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Originally posted by mysticnoon
reply to post by madnessinmysoul
I mean, seriously, what's the means by which a star, a constellation, or anything else in the night sky can change something about someone's life?
I have yet to read about any learned astrologers who consider that planets, luminaries, stars and asteroids actually impact human behaviour directly, aside from the obvious scientifically observable effects.
This false notion among non-astologers that astrology states we are controlled by the stars arises more from the the particular use of language and expressions by astrologers.
The manner in which the planetary array correlates to the human condition is quite complex, involving such concepts as fractals, synchronicity, holography, quantum probabilities, and so forth.
In a most basic sense, the chart cast at the exact time of birth acts as a blueprint for a person's (or country, event, etc) life, and the movement of the celestial bodies serve as a timing device for the development of potentials contained in the blueprint.
Originally posted by sugarcookie1
I read my Horoscope every day in the news paper have for years.. i always thought it was for entertainment nothing that ever worked but i find it interisting ..im also a scorpio and very hard to deal with at times
Originally posted by maybee
I don't now, nor have ever taken astrology seriously, but it is a little weird to now have a new sign. The fact that this became news in a very weird week, is a little strange.
Originally posted by mblahnikluver
Thank you~
FINALLY someone posted about the natal charts. I wanted to do a thread on it in relation to events going on with me right now but I just didn't have the energy to do it.
My chart has been so dead on accurate it freaks me out. It is one of the reasons I stopped studying astrology years ago up until recently when I went thru something very upsetting. I checked my chart and there it was, all kinds of accurate. Very creepy to say the least but I do agree the time and location are important.
I am always defending astrology to people and it gets tiring because most are too lazy to look into it any further than their daily horoscope, which is too general imo.
S&F!!
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
Seawind...do you use true positions of the spheres? And if not why? Do you include Ophiuchus? Do you show when the planets and Moon leave the path of the Sun (outside the wheel) and are in signs like Cetus, Serpens, Bootes, Coma Berenices, Sextans...and the cusp of Orion gets some action too ?
Ive yet to find anyone else that uses all of the true observable spheres and positions. Is this not what they ancients did....observed the real night sky?
Originally posted by drakus
Another doubt i had: When you go to one of those sites where you input your birthdates & time & birthplace, and it calculates the chart. Does the inclusion of this 13th sign changes anything about that readings?
I always get mixed up in these subjects.
Thanks!
Drakus.
Originally posted by new_here
reply to post by SeaWind
Hi SeaWind, I went to the site and put in my info, and WOW it was freaky true (well, er, except for the part about me being organized and neat-as-a-pin, lol!) But seriously, otherwise, wow. If you get a chance, I would love to hear more, so I'll post my info...
April 27, 1961
8:00 AM
Camden, South Carolina
Like... what's the future hold?!
Originally posted by SeaWind
Originally posted by drakus
Another doubt i had: When you go to one of those sites where you input your birthdates & time & birthplace, and it calculates the chart. Does the inclusion of this 13th sign changes anything about that readings?
I always get mixed up in these subjects.
Thanks!
Drakus.
Hi Drakus, it depends on the software being used. As I've said before, Ophiuchus is NOT new. It's always been a part of Scorpio. Some want to separate it. If you want, you can U2U me with your birth data and I'll plug it in for you. I'll give you Tropical & Sidereal (Lahiri).
Ophiuchus affects those born between Nov 29 to Dec 15, on the Sidereal.
SeaWindedit on 16-1-2011 by SeaWind because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by new_here
reply to post by SeaWind
Hi SeaWind, I went to the site and put in my info, and WOW it was freaky true (well, er, except for the part about me being organized and neat-as-a-pin, lol!) But seriously, otherwise, wow. If you get a chance, I would love to hear more, so I'll post my info...
April 27, 1961
8:00 AM
Camden, South Carolina
Like... what's the future hold?!
reply to post by madnessinmysoul
Except that none of those things you mentioned actually makes sense in context. How do events at the subatomic level change my behavior?
How is it that not a single study has show astrology to be valid?
What do fractals have to do with anything here?
Why are you mentioning "holography"?
And what do you mean by 'synchronicity'?
Originally posted by SeaWind
reply to post by drakus
Drakus, I just peeked at your chart. Interesting chart. I'm taking a break. Will be back in 30 minutes.
SeaWind
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
reply to post by SeaWind
What you should know:
The celestial bodies are so far away from us that we cannot rationally conceive of the notion in one step. The only bodies that have any real effect on us are the sun (obvious for anyone who understand photosynthesis and sunburns), the moon (tides), and Jupiter (scoops up some asteroids here and there, it's how it has so many moons). The rest are just nice to look at.
I mean, seriously, what's the means by which a star, a constellation, or anything else in the night sky can change something about someone's life?
And how the hell is any of this philosophical?
Edit: One last thing, Ptolemy? Seriously? You're going to take the word of the guy who came up with the model of the universe in which our planet was at the center on matters of astronomy? This is why I can't even get close to respecting this sort of stuff, you're not just working from outdated information, you're working from information that basically everyone knows is outdated.edit on 15/1/11 by madnessinmysoul because: One last thing