Zodiac why change

Example posts can be seen here and here. NASA explained in a tweet posted on July 16, here , that it did not change the zodiac. No, we did not change the zodiac. When the Babylonians invented the constellations 3, years ago, they chose to leave out a 13th sign. So, we did the math. The page also explains that the Babylonians, who lived over 3, years ago, divided the zodiac into 12 parts and chose a constellations for each one, corresponding with 12 months of the calendar.

By Melissa Locker. Related Stories. Already a print subscriber? Go here to link your subscription. Need help? They developed a month calendar based on the cycles of the moon. In time, they noticed that each month roughly corresponded with when the Sun moved into a new constellation. Roughly is the key word here: While there was generally a correspondence, the Babylonians had to do some generous massaging to make the constellations line up with their lunar months, and they had to chop one—poor old Ophiuchus—out completely.

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