Since the beginning of my time, I have been a Pisces – the fish – a mature and spiritually developed character according to my horoscope. But if you asked the people from the Minnesota Planetarium Society, they might say I should be an Aquarius – the water carrier – a forward-thinking and self-directed individual.

This, they would say, is because the slow pull of precession of the Earth that has made the constellations move a month behind.

But fear not, astrology lovers.

According of Melissa Bell’s blog of the Washington Post, there’s two distinct branches of astrology. Simply put, there is sidereal, which takes the position of the stars into account, and tropical, which uses the planets to determine the future, not the position of the stars in relation to the planet.

With the sidereal shift, another significant change has been added to the mix – the thirteenth sign of Ophiuchus.

However, most people in the Western philosophy adhere to the tropical zodiac. This means if you were born a Pisces, you are still a Pisces.

This zodiac change, according to Bell, is something astrologists like to bring up every 10 years or so.

Truly, I decided astrologists just enjoyed confusing people since they demoted the planet Pluto to a drawf planet back in 2006 … but I digress.

Bell quoted the original article that caused all the zodiac confusion, saying that only about 31 percent of people claimed to actually believe in astrology. Still, it seemed to clog up my facebook news feed for a few days.

“Even if mine changed, I feel like the sign I have now is the right one,” said Elizabeth Handler, a psychology major.

While some people may want to stay consistent with their astrological sign, others seemed to welcome the change.

“I was a Capricorn, but got moved to Scorpio,” said alumna Haylee Bragg. “Definitely works for me, because Scorpios are supposed to enjoy foreign cultures, people and traveling to different countries.” Bragg will be traveling to Korea next month to teach.

“The change made me happy – mine suits me better now,” said art major Mary Church. “I never felt like a Sagittarius. It got changed to the 13th one [Ophiuchus]. It describes me better. It is the interpreter of dreams, and they take care of people and listen to people.”

Personally, I’m not included in the 31 percent of people who religiously believe in their horoscopes, but from time to time, if it’s available, I will check my horoscope.

And even though I may still consider myself a Pisces, from here on out, I may begin to take a glance at the horoscope just above it.

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