Astrological signs are almost all wrong, as movement of moon and sun throws out zodiac 占星術的星盤竟然是錯的！？太陽與月亮的運行建構出新宮位

2015-05-03 07:29

Almost nobody was born under the sign they think they are, as the astrological calendar has failed to be updated as our position in relation to the stars has changed.

你知道嗎？其實你不是現在以為的星座！行星的位置早已產生變化，但歷年來的行星曆誌沒有跟著更新，造成曆誌上的星座與實際的行星位置不同，所以現在許多人以為的星座，其實都不是真正的出生星座。

The constellations have drifted out by a whole month, it was revealed on the BBC’s Stargazing Live. Since the zodiac was created over 2,000 years ago, the wobbling effect of the Earth caused by the moon and the sun has meant that the stars that are above us have shifted.

根據BBC的「觀星直播」節目談到，各行星現在已經離開了原本的宮位、而且轉移了整整一個月。當初劃分出黃道，從一開始至今已經2千多年，但其實整個黃道並非固定靜止，而是一直在慢慢移動著－－譬如我們看到太陽和月亮引起地球產生波動，而這正意味著各星球其實都在移動。

If, for example, someone was born towards the end of January, they might think they were born under Aquarius. But in fact they’d have been born under Capricorn, Dr Radmilla Topalovic, an astronomer from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich pointed out on the programme.

舉例來說，假設有個人在一月底出生，一般人可能都認為他是水瓶座的；但BBC節目中的皇家天文學家Radmilla Topalovic博士表示，其實這個人現在應該屬於魔羯座。

When the zodiac was devised by the ancient Greeks, people were assigned star signs based on the constellation that was behind the sun at that time. But the constellations are now out by about a month.

之前的星座位置，是古希臘人依照當時的太陽位置推演而來，但是現在的星座位置已經移了整整一個月份。

The wobbling process is called precession — it has been likened to the Earth behaving like a spinning top — and takes about 26,000 years to happen.

這種地球擺動的行為稱做「歲差」，就好像是陀螺的旋動一樣，而一個完整的黃道帶旋轉約2萬6千年。

That means that 86% of people are now living under the wrong sign, according to the BBC. Stargazing Live created an interactive graphic that allows people to work out what their star sign really is.

BBC的「觀星直播」表示，這意味著有86%的人，他們所認定的出生星座其實是錯的。而節目中也提供了每個人正確的星座。（網址：https://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zp4fvcw#z9twq6f）

The programme also points out that there is a thirteenth star sign, describing a lesser-known one called Ophiuchus. It is thought that ancient astrologers perhaps left out the sign so that the 360-degree path of the sun could be divided into 12 neat parts, each of 30 degrees.

影片中還談到鮮為人知的第十三個星座：蛇夫座。或許是古代占星師刻意忽略這個星座，好讓太陽360度能平均分配出12宮、每個宮30度。

But the constellation, known as the serpent bearer, actually passes behind the sun between November 30 and December 18 — so while some people might have their star sign wrong, some people might be an entirely new one altogether.

這個蛇夫座是從11月30~12月18－所以有的人可能覺得自己個性不太像射手座、有的甚至覺得自己根本就是另一種人。

原文採自：https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/astrological-signs-are-almost-all-wrong-as-movement-of-moon-and-sun-throws-out-zodiac-10127356.html?cmpid=facebook-post

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