A beginner's guide to astrology

I mean, the sun is a star, and that one definitely affects your life

I once saw the headline

Dog Breeds You Should NOT Get Based on Your Astrological Sign

I did not click but as an optimist, I imagined the content would be nothing but

Let's just say for a moment that the placement of the planet earth at the moment of your birth actually mattered. Hell, if conscience was pulled from dark matter or dark energy at the moment of our birthday as Earth past through a certain area are the universe, that would be a cool idea.

But the problem with astrology is this assumption that our solar system is stationary and that every year, the earth nears the exact same location as your birth.

But this is entirely wrong because the sun is orbiting the super massive black hole at the center of the galaxy. So even if you believed the astrology stuff, you would have to make a calendar for 230 million years.

But wait the universe is expanding and our galaxy is moving! Even after a galactic year you would still not be located at the location of your birth. Woops astrology is dumb.

That's such an aquarius thing to post

I feel like a random one should say, "your going to have a bad day"

Libra: A big promotion is just around The corner for someone much more talented than you

-Weird Al

pretty sure the earth is a planet and it does affect my life

The stars and planets affect the lives of astronomers every day though.

Not to be that guy... But stars and planets definitely have the potential to affect all of our lives, just not in any positive w-- the sun goes supernova

Most stars (comparatively), I'm pretty sure there's one pretty close to us that lights up the only half the world at a time, that one might be more relevant.

My favorite thing is that astrologers are working with a 'zodiac' of stars which is so old, the stars have changed position in the sky and their zodiacal charts aren't even accurate if you just up.

That's not true! They can soothe your mind while watching them, they could light your path on a very very dark night in the wilderness, they help you navigate, they're a nice hobby for some people, even a profession for some. Boom! QED mate!

OMG that's such an Aquarius thing to say.

I've read before that astrology can actually be a good indicator of personality IF the person actually believes in astrology in the first place. It becomes a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy where the person models their personality after whatever they've been told they're supposed to be like. Astrology seems to just use alot of universal personality traits that probably anybody could manifest at some point in their life. So then a person who believes in it probably internalizes a few specific traits as "their" personality and after awhile just turn to that trait automatically.

No idea how true it actually is, but it seemed to make some amount of sense. It could potentially be useful if you're dealing with a person who believes in astrology, but it's such a random thing that it'd be just as useful to study Myers-Briggs personality types.

Not true, I will travel to view a solar eclipse, therefore at least one star is affecting my life.

a capricorn made this smh

Actually, this planet affects my life every day.

How could they? They're not real and the earth is flat

Dinosaurs have been put on notice.

But what about if Mercury is in retrograde?

Man, there sure are a lot of smart people in this thread!

Mine told me I am the true lord of the dance, no matter what those idiots at work say.

i love reading daily astrology columns.

i can never remember what i am supposed to do so i just read those

so much easier than task lists

I can't even with how virgo this is

You won't be saying that when Earth drifts into the path of a gamma ray burst.

found the virgin

If the moon pulls waves from the sea, it definitely has an effect on us too

If they fall on earth, they do.

We're all using gold from a supernova right now to look at this

what about ophiuchus?

Dank

That all depends upon how far away from any given Planet or Star you are, doesn't it?

Wait, does anybody knows what happens for ophiuchus people? :/

I know what it means but... Uh... It's technically quite wrong.

If a star does a Gamma Ray burst right in Earth's path we'll all be pretty strongly effected.

That's not even going over that Earth is a planet and the Sun is a star, both which are effecting us on a daily basis.

And the sun is gravitationally effected by other stars which in turn effects Earth which in turn effects us...

https://youtu.be/sPvyrWYutDQ?si=Dcn21RMQAAVt8xBw

It's too bad when people take these things too seriously. Astrology taken as an amusement or even as a personal meditation/problem solving toolbox (IMO, Tarot excels in this) can have some value. The horoscopes and natal charts haven't really never interested me, but there are some variations like horary astrology that are a bit quirkier.

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Crazy to me that people make it their life's mission to shit on others for the most random things

Men will mock astrology then wear dirty panties week to week so their favorite sports team will win.

Magic thinking is in all of us. It makes more sense to view the sky and seasons as affecting your personality than half the luck, karma, prayer bullshit half the people mocking this stuff do

Personally I think there is reason in astrology. Animals literally have babies at a specific time of year, this habit predates fucking mammals themselves.

So babies born in winter might have a different temperament than those born in summer it makes sense to me evolutionarily. More than any other magic think I can think of.

edit: panty wearing magic thinking sports boys triggered