bloggervenus Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 Just want to ask everyone's opinion on this, Do you believe that there are certain zodiac signs that match each other and certain signs that don't? My experience has been that I really get along with those that are supposed to match me and not so well with those that do not. My husband of 7 years is not a match for me. I was born in the year of rabbit (or cat) and he was born in the year of mouse. It really does feel as if I am always running after him! Furthermore, he is a Gemini and I am a Virgo. Again, not a match. He is in the air, conceptual, visionary, and I am on the ground, concervative, analytical, and realistic. What has your experience been like?
TaraMaiden Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 No, don't believe a word of it. Arians are sceptical that way, you know...... It's utter tripe and hogwash......
quankanne Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 :laugh: nice one, Tara! do I believe? Nope. Mostly because I have a hard time embracing generalizations that aren't necessarily "me" or my personality yet find that other astrological signs *do* describe me. I'm a very specific individual and I need a very specific "review," so to speak.
Vertex Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 Astrology appeals to people who fall victim to confirmation bias. We'll jump up and claim it's accurate, but only when it's accurate, and ignore all the times they happen to be inaccurate. Furthermore, astrology readings tend to be totally vague and generalized in order to maximize the chances that you'll find something that applies to you. It's BS, so to speak.
The Collector Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 There is a much repeated experiment where a group are given their personal birth readings and asked to score how accurately it describes them. The scores are usually very high. Then it is revealed they were all given the same chart. Astrology appears to work for the exact reasons mentioned in the previous post.
The Collector Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 I was born in the year of rabbit (or cat) and he was born in the year of mouse. It really does feel as if I am always running after him! Come on, do you really think people born in the year of the mouse tend to be more 'mousey' than those born in the year of the whatever? I am a cheeky Monkey though...
threebyfate Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 I find astrology fun, preferring to read after-the-fact, rather than before. Since most of the advice is generic and ambiguous, it's really accurate!
Rooster_DAR Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 NO! You would be amazed at how many people believe in the crap though.
Author bloggervenus Posted November 5, 2009 Author Posted November 5, 2009 Thanks for your responses. It is interesting that you unanimously disagree! I guess I should look for those studies too to rid myself of this notion. What I am interested in is when they say two signs are a match or not and predict whether they will have a successful marriage or partnership. I wonder if anyone has done studies to prove whether that has any bias.
TaraMaiden Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 You tell someone that blue is green often enough, and after a while, they'll believe it.... some people are gullible, and want to believe certain things, because it excuses or justifies things in their lives or actions in their behaviour.... "I can't help it, scorpios and Meerkats don't get on, and he was born in the year of the six-legged-millipede, so it figures...." You'll find that serial murderers come under every sign of the zodiac. I think you'll find saintly altruistic people do too... it's codswallop. One more way to put the crap *out there*, instead of owning it *in here.*
Enema Posted November 6, 2009 Posted November 6, 2009 Watch this: It's good, and relevant to astrology.
Trimmer Posted November 6, 2009 Posted November 6, 2009 I believe in astrology... as a way to make money off of people who believe in astrology. Other than that, no.
RA1 Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 How could the stars affect our personality, by what mechanism? Just because people say it's so doesn't mean it is so.
Rooster_DAR Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 It seems that people are always looking for explanations through some divine power, instead of trying to figure out the true explanation. I call that lazy!
deux ex machina Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 Watch this: It's good, and relevant to astrology. I knew what was coming pretty early on in that vid. I was going to see if I could add James Randi's thing, but I can see it's already attached as a video response. Wank commentary is all over the Randi one, I wonder who alerted the astrologers? Is Mercury in retrograde?
Glenguy Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 bloggervenus, don't EVER believe people who try to sell you this piffle! Whether your marriage is good or bad has nothing to do with astrology, and those of you who are looking for a mate, don't EVER cheat yourself from finding the right mate by buying into this tripe!
Ro2Pi Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 If I remember correctly, Mercury's orbit cannot be described by classical physics alone since it's so close to the sun's enormous gravitational pull. But this was before Einstein's time so people thought another planet must be in the vicinity to create such a strange orbit like Mercury's. This has worked before with planets further away from the sun so they applied it here. People started to believe there was another planet despite there being no direct proof but shaky indirect proof. Astrologers called it Vulcan and began to make horoscopes based off that planet... Well the gigantic irony was that Vulcan did not exist and Mercury's orbit could be explained by General Relativity. Astrology is NOT astronomy but rather a dark ages attempt to find order in our lives using the cosmos. "It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring" -- Carl Sagan Don't stop asking questions though! I doubt science would exist without the few brave people who stood up and decided to ask a rigorous question. It's good to discuss topics like astrology. We can learn how to pursue truth without the need for pseudoscience.
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