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Originally posted by ADVISOR
Back then Mars was the War God, when Mars was close, it was beleived it's influence would have some properties, just as the Moon does the tides.
Originally posted by Long Lance
It's called precession and it means you are a starsign off by very ~2400 years.
Originally posted by Yarium
When Astrology was made, people lived either "the good life" or "the poor life" - there was no such thing as middle class.
Originally posted by Cug
I don't know of a single astrologer who thinks the newspaper horoscopes are accurate, or thinks that one sign can describe your personality. All you have to do is look around you and you can see there are more than 12 personalities out there.
Originally posted by firebat
In addition... if we are 70% water and the moon has such an influence on the tides, what makes you think its out of the realm of impossibility that it could affect us as well?
Originally posted by Gemwolf
Originally posted by firebat
In addition... if we are 70% water and the moon has such an influence on the tides, what makes you think its out of the realm of impossibility that it could affect us as well?
Indeed. We may or may not be physically influenced by the planets, but how could "gravity" possibly influence our personalities and/or our future?
Originally posted by firebat
Well, I'm definately no expert. But off the top of my head, doesn't the human brain contain a significant amount of water? With the evidence that gravity affects water and shellfish, it's not a HUGE stretch to think that gravity may also affect our brain. And our brain seems to play a pretty big role in the development of our personalities. We also make decisions with our brain which can influence what will happen to us in the future. Additionally, it's quite possible that gravity plays a much larger role than we think, just on the sub-conscious level. If that were the case, there's no telling how influential the moon and sun's gravity could be.
Originally posted by firebat
There is no problem with the theory... it only becomes a problem, for you, when you relate it to astrology. I've heard several different kinds of astrology.
**Snip**
Anyway, if gravity affects the way we think, then it affects the decisions we make, thereby affecting our future. No predicitions involved.
Originally posted by Gemwolf
Couldn't a group of people in the same location behave the same way (personality wise)? They are under exactly the same gravitational forces, are they not? It's a long shot for astrology to say people will behave a certain way just because they were born on the same date (not even day). And that their birth date in cohesion with the current gravitational forces will lead to certain behaviour? I wonder...
Originally posted by Gemwolf
So how is it that we see astrology all around us on a daily basis? Why do so many people (that are "normal" people, i.e. not astrologers or "magicians" or into "magick") read it and take it so seriously?
Now there's a second group of opinions here. Those that believe astrology and Magic/Magick go hand in hand. Which type of astrology is used in the "magical" field? (I use quotations because I'm unsure of the correct term.) And I'm afraid I need to utter the words "Where's the proof?". Can something like astrology be proven? How would one know the difference between actual astrology and cheap tricks and coincidence?
'm sorry, but there are just too many flaws in the horoscopic astrology theory to take it up seriously. If my approach is wrong - please point it out to me.
I think we're arguing two different things here. My point is the flaws horoscopic astrology (yes, I'm aware that there are different kinds of astrology), the kind you read in the newspaper and glossy magazines. The kind that states that today is going to be a good or bad day and what kind of love life you're going to have today. That's predictions, no?
Originally posted by firebat
I've heard several different kinds of astrology.
Originally posted by Gemwolf
There is this "huge" variety of personalities. But according to astrology there are basically just 12 different personalities. And to make it more complicated your personality is based on the day you were born, not day-to-day gravitation (although the "daily predictions" works on a daily basis...). This means that a baby born 25 May supposedly has the same personality as a baby born on 16 June. Already the gravitational influences are different between these two days.
Originally posted by Long Lance
It's called precession
Originally posted by Cug
Gemwolf asked how do you know the qualifications of an astrologer? ...References, samples of their work, membership in trade organizations, etc. In other words just be a smart consumer.
Originally posted by firebat
They found that the shellfish's biological systems correlated with the gravity cycles, even though they were isolated from light and any other factors that would allow the shellfish to detect the gravity, other than simply sensing it in some unknown way.
Originally posted by GENERAL EYES
Just curious...where might I find these star charts of the night sky?
Originally posted by Gemwolf
It's strange to see someone so informed about astrology - but sceptic at the same moment.
Originally posted by Gemwolf
Is there any relation between the Eastern Horoscopes (or rather the Chinese Horoscopes) and Western astrology? Meaning do they use the same planets and calculations?
Would a person doing Western Astrology come to the same conclusions as a Chinese Astrologer? At least in the broader sense?
We now find that there are 13 signs of the zodiac and the Sun no longer spends an equal amount of time in each sign.
The following list gives the calendar dates of the old zodiac star signs and the new zodiac star signs according to our best Astronomical prediction
Originally posted by Yarium
Claiming that gravity influences your birth may be true... but if Jupiter was rising when I was born, then you have to remember that the gravitational pull of the doctor was much stronger at that moment than the gravitational pull of Jupiter.