No, as Ophiuchus is not a real zodiac sign, it is a constellation. If we included every constellation along the ecliptic we would have 22 signs. The zodiac is only 12 signs due to the lunar calendar and careful calculations where each zodiac is (equivalent to 30 degrees of space along the ecliptic). So, there can never be more than 12.
fleurmai^: There are 13, not 22, recognized constellations that cross the ecliptic. http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/starfinder3/
Ophiuchus is one of them. Most of the twelve divisions of the Zodiac have little relation to the actual position of the sun along the ecliptic, e.g. Ophiuchus covers 29 November – 18 December, which under the Zodiac is mostly Sagittarius. The popularity of belief in the pseudoscience of astrology is discouraging.
The zodiac signs are so hard to remember in english. In my native language swedish we call them what they are instead of their latin names. Zodiacs are called star signs.
Directly translated from swedish we call them: the lion, the fishes, the oxen, the crayfish, the twins, the ibex, the ram, the scale, the scorpion, the shooter, the waterman and the virgin. Makes more sense to me.
Ophiuchus is one of them. Most of the twelve divisions of the Zodiac have little relation to the actual position of the sun along the ecliptic, e.g. Ophiuchus covers 29 November – 18 December, which under the Zodiac is mostly Sagittarius. The popularity of belief in the pseudoscience of astrology is discouraging.
Directly translated from swedish we call them: the lion, the fishes, the oxen, the crayfish, the twins, the ibex, the ram, the scale, the scorpion, the shooter, the waterman and the virgin. Makes more sense to me.