Parke Kunkle demonstrates the wobble effect.

The fact that approximately one-fourth of those living in the US believe in astrological signs is almost as depressing as the statistic that over 90%  believe in god or a universal spirit.

And judging by the viral reaction to an interview in the Star Tribune of Minneapolis it seems that many are also prepared to believe the word of a Minnesota Planetarium Society board member by the name of Parke Kunkle .

He it was who has confidently affirmed that a  “wobble” in the Earth’s rotation has caused changes in the signs of the zodiac. As a result there are, according to Kunkle, thirteen star signs instead of twelve. The new addition is Ophiuchus. Continue reading