Why Did the Zodiac Signs Change? 2011 Horoscope Changes Explained

by NowPublic Staff | January 14, 2011 at 10:12 am
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Why Are the Zodiac Signs Changing? Horoscope Changes Explained. Ask Parke Kunkle

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So now you've probably heard about the new astrological signs. For some reason, there have been a million stories on the web about the horoscope change. But why is the horoscope changing and who is responsible for changing it?


Why is the Horoscope changing?


Apparently it has something to do with the earth's rotation. The horoscope changes were conceived because the earth's wobbly orbit has changed the way the planet is aligned to the stars. That means that the earth's relationship to the stars are now different than when the first zodiac signs were first created.

The new zodiac signs have been adjusted to deal with the earth's new orbit.

Who Made Up the Horoscope  Changes?


You can blame a Minnesota community college professor. Professor Parke Kunkle put some thought into the new astrological signs and talked about them in a newspaper interview. From there, the new zodiac sign story went viral. For his part, Kunkle says the new zodiac signs aren't new, but based on "2,000-year-old information."

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Brian werth

Whatever slow witted individual thought changing the Zodiac is just screwed up. I was born a Leo and will always be a Leo. Just because some pud stain says different doesn't mean squat.

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kyanto

i agree.  i was born an aries and will die an aries.  and i refuse to have my whole astrological chart changed because there's now a 13th consellation that is in the news.  this whole thing is a bunch of bullcrap

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Shelbylaoefjaihrtieuhtoirahetiuratuirahtgueragujraefiaej.oi

YES i was born a aries and i will die a aries, screw what these fuck buckets say...They are dumb...in my option

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richie tandel

Ya dude, i was born leo and suddenly they says i am cancer... WTF? down the line around 25 - 50 years later they will be changing it to something else... or they will watch some new stars in the universe and add new zodiac signs like mafia, etc :p

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jógvan midjord

i am Leo too, born 30 July dose that mean that i am something else now?? 

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John Doe

You are a Cancer, HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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frankette

Some 'pud' from way back told you that you where a Leo...how is this different?

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Aimww

Damn straight, man! :D

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qtec

u are what u are .....an no damn star in the sky can change thatso stop worring bout zodiacs an changing zodiacs an enjoy life as u can....V (o_o ) V

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chaine

"born a Leo and will always be a Leo"--you may have not been born a leo!to all who say i was born a certain sign,i will die a certain sign.heres the thing, if you guys understand who astrology works,you would know your sign is which constellation the sun is in when you were born-this is the central tenet in astrology. the constellation that you where actually born in may not be what you believe it is.there are many charts and programs that show where the sun was on the day that you where born.on my birthday i should be an aquarius, january 29th 1970,but on that date the sun was clearly in capricornus.you can keep your sign but would have to drop the very basic principle of astrology of how your sign is determined.

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Taylor is a person

I agree!i am also a leo.and do not want to change!

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Erica M.

Brian werth I agree with you. I am also a Leo and will be til the day I die. I have a distinct Leo personality and that is the bottom line.

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Anthony Flora

you know this is really fking stupid i got a tatoo of me being a scorpio , theres no way im going to follow this n be a fking lebra no way in hell lol well to me this is down right pathetic

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beccaclayy

I have a capricorn tatoo. . . and now someone says it changed. . . i don't really care what it all means in the grand scheme of things. . . but it's not really something you can change. . . this professor can say that the horoscope has been wrong for thousands of years. . . but how do you change the way people have thought for thousands of years??

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HeadOfTheRam

Do not poison your brain with dogmatic worship... You claim this man to have worthless information, yet you believe what a dead man says?Change is upon us my friends, accept it and eachother or be left behind. If you fail to see the change then open your eyes!Physical, mental, emotional, societal, war... It's all changing. Some of the greatest changes are happening in our time. Do not let the corrupt blind you with the "seriousness" of this crafted reality. Just look for the changes and your vision will grow clearer.The time for a new "religion" is upon us. Let us all contribute to it as it will teach us all.And do not let the haters get you down. People claim change to be impossible, they are almost as bad as the blind people following a tainted religion (Christianity). Let's move as one, grow as one, evolve as one.ToolBill HicksTerrence McKennaJoe RoganPsilocybinDMTSalviaSpiralysisPineal GlandThird EyeP.S. Remember one thing in the end, and one thing only... Life is just a ride. Elders tell us this everyday it's only when we grow that we truly realise it.

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Believer of the Lord. The Truth. The Salvation.

I completely disagree with you. Change your ways. For you are a sinner and Jesus Christ died for you. Please, all he has ever asked of you is that you accept his beautiful gift of salvation. My religion is not tainted. It is the truth. If you wish to believe in false teachings, I cannot stop you. Nobody can save you except yourself. I will pray for you. Unless you soon change your ways, you have a fate in the Lake of Fire. May The Lord speak to your heart and change your soul. If you should decide to look into this magnificent opportunity, I recommend you begin reading the book of John, in the bible. Please think this through.

