Is it 12 or 13 zodiac signs?

Many people have asked: Is there a thirteen constellation? Or asked"Ophiuchus"What it represents.

In fact, in the entire celestial sphere, there are a total of eighty-eight constellations, and in the ecliptic, there are not only twelve constellations, not only thirteen constellations, strictly speaking, fourteen constellations.

In addition to the zodiac signs that we are familiar with, the other two are"Cetus"with"Ophiuchus"。And these two constellations, in fact, occupy only a small part of the actual position of the ecliptic, unlike the other twelve constellations, almost all of which are contained in the ecliptic.

In fact, no matter how many constellations there are on the zodiac, this fact does not affect the basis of astrology at all. The fourteen constellations mentioned earlier are phenomena that are actually observed in astronomy and have nothing to do with the twelve constellations of astrology.

In astronomy, the English for constellations is:"constellation", meaning:"Constellations"、"Asterism"；And the constellations referred to in astrology are:"sign", meaning:"Notation"、"tags"、"Symbolism"。In the English-Chinese dictionary there is this translation:"signs of zodiac""Zodiac signs", which has the same paraphrase in the English-Chinese Astronomical Glossary; In the English-English dictionary, it is explained in more detail:

one of the twelve equal divisions of the zodiac", meaning:"Twelve equal parts of the ecliptic"。Just"Dictionary"Why should astronomers bother to correct astrology when it makes such a clear distinction between astronomical and astrological constellations? Not to mention that"Zodiac signs"Explanation.

For astrology, the only constellations that are most widely distributed on the zodiac are the 12 constellations. Actually"Ophiuchus"It is not a new discovery, and it has been written in poetry since 27 A.D.

The sky is not the same in astrology as in astronomy. Astronomy observes all astronomical phenomena, while astrology only treats the twelve constellations as a symbol, dividing the ecliptic plane of the entire celestial sphere into twelve equal parts, each of which is named after a constellation. So, leave it alone"Ophiuchus"Or"Cetus"Regardless of the changes in the actual celestial bodies, it will not change the influence of these twelve equal divisions.

Astrology is just astrology, and the zodiac signs are just a synonym, and their significance has long gone beyond the current astronomical situation, they are the twelve signs. Let astrology and astronomy each have a different beautiful starry sky! After more than 2,000 years, the dates of the 12 zodiac signs no longer coincide with the celestial phenomena.

As the Earth's axis oscillates in a 26,000-year cycle, the position of the ecliptic in the sky changes.

As a result, every 2,000 years or so, the arrival of the Sun in a particular house is delayed by about a month.

In addition, the zodiac now crosses not only the twelve constellations, but also the thirteenth constellation, Ophiuchus.

Or the original constellation.

The thirteenth zodiac sign is Ophiuchus. Unlike the very broad zodiac signs, there is also Ophiuchus among the thirteen zodiac signs. The 12 constellations are usually referred to as the ancient Babylonian civilization that divided the sky into constellations at that time.

In the 6th century B.C., the concept of the ecliptic was proposed, which is the circle occupied by the orbit of the earth on the celestial sphere. At that time, the zodiac was distributed with twelve constellations, because the movement of the stars is now distributed on the zodiac with thirteen constellations.

Due to changes in the Earth's axis, the movement of the solar system, and the movement of the stars themselves, the position of the zodiac constellation today is very different from that of 2,000 years ago. Since the Earth's axis oscillates in a cycle of 26,000 years, the position of the ecliptic in the sky also changes. As a result, every 2,000 years or so, the arrival of the Sun in a particular house is delayed by about a month.

In addition, the zodiac now crosses not only the twelve constellations, but also the thirteenth constellation, Ophiuchus.

Ophiuchus is born from November 30 to December 17. Ophiuchus is one of the equatorial constellations, located south of the constellations Hercules, north of Scorpio and Sagittarius, and west of the Milky Way as seen from Earth. Ophiuchus is the only sign of the zodiac that intersects with another sign, Serpentus, and is also the only sign that crosses the celestial equator, the galactic and the ecliptic.

Ophiuchus is large and wide, rectangular in shape, and the celestial equator passes diagonally through this rectangle. Despite the short Milky Way that Ophiuchus straddles, the center of the Milky Way is located in the constellation Sagittarius, not far from the constellation Ophiuchus. The Milky Way has a protruding section here, forming one of the widest areas of the Milky Way.

Ophiuchus has a temperamental, steady, and strict standards for right and wrong, good and evil. I heard that Ophiuchus people have a combination of Scorpio and Sagittarius. Ophiuchus is somewhere between Sagittarius and Scorpio, so it inherits the strengths and weaknesses of both signs.

There is a certain scientific basis for constellations. The scientific basis for constellations is the Barnum effect, and the other is the Rosenthal effect. The effect of these two effects on the population is actually the most scientific explanation for the horoscope.

This is actually related to psychology, it is a kind of psychological suggestion, everyone actually doesn't know themselves so well, they can only label themselves, compare them with the horoscope table, this psychological suggestion will make you more and more like the person you want to become, so everyone believes it. I don't know when it began, but the horoscope has slowly infiltrated into our lives. Some people believe in horoscopes, while others scoff at them.

The scientific principles of constellations.

Many people think that horoscopes are superstitious, but in fact, there is a certain scientific truth in the constellation theory, because the important organs of the fetus, the brain, eyes, spine, limbs and everything begin to develop within three months of pregnancy, which largely determines the quality of the born baby. These three months are more conducive to the development of these organs if they fall in the summer, and not so well in the winter.

It is also true that the best people in the mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere usually have more birthdays in the first half of the year, and the opposite is true in the Southern Hemisphere, and the closer to the equator, the smaller the difference caused by such birthdays. The vast majority of Nobel laureates in the United States have birthdays in the first half of the year.

The climate in the south is good, and birth in the second half of the year will not affect the development of the fetus, so there is a saying that southerners are smarter than northerners. In this case, it seems that there is some truth to dividing people's personalities according to zodiac signs.

Yes!! Astronomers have confirmed it!!

However, the constellation algorithm cannot be the same as the scientific astronomical algorithm!!

The constellation algorithm is like our algorithm of the 24 solar terms!! So what zodiac sign you were originally and what zodiac sign are you now!!

Ha ha!! That's great! I'm still a Cancer!!

The Highest Cancer!!

Ophiuchus is there.

However, the theories of astronomy and astrology are not the same.

Have you seen Saint Seiya, Sharna is Ophiuchus, and Ophiuchus in the 88 constellations is only closer to Scorpio. All Scorpio, Shooter people don't like it at all.

Friend, no. At present, there is no thirteenth zodiac sign to live. Have fun :))

Yes, but strictly 14 zodiac signs, the thirteenth and fourteenth zodiac signs are "Cetacean" and "Ophiuchus".