# Your Life is a Lie: NASA Unveils New Zodiac Sign, Changes The Rest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 23, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643 "2016-09-23T14:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/1 "2016-09-23T14:26:20Z")
[NASA has unveiled a new zodiac sign](http://kdvr.com/2016/09/22/your-horoscope-may-have-just-changed-nasa-reveals-13th-zodiac-sign/). So, because of this, the rest all changed. Everything you thought you knew about yourself is a lie!! So what’s everyone’s new sign? How does it make you feel? Did anyone’s horoscope predict this? I am no longer a Bull. Goodbye Taurus…hello Aries! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/2 "2016-09-23T14:29:56Z")
Oh dear - I’m now Capricorn instead of Aquarius! Plus 13 is such an evil, unlucky number. Face it, we’re all doomed! ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/3 "2016-09-23T14:34:18Z")
Was an Aries, now… Pices? Huh, I actually _was_ born in the sign of water. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/4 "2016-09-23T14:37:47Z")
So, I heard about Ophiuchus about 30 years ago. Guess that means I’m way more informed than NASA and their “new calculations.” ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/5 "2016-09-23T14:39:22Z")
What an absurd article. The fact is, astrologers have always ignored constellation boundaries as defined by astronomers. They just divide the zodiac into 12 equal parts, assigning them the traditional 12 zodiacal signs. If you use the constellation boundaries defined by the International Astronomical Union, the Sun actually [moves through 14 constellations](http://earthsky.org/space/can-i-find-a-list-of-zodiacal-constellations-with-degrees). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/6 "2016-09-23T14:48:26Z")
[This page](http://nasa.tumblr.com/post/150688852794/zodiac) from NASA seems to explain things more rationally. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/7 "2016-09-23T14:51:02Z")
Please, please tell me this is just a case of actual scientists trolling astrologers. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/8 "2016-09-23T14:55:22Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Was an Aries, now… Pices? Huh, I actually _was_ born in the sign of water. The albatross and the whales, they are your brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/9 "2016-09-23T15:10:44Z")
Cool! Now I’m an Aquarius! ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/10 "2016-09-23T15:16:32Z")
The twitter quote in the article has me dying: > [@](#): > > My new star sign is some dude using a very confused snake to dry his testicles after getting out of the shower? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/11 "2016-09-23T15:33:00Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > So, I heard about Ophiuchus about 30 years ago. > > Guess that means I’m way more informed than NASA and their “new calculations.” I also remember reading a book about it in high school–around 1980-82. _Astrology 13_ or something of the sort. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/12 "2016-09-23T15:55:29Z")
You’re telling me this the _day after the autumnal equinox_??? Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/13 "2016-09-23T16:03:35Z")
This throws my sacrifice schedule right in the crapper. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/14 "2016-09-23T16:06:13Z")
Once a bull, always a bull. No change for me. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/15 "2016-09-23T16:16:27Z")
When I was little, I read a book that listed birthstones by zodiac signs. As an adult, I’ve noticed that birthstones are now listed by month. I used to do marketing for jewelry stores, and doing it by month does make it easier to plan sales. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/16 "2016-09-23T16:36:22Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > I also remember reading a book about it in high school–around 1980-82. _Astrology 13_ or something of the sort. “Arachne rising: The thirteenth sign of the Zodiac” by James Vogh (aka John Sladek [John Sladek - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_Sladek)) perhaps? [Arachne rising: The thirteenth sign of the Zodiac: Vogh, James: 9780246109316: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Arachne-rising-thirteenth-sign-Zodiac/dp/0246109319) ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/17 "2016-09-23T17:50:11Z")
Scorpio sure got cut back. I’m a Libra now. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/18 "2016-09-23T18:00:17Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > When I was little, I read a book that listed birthstones by zodiac signs. As an adult, I’ve noticed that birthstones are now listed by month. I used to do marketing for jewelry stores, and doing it by month does make it easier to plan sales. I’m actually always surprised that the astrologers didn’t try to line the zodiac signs up with the months better, for essentially the same reason. Of course, I’m also annoyed they replacement the awesome sounding and looking bloodstone with the much more tame aquamarine for March. Shows what I know about marketing. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/19 "2016-09-23T18:01:25Z")
Probably because the zodiac pre-dates the modern calendar by quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643/20 "2016-09-23T18:18:06Z")
Wow, I went from a virgin to [this](https://www.reference.com/pets-animals/many-times-can-lion-mate-one-day-4c7453d440fed36b): > [@](#): > > During the mating season, lions can mate anywhere from 20 to 40 times in a day for several days straight. I can’t wait until I get home tonight! Rowr! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-is-a-lie-nasa-unveils-new-zodiac-sign-changes-the-rest/766643.md?page=2)