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What is your astrology sign?
Virgo 5%  5%  [ 1 ]
Pisces 5%  5%  [ 1 ]
Leo 5%  5%  [ 1 ]
Libra 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Scorpio 9%  9%  [ 2 ]
Gemini 14%  14%  [ 3 ]
Taurus 18%  18%  [ 4 ]
Capricorn 14%  14%  [ 3 ]
Sagittarius 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Aquarius 9%  9%  [ 2 ]
Aries 9%  9%  [ 2 ]
Cancer 14%  14%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 22

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16 Aug 2019, 2:58 pm

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If we're going by the  old  astrological one, Aries. If we're going by the  new  astronomical one, Pisces.
There, fixed it for you!

It turns out that the ancient Babylonians discarded the thirteenth sign because they had already developed a 12-month lunar calendar before dividing up the zodiac, and 13 signs just wouldn't fit into it.


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16 Aug 2019, 3:07 pm

Fnord wrote:
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If we're going by the  old  astrological one, Aries. If we're going by the  new  astronomical one, Pisces.
There, fixed it for you!

It turns out that the ancient Babylonians discarded the thirteenth sign because they had already developed a 12-month lunar calendar before dividing up the zodiac, and 13 signs just wouldn't fit into it.

I see. If that is true, then that sounds pretty stupid of them to do so. Why couldnt they have waited to think on where they can fit the 13th sign in? It might have been possible even with the already developed calendar.
Any ideas why some of the astrology signs are based on a certain animal, like taurus based on a bull, aries based on a ram and Leo based on a lion. Why are animals used for this?


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