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Checking your 2024 horoscope? Astronomy explains why your sign might have changed

Some of the constellations that are visible from the Northern Hemisphere at different times of the year. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption

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Checking your 2024 horoscope? Astronomy explains why your sign might have changed

Our view of the constellations has changed since they were first mapped thousands of years ago. That new perspective could also mess with your astrological horoscope in the new year.

Checking your 2024 horoscope? Astronomy explains why your sign might have changed

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Think you're a Taurus? Earth's wobble sees things differently

Some of the constellations that are visible from the Northern Hemisphere at different times of the year. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption

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Think you're a Taurus? Earth's wobble sees things differently

Our view of the constellations has changed since they were first mapped thousands of years ago. That new perspective could also mess with your horoscope.

Think you're a Taurus? Earth's wobble sees things differently

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