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Elle Bdunn

wow- totally agree - who are you? i have never read something and felt this way.  Christians all read the same book of the bible and persecute each other.  Baptist believes diff. than Methodist, Roman Catholics etc.  They don't realize they worship a man a person- no man can be idolized.  right? I don't know the truth no one does thats why they say you must have faith to believe in G-d.  Jesus just made G-d more manlike more human for those who couldn't believe or have faith. They say they will pray for me and are worried about my afterlife.  But I have faith in that if you live your life well and treat people well my G-d will not send me to 'hell' just because I did not believe that Jesus died for our sins. If he did wouldn't that mean he would be in hell so we didn't have to be. That would be giving us the right to commit sins that just sounds like bad parenting.  Mary may not have been pregnant with her husbands baby but that is not always the hand of G-d's work. And Jesus may have performed miracles and done good things but so did all the prophets.  Saying G-d had a part in getting Mary pregnant sounds like a sci-fi movie.  I have always gone to Christian schools and studied it my whole life.  Most Christians don't study their own religion and many don't bother to learn about other religions.  Most don't know Jesus was Jewish - or even that Judaism is the first part of their own Bible.  No matter what version of the Bible you pick up. And these people are just foolish to tell other people they will go to hell they are not the judge of that.  Good Christian people are good people they live their lives to do well unto others but extreme uneducated Christians are as bad as extreme Muslims or any religion. They don't see that then that's their laziness for not learning more. Buddhism is the what should be taught in schools - we can learn from each other and balance is key to survival.  Hate science all you want it conflicts with religion-lol -no religion has nothing to do with science. Religion was created before science evolved that doesn't change the way.  Whatever you believe - if your going to push it other people and pass judgement than you are conflicting with your own scriptures. Help people, guidance to goodness in people, balance in life.  Nature is beautiful, Animals are beautiful. It wasn't until i got to college and took a religion class that studied all the religions that I actually relized my beliefs. Some eye opening quotes - from people we respect and probably studied. “Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men” Voltaire quotes (French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778)“Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies” Thomas Jefferson quotes (American 3rd US President (1801-09). Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826)“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.” Richard Dawkins quotes“All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry”Edgar Allan Poe quotes (American short-story Writer, Editor, Poet and Critic, 1809-1849)“More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.” Harvey Milk quotes“Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers.” Jesse Ventura quotes (American Governor of Minnesota, b.1952)“People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.” Dave Barry quotes (American Writer and Humorist best known for his weekly newspaper column. b.1947)“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” Seneca quotes (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD)“Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief” Sigmund Freud quotes (Austrian neurologist and Founder of psychoanalysis. (father of prominent children's psychoanalyst Anna Freud), 1856-1939)“The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.” Dave Barry quotes (American Writer and Humorist best known for his weekly newspaper column. b.1947)“The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.”Sigmund Freud quotes (Austrian neurologist and Founder of psychoanalysis. (father of prominent children's psychoanalyst Anna Freud), 1856-1939)“Religion is what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich” Napoleon Bonaparte quotes (French General, Politician and Emperor (1804-14). 1769-1821)“Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and above all, love of the truth”Henry Louis Mencken quotes (American humorous Journalist and Critic of American life who influenced US fiction through the 1920s, 1880-1956)“No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means”George Bernard Shaw quotes (Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950)“Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand” Karl Marx quotes (German political Philosopher and revolutionary, 1818-1883) ( our constitution was based on his philosophies...something to think about...“We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell”Karl Popper quotes“The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision.” Lynn Lavner quotes“Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.” Mahatma Gandhi quotes (Indian Philosopher, internationally esteemed for his doctrine of nonviolent protest, 1869-1948)“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”Sigmund Freud quotes (Austrian neurologist and Founder of psychoanalysis. (father of prominent children's psychoanalyst Anna Freud), 1856-1939)“Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"” Annie Dillard quotes (American Author. Won a Pulitzer prize for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, 1975. b.1945)

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Masonlibra

There are over 900 versions of your bible

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Jess Wright

I don't care. Fool!

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leo leo leo

whatever this f*ckng professor say, i wont change my zodiac sign.. he's just some old guy who wants to be known!!burn down Parke Kunkle!!!!!!!

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HOTTERDENYOU

GEEEEZ! It's not that serious to go and wish death on the viejo lmao..Go take a Xanax or something kiddo lol..just saying~ :-) PS: PIECES ALL DAY BAY BEEE!!!

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ARIES BY NATURE

BORN AN ARIES ALWAYS AN ARIES I DO NOT FIT A PISCES AT ALL!!! SO AND i AM KEEPIN MY KIDS THERE OLD SIGNS TO SO MIGHT AS WELL JUST LEFT IT THE WAY IT WAS

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anti-horoscope

Really?  This is what people are worried about?  How do you deal with every day reality? We really are a pathetic species.  Love to find something to complain about.  Do you really look at people and say, oh, they're a such and such sign?  Get a life!!!!!!!

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Aimww

If you're so anti-horoscope, why come to a horoscope website?  And yes, apparently this "pathetic species" does love complaining, as demonstrated  by you :)

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whothehellcares

This isn't strictly a horoscope website. It's possible that they are interested in the constellations and astrology and that they were looking for articles about stuff like that. After all, that's how I got here. And we are a pathetic species if people are so superstitious that we find this life changing. If you ask me, zodiac signs descibing your personality is a load of crap. Sure it happens naturally, on occasion, but it's a coincidence. More likely, people feel like they need to live up to the expectations of their zodiac. I was a Gemini and now I'm supposedly a Taurus. Maybe half of the gemini desciptions could fit me, but it's a stretch. None of the taurus do. I don't see how this matters at all.

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denden

 Once a Capricorn, always a Capricorn!!!!!

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Gemini aka James

i agree i was born a gemini and that i shall stay....as far as the new children that are brought on this earth they can go by which ever one they want to but if they choose to go by the new one then it is understandable but for the people who were born under the first astrology signs still remain the same sign its your birthday and year that makes you what you are~!!@~##@#~~$~$FTW ~Gemini

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AWESOMEGEMINI

I agree with you. I'LL NEVER BECOME A TAURUS.Gemini fits me alot. I have a twin brother. :DD

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gemini is love

Agreed! i was born a gemini and I'll die as one. this dude can say whatever the hell he wants, but he aint gonna get anyones support!

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down

well this is not new, rather focusing on zodiac signs why don't we focused ourselves with the real issues of today such as poverty. this zodiac thing is just a diversion of the real issues

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