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panfluteman

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17. And That Daily Horoscope Column Is Not Worth the Paper It is Printed On.
Sun Nov 3, 2019, 10:15 AM
Nov 2019

It's good for toilet paper, and nothing more - and that said by a professional astrologer. It's analogous to saying that you can give an entire medical diagnosis just by knowing someone's blood type. Pop astrology is not real astrology. A professional astrologer is not comfortable working with anything less than the natal astrology chart, which requires your date (including year), place, and time of birth - and the more precisely you know it, the better, because the Ascendant, which is one of the most important factors in the natal astrology chart, moves, on the average, one degree every four minutes, going through an entire sign in a couple of hours or so.

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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