(Feb. 9, 2011) — On Jan. 13, Parke Kunkle, the board director and astronomer at Minnesota Planetanum Society, announced the news about Ophiuchus. “I was disappointed and angry,” said sophomore Megan Zari. “If you read your zodiac for as long as I have, you grow attached to it. So when scientists say you’re not a Libra, you can’t help but be mad about it.” The addition of Ophiuchus to the zodiac charts is the cause for “identity crises.” Fortunately for Zari and many other students, the change in the zodiac signs affects only the minority. According to astrologist Jeff Jawer on CNN, there are two forms of astrology: western astrology and sidereal astrology. Most students follow the western astrology, or tropical astrology, only consisting of 12 zodiac signs, excluding the infamous constellation, Ophiuchus. The sidereal astrology, however, consists of the 13 zodiac signs, including Ophiuchus. With two forms of astrology, people are given the choice to either live with Ophiuchus in their lives or not. “I believe in western asrtology,” said sophomore Luisa Hagopian. “We have 12 months in a year, so it only makes sense to have 12 zodiac signs.” Kunkle, in a video on StarTribune.com, stated it takes approximately 26,000 years for the Earth to fully move around. This procession of the Earth has slowly been happening for centuries. I’m surprised that the reactions have been so strong that this went so viral,” said Kunkle on StarTribune.com. After the astronomer’s announcement, Internet search engines buzzed due to the infamous constellation. At first, the misleading information persuaded many to believe Ophiuchus was a new constellation, but this was far from the truth. Ophiuchus is not a new constellation. The constellation has been in the universe for the same amount of time as the 12 others. As mentioned by Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion of Princeton University Press, the earliest mention of the constellation was in the fourth century B.C. Unlike Kunkle, sophomore Mark Llavore wasn’t shocked to hear the news. “I’m not that surprised,” said Llavore. “I was actually laughing when I first found out, I don’t understand why [the astronomer] would decide to switch to [13 constellations instead of 12] after thousands of years.” After years of consistent daily horoscope “check ups,” many students were shocked to hear the news revolving around the thirteenth constellation, Ophiuchus. As stated by Allfacebook.com, the unofficial facebook resource, the amount of people who check their horoscope on Facebook ranges from 56,000 to 72,000 people daily. Out of curiosity, most students check their horoscopes to find out what they should expect in the future. “I read my horoscope to see what may come my way and what things to look out for, then I come home from school and I look at it again and I’m like whoa it’s so true!” said Hagopian. A majority of students had the same reaction after hearing about Ophiuchus for the first time. Students who continuously checked their horoscopes believed that it was all a hoax and were in denial. The news of the constellation aroused sadness, disappointment and much curiosity. “It was such an unnecessary change,” said Llavore.