(January 31, 2010 at 5:21 pm)LEDO Wrote: Astrology started out as science. People observed that the stars were always in the same location at the same time of the year. It was believed that the stars controlled the seasons. If they controlled the seasons, why not the lives of man? Just about every god and unexplained structure in ancient time centered around the stars. That is how religion took its current form.
I have to agree there LEDO. Humans seem to always be stressed about the future and so this is where religion comes in.
(January 31, 2010 at 5:21 pm)LEDO Wrote: And Void, I believe the constellations move backwards in relation to the sun. Thus if you are a "Leo" your actual sun sign would be either Cancer of Gemini, not Virgo.
Astrology for me is not much more that the gathering of archetypes, no different than saying "Oh him? ...He's from New York and is a computer geek" And I bet dollars to doughnuts you have an image of say Bill Gates in your mind right now.
Humans seem to delight in naming etherial things. That way they have some imaginary control over them, humans also get very upset when you 'don't fit the box they have put you in'; I just can't imagine why.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
