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ADJUSTING TO AN ASTROLOGICAL SHIFT

In 2010, an astronomy professor named Parke Kunkle noticed that the Earth's axis had shifted slightly influenced by the gravitational pull of the moon. For astrology buffs, that shift meant a change to the signs of the zodiac, which are calculated by looking at the alignment of planets and stars. It also meant the addition of a thirteenth sign of the zodiac and that is stirring debate among fans of astrology in India and also among Indo-Canadians. Rashi Khilnani has more on the story.

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