# So I was a Scorpio all my life and now I'm a Libra (star signs have apparently changed). **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512 "2011-01-13T20:37:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/41 "2011-01-14T00:46:41Z")
> [@Doctor](#): > > Cancer?!?! Hell NO!! I was born a Leo and remain a Leo! Lions are cool. Preach it! I ain’t no stinkin’ crab. I am Lion hear me **ROAR**!!! ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/42 "2011-01-14T00:48:10Z")
Nope, no way. I REFUSE to become a Taurus. My mother was a Taurus and she was a nasty tempered bull headed woman. I am staying Gemini and that’s all there is to it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/43 "2011-01-14T01:30:47Z")
On the new chart, I’m still a Leo, and my sister is still a Taurus. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/44 "2011-01-14T01:33:17Z")
I haven’t checked the rest of the chart for my family, but since I’m on the cusp of either Pisces or Aquarius, I think I’ll just stay fishy. Yay me. However, if they’ve moved my mother out of Taurus, I’ll know this new system is bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/45 "2011-01-14T01:33:29Z")
You funny Occidentals. I’m still an Iron Monkey. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/46 "2011-01-14T01:39:11Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Preach it! I ain’t no stinkin’ crab. I am Lion hear me **ROAR**!!! I thought you were a bear? 😃 Thems fighting words, BTW. I’ll get you with my snappy little claws. Snap, snap ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/47 "2011-01-14T01:51:25Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > You funny Occidentals. I’m still an Iron Monkey. My Water will rust your Iron and my Tiger eat your Monkey. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/48 "2011-01-14T02:19:52Z")
Besides, the Zodiacal signs changing is small potatoes. [Don’t get too attached to the North Star](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_star#Past_and_future)! ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/49 "2011-01-14T02:23:32Z")
The kids stay the same but I’m Gemini -\> Taurus and my husband is Cancer -\>Gemini. Strange. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/50 "2011-01-14T02:30:07Z")
I changed from Sagittarius to Ophiuchus. Unless you believe [this](http://horoscopes.mydaily.com/astrology/2011/01/13/ophiuchus-and-the-new-zodiac-busted/)article which says that there are only 12 signs. As a Sagittarius I was skeptical, but we Ophiuchuses tend to believe. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/51 "2011-01-14T02:30:18Z")
?? Scorpio only has a week now? Boy they got the short end of it! (BTW, a Pisces I was born, and it looks like I remain so. This revelation is a funny thing to look at at those who actually, truly, deeply believe this stuff. Akin to telling a religious person their beliefs are made up and you have proof, I guess.) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/52 "2011-01-14T02:56:22Z")
No lion, I’m a Leo now (from a Virgo). Although technically I stopped being a Virgo 6 years ago. Astrology has always been a steaming load of taurus anyway. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/53 "2011-01-14T03:04:05Z")
This has been common knowledge for a long time, so I suppose it’s official now? If so, I’m very pleased to finally be a Gemini – and my evil twin agrees. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/54 "2011-01-14T03:06:47Z")
Well. Now my English star sign matches my Hebrew star sign. Sheep all the way, people! ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/55 "2011-01-14T03:11:37Z")
Not slytherin not slytherin not slytherin. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/56 "2011-01-14T03:14:21Z")
I’m still a Taurus…just. You’d never convince me to change to another sign anyway. I’m \*way \*too stubborn for that. ---
**Author:** ![Faelyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@Faelyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faelyn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/57 "2011-01-14T03:38:54Z")
Nope, this will not do at all. I don’t give a damn what they say, I’ll remain a Scorpio thank you! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/58 "2011-01-14T03:59:25Z")
> [@dhkendall](#): > > This revelation is a funny thing to look at at those who actually, truly, deeply believe this stuff. Akin to telling a religious person their beliefs are made up and you have proof, I guess.) I think you’re on to something here, and that that was actually the point of this “announcement.” Some of my astrologically inclined friends are freaking out that there has been official word in the news that their “signs have changed.” I’ve been casually mentioning exactly that when they bring it up for years now, but now that it’s in the headlines it’s the Zodiac apocalypse all of a sudden. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/59 "2011-01-14T04:19:09Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > I think you’re on to something here, and that that was actually the point of this “announcement.” Some of my astrologically inclined friends are freaking out that there has been official word in the news that their “signs have changed.” I’ve been casually mentioning exactly that when they bring it up for years now, but now that it’s in the headlines it’s the Zodiac apocalypse all of a sudden. This is not exactly breaking news. Here’s a [_Time_ magazine article](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,943321-1,00.html) from November 1970 that describes the changes, as well as adding the constellations of Ophiuchus and Cetus to the zodiac. (I think this is where I first read about the shift of the zodiac constellations.) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/60 "2011-01-14T04:30:11Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I am not an Aries! > > What a load of bull. No, bull is me becoming a Taurus. But I bet becoming an Aries might make you a bit sheepish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512.md?page=4)