Astronomer’s comment provokes astrology believers
JAN 18, 2011
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024977
Christian Science Monitor : In an interview with the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, Parke Kunkle of the Minnesota Planetarium Society explained something astronomers have known for millennia: that the Sun doesn’t actually rise and fall through the constellations on the dates that your horoscope says that it does, and that it actually passes through a 13th constellation, Ophiuchus, the Snake Annoyer. Apparently, the interview rocked the astrological world, leading some believers to worry that they’ve been referring to themselves as the “wrong” sign for years. Mark Sappenfield of the Christian Science Monitor explains the science behind the “celestial kerfuffle.”
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