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bobnicewander

(803 posts)
11. Not calling my practice a science
Sun Nov 3, 2019, 08:04 AM
Nov 2019

My reply in: Religion & Spirituality » Astrology, Spirituality & Alternative Healing (Group) on Oct 25:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/122018537#post2 in "Hard transits to 2017 inauguration"

"bobnicewander (97 posts)

2. From previous posts

For those who have little or no knowledge of astrology (and for many who do) - there is no way to know what any aspect may coordinate with. Think about the horoscopes of multiple birth siblings - twins, triplets, etc.. They have virtually the same charts (as we say in astrology) but not the same experiences at the same time - getting married, having babies, suffering major injuries or illnesses and on and on. The marriage of one is a happy experience shared by all in some manner but no astrologer, without inside information, could say which one it would be or even name the event looking at the charts perhaps 3 years before. All that could really be seen in them would likely be a positive or easy or happy time in them.

That is why there have been no astrologers, no matter how famous, that can be shown to have a string of exact predictions despite the great number of practitioners through thousands of years. If anybody thinks differently I have a chart covering almost 79 years and would like them to prove their case by telling me what exactly occurred when and where I experienced even 1 aspect in my life.

I can determine when tRump may experience difficult times but as to what event it may coordinate with if any is known about (because we experience some things on a psychological level which we may not share with anyone and/or on a cellular level like when a tumor is growing that we ourselves do not know about) the best that might be done is to get in the ballpark or get lucky with our guess based on some knowledge [like the date and time of a court appearance] and get it right.

I chose the January 2020 time for tRump's leaving office because of the transits to his natal chart then coupled with his current and what I presume will be an ongoing situation."


and posted in that group on January 13th in "My tRump Astrology and Info Posts" https://www.democraticunderground.com/122018291

"An event that precipitates September 18th and 19th station occurs on about July 25th. this year."

My November 15, 2016, post elsewhere about tRump's troubles this coming January:

By: Bob on November 15th, 2016, at 10:57 pm

'Charts showing Donald’s and Donald Jr.’s charts engaged by the total solar eclipse in August 2017 and the Saturn and Pluto conjunction in January of 2020. It looks like a family affair.


http://imgur.com/a/UyQXj




Why Astrology Isn't Real Science [View all] Quixote1818 Nov 2019 OP
I'm an Aries with Capricorn rising. This perhaps explains my disdain for astrology. Beakybird Nov 2019 #1
She is right on the money! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2019 #2
Astrology is not science, but it has a historical relationship to science. Lionel Mandrake Nov 2019 #3
astrology's right up there with alchemy eShirl Nov 2019 #8
It's several notches down from even alchemy Major Nikon Nov 2019 #14
Astrology is a science, but it is a different kind of science than reductionistic modern science. panfluteman Nov 2019 #16
Astrology is a pseudoscience Major Nikon Nov 2019 #23
As an astrologer, you have a vested interest in this nonsense. Lionel Mandrake Nov 2019 #28
Here's another huge problem with Americans PJMcK Nov 2019 #4
And That Daily Horoscope Column Is Not Worth the Paper It is Printed On. panfluteman Nov 2019 #17
when are you going to update scarytomcat Nov 2019 #25
Yeah, yeah, yeah - The Same Tired Arguments Against Astrology panfluteman Nov 2019 #5
honestly, it sounds more like a religion than a science eShirl Nov 2019 #9
Yeah, yeah the same tired arguments trying to validate another pseudoscience Major Nikon Nov 2019 #12
Every time astrology is called on to provide actual (gasp) EVIDENCE... Archae Nov 2019 #15
The OP details several of those failures Major Nikon Nov 2019 #18
Twins courtjester Nov 2019 #6
Donald Trump Horoscope: What His Astrology Chart Reveals dalton99a Nov 2019 #7
That so-called astrologer has a veneer of astrological knowledge, but most of it is BS panfluteman Nov 2019 #19
Oh Yeah - and Another Thing About Trump's Uranus panfluteman Nov 2019 #22
That it has to be even explained is crazy Woodwizard Nov 2019 #10
Pseudoscience will always have adherents Major Nikon Nov 2019 #13
Not calling my practice a science bobnicewander Nov 2019 #11
Umm, astrology isn't "real" science because it isn't real science. 'Nuff said. Nitram Nov 2019 #20
People like bullshit that "explains" everything. Archae Nov 2019 #21
At least you didn't include homeopathy Major Nikon Nov 2019 #24
Many people look for certainty in an uncertain world dlk Nov 2019 #26
Carl Sagan said it so well... Thunderbeast Nov 2019 #27
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