In news that was as legit as the Tromp family’s vacay, over the weekend it was reported NASA had sneakily updated our astrological signs for the first time in 2000 years. But that wasn’t the case.
According to numerous media outlets, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration had a few spare minutes to dabble in some fake science (*cough* “Astrology” *cough*) and declare 80 percent of people have been LIVING A LIE.
Because who needs to conduct groundbreaking intergalactic research when there are horoscopes to write?
Yes, we were horrified to read that 80 per cent of the population had been living under a bogus star sign — and that to fill this void, a shiny new star sign with an equally wankerish name sounding oddly like a Pokemon character was coined: Ophiuchus.
Horoscopes might be hog-wash, but what’s the biggest lie you’ve ever told (post continues after video)….
The addition of one extra star sign apparently corrected an error that meant all our star signs were a full month out of whack.
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I'm sorry to disapoint any true believers, but the 'revised' list of constellation boundary dates is true, assuming you are talking about actual patterns of stars in the sky, and the boundaries between them as defined by the International Astronomy Union in 1928. All NASA did was put up a page about astronomy and constellations for schoolkids, with some very, very old facts.
When an astronomer says that the Sun (or Moon, or Mars, or whatever) is in the constellation of Scorpio, it really is in the patch of sky with the big scorpion shaped curl of stars that you can point at and call 'Scorpio'. When an astrologer says that something is 'in Scorpio', it's nowhere near those stars at all.
All you need to do to prove it is to read any horoscope that says what 'constellation' the Sun, Moon or a planet is in, and fire up a copy of 'Google Sky' on your phone to see where it really is...