![]() "When the Babylonians first invented the 12 signs of zodiac, a birthday between about July 23 and August 22 meant being born under the constellation Leo. ![]() So, while the Babylonians looked up to see one constellation on a specific date, we might be seeing quite another. Ophiuchus was the 13th constellation that the Babylonians recognized but left out.īecause Earth's axis has shifted a bit, the vertical line between Earth, the sun and the constellation isn't pointing in the same direction it used to. The Babylonians already had a 12-month calendar based on moon phases, so they left out a 13th sign that didn't make this a tidy fit. They created the zodiac for their convenience, using the physical placement of Earth 3,000 years ago, and dividing the zodiac into 12 equal parts. The zodiac was based on the Babylonians' understanding of the world, three millennia prior, according to NASA. ![]() Astronomically speaking, your zodiac "sign" (i.e., constellation) is determined by imagining a straight line drawn between Earth, the sun and whatever constellation the line points to on your birthday, as Earth orbits around the sun.
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