All About The Mysterious 13th Zodiac Sign Ophiuchus & How It Affects The Other Zodiac Dates

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By Karmen on 22 Oct 2020

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Have you heard about NASA changing the zodiac signs to include a 13th sign -Ophiuchus? Well, that's just a myth as they deal with astronomy, the scientific study, and not astrology, which includes things like zodiacs and horoscopes.

Nonetheless, this idea of a 13th sign is still a thing that's fun to look into, albeit not a scientific one.

Keep reading to find out more about the sign and the dates it falls under!

To put things simply, zodiacs were first determined by the Babylonians thousands of years ago through constellations, groups of stars that form a dotted pattern. The zodiacs are named after the 12 constellations that can be seen across the path that the sun moves through the year.

Photo from NASA

According to NASA, there was one constellation between Scorpio and Sagittarius that didn't fit into the divided sections neatly and was thus removed. This 13th constellation is named Ophiuchus.

Photo from Walter Berg

Photo from DarkmoonArt_de via Pixabay

Although not widely recognised, there are still some that believe in the theory of 13 signs like astrologer Walter Berg. He also proposed a symbol for this zodiac which looks like a letter 'u' with a snake across it.

Fancying entertaining this idea? If so, those who are born between 29 November 29 and 18 December are of the Ophiuchus zodiac. For those who are,'t your zodiac might be different as the other dates are shifted to accommodate this new 13th sign. Here are the rearranged dates: