How can the days overlap in the new zodiac signs?

Answer 1

So many people are wondering! First, I'd like to say that if you are reading your horoscope, you will still read your original sign.

If you were born a Pisces, you are still a Pisces; your sign is determined by the position of the sun the moment you were born.

Since you can't change the sky or your birthday, you're still a Pisces.

As far as the dates overlapping, well, because the signs don't change at exactly midnight at the end of the period, and because people born on the edge of the sign, or cusp, often show traits from both signs, so I figure that its more efficient and logical that the days should just overlap.

I say this because say you are born on March 11 at 1am, and the sign doesn't switch to Pisces until 3am, you're technically still an Aquarius, though you will most likely have strong Pisces tendencies!

The dates overlap because of an error by the astronomer who proposed the new system.

Whether this is a joke he is playing on Astrology buffs remains to be seen.

The new dates have been widely reported and there seems to be little if any recognition of the error.

The lack of critical reading by both the public and the reporters is truly amazing.

Answer 2

So many people are wondering! First, I'd like to say that if you are reading your horoscope, you will still read your original sign. If you were born a Pisces, you are still a Pisces; your sign is determined by the position of the sun the moment you were born. Since you can't change the sky or your birthday, you're still a Pisces.

As far as the dates overlapping, well, because the signs don't change at exactly midnight at the end of the period, and because people born on the edge of the sign, or cusp, often show traits from both signs, so I figure that its more efficient and logical that the days should just overlap.

I say this because say you are born on March 11 at 1am, and the sign doesn't switch to Pisces until 3am, you're technically still an Aquarius, though you will most likely have strong Pisces tendencies!