ? 🤔🙄