RE: Astrology?
December 5, 2015 at 3:17 pm
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2015 at 3:18 pm by IAOALGIV.
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(December 5, 2015 at 3:12 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(December 5, 2015 at 2:56 pm)IAOALGIV Wrote: Okay I get that you don't believe in Astrology. Now give at least one reason why you believe that.
Ok, but I don't think I can restrict it to one.
1. Astrology uses phrases like 'the Moon is in Virgo'. This is not a coherent statement: The stars that make up the constellation Virgo are thousands of light years from each other.
2. One reason given that the 'stars in their courses' affect our lives is gravity. Rubbish. The midwife who delivered me has a much greater gravitational attraction on me than any stars, planets or combinations thereof.
3. The Zodiac doesn't have twelve signs, it has thirteen. If astrologers can't be trusted to count, how can they me trusted to tell me about my life?
4. Because of precession, the signs of the Zodiac has shifted by one, but the dates haven't change.
5. Much of natal horoscopy is based on exact time of birth. Well, what is time of birth? Is it when my head cleared the birth canal? When I took my first breath, or is it what the nurse wrote down when she got round to it? This last is particularly important for people born close to midnight: suppose someone is born at 11:59:58 PM, but there's an emergency, and the TOB isn't recorded until things quiet down, say three minutes later?
6. Since Western astrology was codified (for want of a better word) a host of new astronomical objects have been discovered, yet astrologers simply ignore them.
7. Distance doesn't seem to matter much in astrology which is odd, since gravity drops off with distance. If I'm an Ares, why does Mars have as much influence on me when it is in conjunction with Earth as it does when in opposition?
8. Since distances don't matter, why aren't quasars included when ponying up a horoscope?
9. If astrology is accurate, why do different astrologers cast different horoscopes for the same person?
10. Why don't astrologers use time of conception rather than time of birth? I mean, the planets and stars are still there, influencing the life of the foetus, aren't they?
11. If astrology is accurate, why aren't horoscopes accurate?
Boru
Alright man give me a few minutes. Do you mind if I do the evaluation in this thread?
