Zodiac, Smodiac who cares!

I honestly cannot stand this whole zodiac ish but when you are in this industry you don't always have the liberty of refusing to write about some things...

 

S’NETHEMBA GUMEDE

 

THE world of astronomy is for ever evolving with revelations 

Personally this start sign just freaks me out....

and discoveries being made every minute. The universe is described as having never ending possibilities, so the discovery of a new star sign shouldn’t be that much of a surprise right? Wrong.
Ophiuchus “the serpent bearer”, dubbed the 13th sign, has been causing waves of panic on the internet and on social networking sites like Facebook.
“What is the deal with the Ophiuchus sign? What the heck does that one mean now? Please do not tell me that our zodiac signs have been changed to something else because I am freaking out now. I would so hate to have to experience such thing. Is this one true or what?” wrote Drewskies Sheldon Leslie on one of the many Ophiuchus pages on Facebook.
 Another suddenly had the revelation that all the other star signs were his enemies, “We have secret enemies,” wrote Jeff Baker,  “Some of the other 12 resent us, be steadfast, for we shall rise up and walk among Kings as Kings.”
While many take this seriously, to others it is a joke. “It just means there is a new Pokémon named Ophiuchu an evolution of Pikachu! A group of Ophiuchu makes Ophiuchus!!!,” wrote Matt Ball.
The discovery of this “new” star sign, which falls between Scorpio and Sagittarius,  has caused a shift in the Zodiac moving all the dates of the other signs ahead.
Fortune Tellers, Mellissa and Jayshree Rabia Mallaya, known as the Mystic Sisters, and as well as other astrologers have assured people that there’s nothing to worry about. Clearly the message is not getting through as many are still panicking, thinking they’re having an identity crises.
 “So I grow up thinking I’m Sagittarius, now to be told I’m Ophiuchus, what does this mean...? How do you pronounce it Ophiuchus?” wrote David Ferguson.

....even Homer is freaked out

The Mystic Sisters said the star has been there for years but previously  did not have enough planetary energy for it to have any significance.
“This is causing major confusion but people should know who they are. The zodiac signs are merely there to help you be a better you but ultimately the decisions you make determine who you are,” they said.
Dion Van Zyl, a astrologer from Hillcrest, after explaining the ever confusing workings of the universe and stars, concluded that this new discovery wasn’t so new but that someone was trying to popularise astrology.
 “I’m not complaining though because it’s good for business since everyone wants to know how this will affect them,” said Van Zyl.
 He advised a trip to the dusty archives of astronomy for a trauma relief for all those ripping out their hair and biting their nails in panic.
“Every person who believes in it should go and take out the oldest zodiac calendar and have a look at this so called new constellation (group of stars).” 
Van Zyl said if they paid attention to every star that appeared there would be stars added onto the zodiac signs every year.
“It’s much easier to use the 12 signs because we have 12 months and four seasons, adding all these other signs is just confusion,” said Van Zyl.
International famous astrologer, Jacqueline Brook, said it was important  the record was set straight because these so called new revelations were causing confusion.
 Reports on the internet and social networks say some people have changed the décor in their homes to go with their new zodiac sign.
First it was the prediction that the world come to an end in the year 2000 (Y2K), which obviously it never did. And then many predictions of the ever impending doom of the world in 2012, which we await to see, surely this must be the beginning of the end right….right!
S’nethemba.gumede@inl.co.za