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Early Christians unsuccessfully tried to replace all twelve zodiac signs with the twelve apostles

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The early Church really hated that their followers were still obsessed with pagan star magic. So, they attempted a major celestial rebranding, trying to map the twelve apostles onto the twelve zodiac constellations. Sadly for them, telling a peasant that they are 'such a Peter' didn't stick quite like telling them they have Leo energy.

Early Christians unsuccessfully tried to replace all twelve zodiac signs with the twelve apostles
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