THere may be a legend and a myth around all that but it is not a valid sign, how can two signs merged be????
Only a few astrological traditions used
Ophiuchus as sign (making it 13 signs). Otherwise is a large constellation in sky at junction of Scorpio and Sagittarius.
At present,
Ophiuchus is gaining significance due to two reasons:
1. On Dec 21, 2012, when Dark Rift of Galaxy, Sun and Earth gets aligned, the alignment will pass through center of
Ophiuchus constellation. If someone has good planet here, the chances of survival increase (if some dooms day sort of thing happens).
2. Some people want to research into 13 sign.
When 13 signs are taken into consideration, and
Ophiuchus takes a role - it is survival against all odds. So people who have
Ophiuchus as an important sign do stand chance of beating odds.
As far as I know,
Ophiuchus is not a legend. People felt need of refining and improving on astrology. That's why several traditions are there and then each traditions has several branches.
Ophiuchus was considered as improvement. With that, sign changes are as follows:
- ARIES = APRIL 19 - MAY 13
- TAURUS = MAY 14 - JUNE 19
- GEMINI = JUNE 20 - JULY 20
- CANCER = JULY 21 - AUG 9
- LEO = AUGUST 10 - SEPTEMBER 15
- VIRGO = SEPTEMBER 16 - OCTOBER 30
- LIBRA = OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 22
- SCORPIO = NOVEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 29
- OPHIUCHUS = NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 17
- SAGITTARIUS = DECEMBER 18 - JANUARY 18
- CAPRICORN = JANUARY 19 - FEBRUARY 15
- AQUARIUS = FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 11
- PISCES = MARCH 12 - APRIL 18
(Source of sign:
http://the-red-thread.net/ophiuchus2.html)
(Source:
http://www.revelationofjohn.com/SCORPIO_files/image006.jpg)