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There isn't a new astrological sign. Parke Kunkle is not an astrologer, nor is he a historian or sociologist or psychologist. He wasn't trying to establish a new astrology, he was just joking about how stupid he thinks astrology is and he did it in a profoundly stupid way. Actually, he doesn't know what he was talking about, either. Astrology has been changing over the past 3,000 years, even if astrologers use the same symbols to describe things. In short, there are the same number of lunar cycles per revolution of the Earth (between 12 and 13, but closer to 12) regardless of which constellations "count," just as Pluto has the same physical properties whether or not you call it a "planet" (which has historically been a vaguely defined term, anyway). Scientists really need to be better about choosing their battles.
Ophiuchus being an astrological sign isn't even based on any real science. It's based on knowing the name of a constellation located (when viewed from Earth) near Scorpio and being a dick. Really, if you're going to be scientific about it, the sun is never in any constellation. It can't be unless it's viewed from a planet that is not revolving around it. The very idea of planets being in houses doesn't even make sense if you're speaking of them as actual physical bodies rather than as symbols used to mark the passage of time. Also, fuck you.
Asking astrologers to account for Ophiuchus is like asking Christians to account for the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It's not their job and you're an asshole. Saying that the 13 sign zodiac is more scientific than the 12 sign zodiac is like saying that elves are more scientific than dwarves. It's a pointless argument and you're wrong. Dwarves are more scientifically accurate than elves, because dwarves actually exist, even though people make up ridiculous lies about them. That means that dwarves are also more scientific than Abraham Lincoln, because we have more physical evidence that dwarves exist. Come to think of it, that means that Santa Claus is more scientific than Abraham Lincoln, too.
So, to recap, the hierarchy of how scientific certain ideas are goes:
1. Dwarves
2. St. Nicholas
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. Elves
5. Ophiuchus as an astrological sign
6. Shakespeare having three arms
And I hate you. Stop being idiots.
There isn't a new astrological sign. Parke Kunkle is not an astrologer, nor is he a historian or sociologist or psychologist. He wasn't trying to establish a new astrology, he was just joking about how stupid he thinks astrology is and he did it in a profoundly stupid way. Actually, he doesn't know what he was talking about, either. Astrology has been changing over the past 3,000 years, even if astrologers use the same symbols to describe things. In short, there are the same number of lunar cycles per revolution of the Earth (between 12 and 13, but closer to 12) regardless of which constellations "count," just as Pluto has the same physical properties whether or not you call it a "planet" (which has historically been a vaguely defined term, anyway). Scientists really need to be better about choosing their battles.
Ophiuchus being an astrological sign isn't even based on any real science. It's based on knowing the name of a constellation located (when viewed from Earth) near Scorpio and being a dick. Really, if you're going to be scientific about it, the sun is never in any constellation. It can't be unless it's viewed from a planet that is not revolving around it. The very idea of planets being in houses doesn't even make sense if you're speaking of them as actual physical bodies rather than as symbols used to mark the passage of time. Also, fuck you.
Asking astrologers to account for Ophiuchus is like asking Christians to account for the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It's not their job and you're an asshole. Saying that the 13 sign zodiac is more scientific than the 12 sign zodiac is like saying that elves are more scientific than dwarves. It's a pointless argument and you're wrong. Dwarves are more scientifically accurate than elves, because dwarves actually exist, even though people make up ridiculous lies about them. That means that dwarves are also more scientific than Abraham Lincoln, because we have more physical evidence that dwarves exist. Come to think of it, that means that Santa Claus is more scientific than Abraham Lincoln, too.
So, to recap, the hierarchy of how scientific certain ideas are goes:
1. Dwarves
2. St. Nicholas
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. Elves
5. Ophiuchus as an astrological sign
6. Shakespeare having three arms
And I hate you. Stop being idiots.