Rachel Maddow On New Zodiac Signs: I'm Not Changing Mine! (VIDEO)

Rachel Maddow sent a message to the people behind the new zodiac signs: I'm not changing mine.

Speaking on her Thursday show, Maddow took viewers on a whirlwind tour of the changes to the Earth's magnetic fields that led some astronomers in Minnesota to the new signs. She even managed to bring the Tampa International Airport in Florida into her discussion. Then she dropped a bombshell: her own sign had supposedly changed, from an Aries to a Pisces. Maddow insisted that she was sticking to Aries, thank you very much:

"Despite not believing really in astrology, I insist on remaining an Aries. And never mind the freaking Minnesota Planetarium Society and their big facts about the universe. No matter what they say, I am not trading the mighty Aries ram for some tiny pair of fish and life as a Pisces. I'm not doing it! But I am sort of psyched that even as we tiny little things on the Earth's crust lament that things on the Earth's crust, things here in our world can't change, the very Earth, the universe, mocks us by itself changing and by forcing us to adapt. I love that."

WATCH:

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Comments

[Copernic]

06:21 PM on 01/22/2011

And the controversy rages on. Kunkle caused quite a stir. Why anyone believes this nonsense is beyond me. I guess it's fun but what a waste of money to get a cold reading and succumb to confirmation bias.

Thought you might enjoy some satire at astrology's expense.
http://www.thechicagodope.com/2011/01/22/amateur-astrologer-discovers-new-constellation/

[Chelsea Paige Cleveland]

07:38 AM on 01/22/2011

I am choosing to stay a Capricorn myself. I read a little about both when this whole thing came up. And I wanna stay a Capricorn. :/ its not the coolest sign there is, but damn it its been mine for 20 years!
I would be a Sagittarius now according to the new dates.

[Siebenstein]

03:09 AM on 01/22/2011

I'm with ya. I am not changing mine either!

[lasublime]

05:01 PM on 01/19/2011

This is all wrong "The tropical zodiac is based on the Earth-Sun relationship. Not on stars.
Zero Aries is defined as the Vernal Equinox.
Zero Libra is the Autumnal Equinox.
Zero Cancer is the Summer Solstice.
Zero Capricorn is the Winter Solstice.
All based on declination, not longitude."

http://www.astroamerica.com/astroamericanewsletter.pdf

[Siebenstein]

03:12 AM on 01/22/2011

Good, thanks for letting me know that I can still be a scorpio !

[GretchenMann]

05:18 AM on 01/19/2011

Uh oh............what are people going to do if they've tattooed their (wrong) astrological signs on their skin?

[GretchenMann]

05:15 AM on 01/19/2011

I'm an Aries who has been changed to a Pisces too. No way!

[jwhensiek]

07:26 PM on 01/18/2011

Thought this was a good op-ed that I found through by sifting through the hundreds of stories on the subject: http://www.jewishjournal.com/opinion/article/the_zodiac_and_the_truth_behind_astrology_20110118/

[Cole 33]

02:52 PM on 01/18/2011

Are we taking Astrology seriously? really?

[Siebenstein]

03:13 AM on 01/22/2011

Sure, some people take "De@th Panels" serious.

[RaceCondition]

11:33 AM on 01/18/2011

This was debunked several years ago but somehow is gaining traction. Don't worry. Your signs haven't changed.

[DrFunkenstein22]

02:17 AM on 01/18/2011

How do you think I feel? I went from being a Scorpio (cool and awesome) to being a LIBRA (what?). I got screwed.

[Siebenstein]

03:16 AM on 01/22/2011

Don't worry, we're still those stingy things.

[chromodynamics]

01:53 AM on 01/18/2011

Which astrologer said this? Oh wait! It was an Astronomer? Just carry on as before. Real Astronomers don't give a rat's... for Astrology.

[Siebenstein]

03:14 AM on 01/22/2011

Correct.

[DawnLA]

01:12 AM on 01/18/2011

I'm with you Rachel. Aries unite!!!

[ReadHead322]

12:43 PM on 01/18/2011

You got that right, DawnLA! As if anyone can just 'tell' an ARIES that they are now a Pisces. Go ahead, try it.

[Carbon Forteetoo]

10:20 PM on 01/17/2011

I don't want to be a Capricorn! I am an Aquarius! And this is my dawning!!!

[didereaux]

08:58 PM on 01/17/2011

Want proof that this place has gone over the edge? I posted earlier a glowing comment on Rachel Maddow(no profanity, just kudos)...sit down for this!...
IT WAS REMOVED!

[Lucky123]

10:44 PM on 01/17/2011

Agreed. Some decisions made around here regarding content are downright silly, and totally unnecessary.

[Lordpappanqui]

01:49 AM on 01/18/2011

X2

[Pegi]

06:32 PM on 01/17/2011

This has been an ongoing battle between astronomers and astrologers for a zillion years. The signs stand as they are. The astrologers win and I shall forever remain Aquarius!!