Tuesday 8 June 2010

How astrology works, Well, doesn’t work.

People have often asked me, “What is your star sign?” My usual reply to this is, “I don’t have one”, which usually leads on to them insisting that I do in fact have one. After a little bit of time of winding them up and playing along they come across as if I do not know what I am talking about, they ask me my date of birth, I tell them, and they announce I am a Scorpio. Of course I know this, everyone knows what star sign they are but unfortunately, not many people know why they are such a star sign, and what it is all supposed to mean. That’s where I come in!

I have given the impression that they are far more knowledgeable then I am when it comes to the subject of astrology. So acting like the dumbass I ask, “So, how does this work? How does it have an effect on me?” At this point of the conversation, it all seems to fall apart, they don’t even know how it works or what the basic principles of astrology are, but they are sure it is real, with out putting in any sort of research. They believe that the time that we are born will decide on our character, our future and our past, but have no idea why.

So here I explain to them, this is how it works: you see, astrologers believe that the planets (in our solar system) have particular energies, and depending on their positions when we are born, will dictate the events we will encounter through out our lives and how we will approach them. It’s all about gravity, though nowadays with the studies going on into “quantum mechanics” they like to use this as an explanation of why this works (a lot of these bullshit claims now use quantum mechanics to try and give some sort of reasoning to their nonsense).

Astrology is all based upon the sun, moon and the 8 planets (this is because Pluto was not discovered when astrology was first dreamt up, as it happens we still only have 8 planets as Pluto was downgraded to a planetoid/dwarf planet in 2006) The position of these planets represent certain days and months these are divided into 12 groups to correspond to the 12 months in the year. This is known as the zodiac which consists of 12 different constellations that the sun, moon and planets travel through in the span of one year. Each constellation is given a certain name as the 12 signs of the Zodiac:

ARIES
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

TAURUS
APRIL 21 - MAY 21

GEMINI
MAY 22 - JUNE 21

CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23

LEO
JULY 24 - AUG 23

VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEPT 23

LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCT 23

SCORPIO
OCT 24 - NOV 22

SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22

CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20

Aquarius
JAN 21 - FEB 19

PISCES
FEB 20 - MAR 20

Depending on the time in the year of a person's birth, each individual falls under one of these 12 signs. Astrologers believe that certain personality traits and habits of the person born under a particular sign are decided by that sign.



In reality even the nearest planet to us (mars) has no effect on us gravitationally or otherwise noticeably, therefore if the nearest planet has no effect on us, why would planets further away have an effect?
The doctor who helped deliver us has more of a gravitational pull on us then any celestial body, are we to say that the doctor plays a part in our habits and personality just as believers would have us think the moon does or any other planet.
According to recent studies, it has been shown that the way we are as people is 50% genetics and 50% environmental 0% celestial body positions!

If astrologers are to believe that the planets positioning is the reason for their personality and habits then they will give no credit to their parents, family, teachers etc, according to them the way they are and will be, are already determined by the planets.

Another aspect of astrology is horoscopes, which are small predictions of the future also based on a person's Zodiac sign. This can be found in the back of your local paper.
Over the course of a year, 12 different constellations will pass over head. Obviously you can only see this at night time, but where the constellations are at mid-day depends on what star sign you are. So say for example I am a Scorpio, this means that during the time I was born the Scorpio (constellation) was overhead at mid-day (Oct 24 - Nov 22).


Now think about this sceptically, today is the 8th June 2010 and this is my daily horoscope according to mystic Meg in the sun newspaper (who I would punch if I ever met!)

“Luck and work link in unexpected ways, but the one thing that is certain are your skills.

Don't play down what you can do well. Commitment of all kinds comes to you - passion vows, cash-making plans and prizes.

Take it and run with it.

Luck circles a sporty family and door 15”

As said above, as you will probably know, constellations are divided into 12 different sections, you ready for some maths?!

There are approximately 6.7 billion people on the planet who obviously each have a star sign, so, 6.7 billion divided by 12 which gives us 558,333,333. That means that there are 558,333,333 people with the same daily prediction as you. So just out of odds there is sure to be someone who is lucky at work, someone who does know a sporty family and have links to door number 15. And I’m sure all of them have got commitments so that does not apply. Some people will tell you that their signs are accurate without putting these thought into mind, but with these large numbers of people and vague readings the odds of getting one right is sure to be lower then 558,333,333 to 1.

Not only is it based on when the constellation are over head at midday, but what planets are close too or passing through your constellation, hence “ mars is blocking Venus in your sign, so expect trouble over love”. You see Venus is the”lurve planet” and mars, the planet of “war”. Because mars is covering Venus in my constellation, according to astrology, I can assume that mars will have more influence on my daily activities. Obviously it will not, my decisions and action are what I decide them to be, maybe we can talk philosophically and say they are more decided by me subliminal mind, and I don’t actually have free will, but that’s a different subject.

Overall life is what you make of it, and what you decide to do is down to you, the stars, planets, nor the American military’s G.P.S satellites will have no part in them, unless you’re lost and trying to find your way to your mates house.

Don’t get me wrong, read the horoscopes all you like, but never take the seriously, they are stories told by crazed people, trying to make money off others vulnerability. Next time you’re reading the paper and your friend says to you, “read my horoscope please?” ask what star sign they are, and read a completely different one. I am sure they will still say it applies to them. But don’t just do that; refer them to this blog post.

And what do these belivers say to me once i have told them all this???? thats a typical answer from a scorpio!

Peace. May Jupiter’s moons keep you safe, and Venus watch over your every move lol.

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