Will there be any more Western Zodiac Signs?

I was just curious, since the new sign Ophiuchus came into the Zodiac, will there be any more entering in the future? And will any signs leave?Will there be any more Western Zodiac Signs?
No, because Ophiuchus has always intruded into the Ecliptic (the line that runs through the Zodiac constellations), and did not just "enter" as you are thinking.

It doesn't take up much of the sky near the ecliptic, large as the constellation is. That, a nice even number like 12, and a possible fear of the number 13 has likely kept it out of horoscopes and astrology.Will there be any more Western Zodiac Signs?
Ophiuchus is NOT a new sign. It already existed in the days of the Greek. When people were using lunar calendars (before the Roman calendar got imposed by the Church), some years had 12 months, some years had 13. Therefore, it was normal to have 13 divisions to the ecliptic.



It is when the world went to the 12-month Roman calendar that astrologers (not astronomers) changed the whole thing and divided the ecliptic in 12 "houses", which were - at the time - made to overlap the constellations. The "houses" were made to fit the calendar, and go from the 21st of a month to the 21st of the next month (Romans already knew that the equinox fell on March 21).



As the houses drifted away from their original constellations, we are now at a point where the houses of the astrologers no longer match the constellations. Therefore, when you are told that the Sun was in Virgo when you were born, it almost certainly was not.



In any case, horoscopes come from a time when people thought that the planets were controlled by gods and angels, who pushed them around as a way to write messages for humans. If you don't believe in the old Babylonian gods, then horoscopes are meaningless.Will there be any more Western Zodiac Signs?
There is nothing new about Ophiuchus: it has been a constellation for thousands of years. How come astrologers are just discovering it?



You're asking this in the wrong category. You'll find "Horoscopes" under "Entertainment," while "Astronomy %26amp; Space" is under "Science %26amp; Mathematics." Yahoo!Answers knows that astrology is just an amusing pastime, not a science.



Astronomers are not fortune tellers. We predict real physical events in the real universe, not the imaginary effects of the planets on the inhabitants of a small planet in orbit around a yellow dwarf star.



Let me give you a bit of heart-felt advice. Please don't base important decisions in your life on astrology. Look at your options, and make your decision based on factual information and what feels right to you, not on the hocus-pocus that some charlatan dreams up based on the supposed positions of the planets.