The wobble of the Earth is cited as a reason why our Astrological signs are out of whack. A new sign is even needed, an astronomy professor said yesterday, adding that he is surprised his claims got considerable buzz.
Parke Kunkle told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that the wobble of the Earth means that it is no longer aligned in the same way that it was thousands of years ago when the first astrological signs were drafted.
He said that while he does not believe in astrology, there could be a 13th sign, Ophiuchus.
After the news broke, it went viral on various sites, generating considerable buzz. On Google’s trend list at one point Thursday, searches pertaining to the story covered the top five.
The wobble, he said, is called “precession,” an astronomical term for the change in the earth’s axis every so often. Every 70 years or so, the planet shifts one degree, so imagine how much it has shifted over the past 3,000 years. Kunkle told The Associated Press that he doesn’t know why that his statements became an Internet sensation.
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