# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/81 "2011-01-14T17:14:16Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > No, I knew that, but, like you said, it got big enough to apparently have to be calmed down. Heh. I know! It’s kind of hilarious how much the “I don’t believe in astrology” people are freaking out that their sun sign might be different from the one they didn’t believe in. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tallcoldone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@tallcoldone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tallcoldone)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/82 "2011-01-14T17:38:15Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > [CNN clarifies some stuff.](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/13/no-your-zodiac-sign-hasnt-changed/?npt=NP1) > Apparently we’re all still what we were. 😛 Check out the video, especially astrologer’s comments starting at about 1:30. I truly LOL’d at her final comment! …it doesn’t work! Couldn’t have said it better myself. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/83 "2011-01-14T18:46:40Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > . > > Really, I wonder how “news” like this becomes News. I think it’s a fascination with the belief itself, even if one doesn’t share it. From having read many popular astronomy books from childhood on up, in which astrology was given a mere passing mention, I had understood that the signs are “off” by one month from the constellations of the Zodiac thanks to the precession of the equinoxes. More than once, I read that Ophiuchus “narrowly missed” being included–and now he is! It’s sort of like Pluto not being a planet anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/84 "2011-01-14T19:46:44Z")
I’m still Sagittarius. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/85 "2011-01-14T19:53:26Z")
> [@Silver\_Fire](#): > > I do not wish to be an Aquarius. I’ll trade you! I want my Aquarius back. Capricorns are losers. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/86 "2011-01-14T20:02:15Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > I will give up my Scorpiohood when they pry my cold dead fingers off of it. So There! > > Not that I actually believe in that poop, but…if I did…they would have to pry my cold dead fingers, etc., etc. What he/she said. I don’t set any store by astrology, but I love being a Scorpio. I think it’s the coolest sign, personality-wise. I’ve been a proud Scorpio all my life, and I’m damned if I’ll change. I admit I have Libra tendencies and always have, but that’s just to temper my Machiavellian and secretive nature. Scorpio, baby! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![panman\_1960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@panman\_1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panman_1960)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/87 "2011-01-14T20:16:01Z")
OH CRAP! Now I have to find someone to tatoo a balance scale on the end of my scorpions tail! 😃 later, Tom. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/88 "2011-01-14T22:59:49Z")
Well too bad for them – no WAY am I going Gemini. I was born a Cancer, and a Cancer I’ll be until the day that I die. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/89 "2011-01-14T23:34:49Z")
I’m a Pisces DAMMIT! ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/90 "2011-01-15T01:07:12Z")
Good news! We’re only in the Age Of Capricorn, not Aquarius. Which means the all that harmony and understanding, where peace will guide the stars is still to come! ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/91 "2011-01-15T11:51:24Z")
I’m a virgo…we do not believe in Astrology ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/92 "2011-01-15T12:18:00Z")
I used to be a Pisces but if people asked me my sign I said, “Slippery when wet.” And now I’m an Aquarius. That proves it’s all true. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/93 "2011-01-15T12:26:33Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Well. Now my English star sign matches my Hebrew star sign. Sheep all the way, people! I’m intrigued. A quick Google didn’t find anything about a “Hebrew star sign.” Would you mind posting a link, or at least a chart? ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/94 "2011-01-15T12:45:09Z")
They had to change things again as more information comes to light. Current Zodiac list is now this: Capricorn: Jan. 20 - Feb. 16 Aquarius: Feb. 16 - March 11 Pisces: March 11- April 18 Secretariat: April Tuesdays Aries: April 18- May 13 Taurus: May 13- June 21 Flipper: Channel 4 Gemini: June 21- July 20 Coitus: July 21- July22 Cancer: July 23- Aug. 10 Leo: Aug. 10- Sept. 16 Virgo: Sept. 16- Oct. 30 Bongocongoline: Oct 30, 5-6pm Libra: Oct. 30- Nov. 23 Scorpio: Nov. 23- Nov. 29 Ophiuchus: Nov. 29- Dec. 17 Sagittarius: Dec. 17- Jan. 20 Scorpio Again: Nov 29- May 1 It’s all terribly upsetting knowing one has been living an astrological lie, unless this turns out to be meaningless anyway. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/95 "2011-01-15T13:13:07Z")
Ah. No matter the changes, **Uncle Goat** , I remain the same. I am impervious. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/96 "2011-01-15T15:37:50Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Well. Now my English star sign matches my Hebrew star sign. Sheep all the way, people! same here. i thought the hebrew one was a better match. big t, i’ll try to find the book i had. it was long, long, ago that i found the book. etv78, shouldn’t there be a “jim” somewhere in that statement. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/97 "2011-01-15T15:45:13Z")
here ya go, big t. > **[Hebrew astronomy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_astronomy#Chronology_and_the_zodiac)** > > Hebrew astronomy refers to any astronomy written in Hebrew or by Hebrew speakers, or translated into Hebrew, or written by Jews in Judeo-Arabic. It includes a range of genres from the earliest astronomy and cosmology contained in the Bible, mainly the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible or "Old Testament"), to Jewish religious works like the Talmud and very technical works. > Some Persian and Arabian traditions ascribe the invention of astronomy to Adam, Seth and Enoch. Some scholars suggest that the signs of th... ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-scorpio-all-my-life-and-now-im-a-libra-star-signs-have-apparently-changed/567512/98 "2011-01-17T01:26:46Z")
Whoops, latest news reports are also wrong. The zodiac signs ARE changing. Here are your new signs: Mar 21 - Apr 19: Ariel (the Mermaid) Apr 20 - May 20: Torus (the Doughnut) May 21 - June 21: Olsen (the Twins) June 22 - July 22: Chancre (the Sore Crab) July 23 - Aug 22: Luigi (the Enforcer) Aug 23 - Sept 22: Paris (the Well-ploughed) Sept 23 - Oct 23: Lohan (the Unbalanced) Oct 24 - Nov 21: Scrotius (the Jewels) Nov 22 - Dec 21: Vegittarius (the Salad-eater) Dec 22 - Jan 19: Peppercorn (the Seasoned) Jan 20 - Feb 18: Aquafresh (the Toothpaste) Feb 19 - Mar 20: Flappy (the Platypus) [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=4)