Astrology

[anarchyisbliss]

How do you feel about astrology? I came across a news article on aol which discussed how astrologers have predicted that Obama will win the election, but something drastically bad will happen to him before he gets inaugurated. I know that there are a lot of skeptics on this forum, so to those skeptics, why do you feel that astrology is unreliable, or fake?



Personally, I think astrology is very real, and that someone's birth date is a factor in their behavior. I have even seen published studies on the effect of the moon on behavior. Think about this we are made mostly of water, the moon has quite an effect on water, and while we are developing we are surrounded in a sac that is basically made of water...I see a connection there. What do you think?

[Miles]

I do study astrology and that is essentially a cold read. Without significant backing of my own claim except the millions of websites that you will all find perfectly conclude, I believe there to be only a few actual astrologers who are not in it for the money from google advertisers or otherwise, and most are simply cold reading with names and bits of language like "mars" and "sagittarius" being flashed across the screen. Shallow as that view may seem it is not far from accuracy.

Is atrology "real"? Does it have any effect? One could conclude that it relies upon an umbrella in order to gain accuracy, but again I have known only the majority to do that, while there are an esoteric few who know what they do very well, and simple analysis on one person's behalf will begin to notice upon careful observation distinctive personality traits in individuals above others and accurately guess what their "sun sign" is. One could only describe astrology as being self evident, but not scientifically evident.

Could scientific proof ever be possible? No, because it will never happen. Much of the paranormal is kept behind a glass wall behind Mr. Randi and company who wish it to remain there.

Say that if a test were to be devised by where ten people born under each of the twelve signs were interviewed with a fair number of emotionally unengaging, basic questions that required a semicomplex answer, and psychologists were to take note about mental/emotional consistencies or tendencies in each one - would there be results? Would we discover that people from libra "hesitate" more? Or that arians have "more gusto" or energy in a typical conversation? Would certian effects be consistent?