![]() Well, you would inherit a lot of the characteristics of the Sagittarian sign it sits within: naturally optimistic, with a gung-ho attitude to any challenge or situation So the 13th, Ophiuchus, got conveniently left out. Each 30-degree slice of the 360-degree path of the Sun was given its own star sign, to match the Babylonians’ own 12-month calendar, based on the Moon’s phases. ![]() As Nasa put it, the Babylonians ‘divided the Zodiac into 12 equal parts - like cutting a pizza into 12 equal slices’. It was the Babylonians who originally spotted Ophiuchus about 3,000 years ago, along with the 12 constellations we know so well. And who should be looking back but the long-forgotten Ophiuchus? Its sudden dramatic appearance has encouraged more of us to look towards the heavens to seek insight into these strange times. ![]() Growing brighter as it prepares for its closest run by Earth on July 23, the comet is throwing into relief some of the mysteries of our cosmos. It is one of the few comets that can be seen with the naked eye. The skies, as always, have the answer - this time in the form of Comet Neowise. Cosmologists at Nasa first ‘discovered’ a 13th constellation, - Ophiuchus, aka the snake-bearer (pictured) - several years ago, claiming it as a new Zodiac sign for people born between November 29 and December 17Īstrology aficionados were debating its significance even before that.
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