Since I am a tropicalist, and regard the signs as fixed expressions of the directions of the pleroma of space, I only accept 12 SIGNS. But constellations are another matter: they are not space, they-made up of stars-are (like the planets) things in space (and my viewpoint is that macrocosmic influences stream from space {signs, degrees,points in space} and time {the actual objective qualities of time} and things in space {constellations/stars/planets) Therefore, just as I give consideration to stars ("fixed stars") so too do I give consideration to the starry constellations. I believe that constellations contribute influences to life and its events, and that consideration of these influences helps in fine-tuning chart delineations. I follow particularly Vivian Robson in this outlook of mine (also Manly P. Hall); for info regarding influences of Ophiuchus, see Robson's book (Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology), also Allen's "Star Names" (more for historical/symbolic information)