Ophiuchus

There’s apparently a new sunsign on the horizon. Ophiuchus (pronounced off-ee-yoo-cuss) would manage to create quite a ripple if included in modern astrology as the 13 ^th sign. It would change birth signs of millions. You may change from Virgo to Leo; become a Piscean from an Aquarian. You might be capricious instead of hard-working, or fishy instead of scorpionesque, water instead of earth.

Ophiuchus...seems something far far and beyond, which it is too. The constellation lies between Aquila, Serpens and Hercules, northwest of the center of the Milky Way. The southern part lies between Scorpius to the west and Sagittarius to the east. So the constellation in itself always been there,maybe the Greeks just left it out because 12 was a perfect number to keep track of the days in the years and 13 is ‘unlucky’. Those who follow astrology will testify that the 12 signs framework has worked just fine.

Except being viral in nature for internet for a while, it shouldn’t pick up. People are very finicky about their signs and birthdays. Their birth date is of special value to them. Shifting to another celestial constellation is also something that most would not like. Scorpios have been the most short changed sign in all this brouhaha - just six days in a whole year? That makes it the most exclusive sign!

Your personality is part genetics, part sunsign and part acquired learned behaviour, so a new internet fad shouldn’t change much. The indicator that Ophiuchus wasn’t on any modern astrology calendar is that you will get very old ,older than Gutenberg print pictures of the Ophiuchus sunsign on web as of today.

Think,what happens to our coffee mugs, our sunsign key chains. What about the tattoos on the nape of our necks or small of the back. What about carefully selected and compatible sunsign partners? What about your gift cards and countless other things that people have with associated with their sunsigns?

The 12 signs sit so neatly in 2 columns in horoscope sections of magazines and newspapers. Just let it be.