This is like the whole Pluto-is-not-a-planet thing all over again

[greenconverses]

Astronomers have decided to change the zodiac signs. I am now a Taurus, apparently.

This is bullshit. Gemini for life. And what is this nonsense about Ophiuchus? I am so confused.

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[rosegilmore.livejournal.com]

Gemini for life.
I agree. :) I do not want to be a Taurus! lol

[letsjamtogether.livejournal.com]

I see this as more laughable than anything; it's like someone deciding to add a new card to the Major Arcana. I don't care if you call yourself God of The Tarot or The Ultimate Command in Zodiac; no one's going to buy it.

Basically Ophiuchus should have originally been included in the Zodiac according to how they divided the sky in ancient days, but for some reason they excluded it -- I don't remember why -- and therefore that's all the validity it has as a zodiac sign, that it should have been one from the get-go. Something like that, I remember reading on this years ago. It's always been more of a zodiac quirk factoid than anything.

[dragoness22.livejournal.com]

ew, I'm a Gemini now? never. All Cancer all the time. Tough on the outside, soft on the inside.

[maplelump.livejournal.com]

WHAT?! Am I not a Capricorn anymore? WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE!

Fuck that noise, I am NOT a Sagittarius.

[aliepie10.livejournal.com]

Exactly what I was going to say. Capricorn for life. :/

[uponadecember.livejournal.com]

I was just going to say the same thing. It's ridiculous.

[alt-29k.livejournal.com]

Do you have a problem with Sagittarius? :P

...And I am not a Scorpio or a Ophiuchus *doesn't like being on the edge*

[maplelump.livejournal.com]

Nothing against them, it's just...I'm not one, you know? It's like being sorted into Gryffendor then the sorting hat says, "haha! just kidding! For your seventh year, you are now Ravenclaw!"

Nothing wrong with that group, I'm just not one of them.

[lambbaby.livejournal.com]

I am now an ARIES. Seriously I like being a Taurus. Not giving it back. The zodiac can suck it.

[mcgirl13.livejournal.com]

libra's so not my thing - im a scorpio through and through. astronomers can suck it

[aerodactylus.livejournal.com]

I remain an Aries by the skin of my teeth. But seriously, why do astronomers give a fuck? Astrology hasn't been recognized as a legit science in eons, so why this sudden attempt to "fix the system?"

[aliepie10.livejournal.com]

Because they want to feel important, as if they made a great big contribution to science More like a shitty contribution if you ask me...

[from-elysium.livejournal.com]

I know, I'm totally Leo for life. Supposedly, this new zodiac tells me I'm a Cancer. Fuck that shit.

[dorasolo.livejournal.com]

Ack! I'm a Taurus now too, and I used to be on the cusp. I enjoyed being a twin load of bull.

[juxtaposie.livejournal.com]

YEAH IM A FUCKING CANCER NOW. NO OFFENSE TO CANCERS, BUT I AM A LEO.

[grayx3eyedsoul.livejournal.com]

I know! I refuse to believe, accept or understand it. Taurus for life, baby!

[chibimarchy.livejournal.com]

Huh, wonder if this bumps me or not. I've never been much of a Libra anyway (peacemaker? LMAO, I don't think so.)

... I like my Chinese Zodiac symbol better anyway.

[gunhilda.livejournal.com]

Aquarius before, Aquarius now, Aquarius forever.

[mediate89.livejournal.com]

What the fuck! I've always been Taurus. Now I'm Aries?

[jazzer272.livejournal.com]

This is ridiculous D:< Who is going to follow this anyway?

Aquarius? Please e.é (no offense)

[xinvisiblewings.livejournal.com]

I was born seven weeks premature and never fit my zodiac symbol, so I'm assuming that's why. BUT I STILL DON'T GET IT. Why change what works? Most people I know oddly fit it. I wasn't a Taurus, but I'm not an Aries, either.

WHAT IS THIS, MINNESOTA PLANETARIUM SOCIETY?

[angel-gidget.livejournal.com]

I will now sit back and laugh at everyone. I never bothered with the European zodiac. Chinese one all the way. I just know that I'm a rabbit and I'm lucky... and this just clinches it.

[lunaterium.livejournal.com]

I think that the new zodiac signs are for people born after 2009. :D