Ophiuchus (astrology)

A 13-sign zodiac has been promulgated by Walter Berg and by Mark Yazaki in 1995, a suggestion that achieved some popularity in Japan.

[3] The constellation is described in the astrological poem of Marcus Manilius as the one that winds in loops: "But, bending its supple neck, the serpent looks back and returns: and the other's hands slide over the loosened coils.

They will receive snakes into the folds of their flowing robes, and will exchange kisses with these poisonous monsters and suffer no harm".

[8] His book attracted the attention of the news magazine Time, with mainstream astrologers criticizing Schmidt's proposals (like dropping the usage of classical elements in his system).

[11] In January 2011, a statement by Parke Kunkle, an astronomer at the Minnesota Planetarium Society,[12] repeated the idea of "the 13th zodiac sign Ophiuchus" which made some headlines in the popular press.