Top Ten Myths About Astrology

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  1. garry420

    garry420 Well-Known Member

    May be astrology is a partof nature but misinformation – myth, if you will – seems to rise up around it. pseudoscience, religion, Art, science, entertainment do we even know, really, how to classify the thing.

    There are the top ten myths and stereotypes about astrology :

    (1) Astrology is a pseudoscience - The term "parsimonious" means "sparing or frugal." In science, to say that theories must be parsimonious means that they should not postulate any entities or forces which are not necessary to explain the phenomena in question.

    (2) Astrology posits that there are only twelve different kinds of people - Uh, hardly. I wish this were true – it certainly would make my job a lot easier! In fact, true astrological predictions are based mostly on the movements of the planets through different houses.

    (3) Astrologers make everything up off the top of their heads - Astrology posits that there are infinite kinds of people, taking into account that each individual has different placement of things like their moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, on and on.

    (4) Astrology can predict your destiny - Certainties are not predicted by the astrology. Potentialities are predicted by the astrology as it says that we have the ability to control what happens to us. The most important part of a chart is the sun signs.

    (5) Sun signs are the least important part of a chart - This is not true as the similar properties are shared by the sun signs, for example, if the individual has the sun sign Aries, and, even if he has the Venus is in cancer, then a Leo he is going to be need a lot more space with the Venus in cancer.

    (6) Sun signs are the most important part of a chart - The planets tell us about our personality. Other planets tell us so much more about who we are, where we come from, the moon tells us about where we feel at home and our childhoods, Venus about what makes us feel loved, Mercury about our communication styles, Mars about what makes us.

    (7) You shouldn't date someone you're not totally compatible with - I believe astrology is true because of what I talk about earlier; synchronicity. Things that happen at the same time have similar energies, and we can predict the movement of the stars and thus future energies. Nothing more, nothing less.

    (8) Astrology is what you read in the newspapers - There is a particular sun sign of everybody and to get the exact date, time, and place of your birth is very important, but you need to figure out if you're down to the wire between two signs.You're either like both or like neither of them if you're born on the cusp of two signs. As the real astrology has to do with the angles and the planets and synthesize the important information from the different sources.

    (9) Astrology is true because of the gravitational pull the planets have on you when you’re born - I believe astrology is true because of what I talk about earlier; synchronicity. Things that happen at the same time have similar energies, and we can predict the movement of the stars and thus future energies. Nothing more, nothing less.

    (10) If you’re born on the cusp of two signs, you’re either like both of them or like neither of them - Everybody falls into one particular sun sign. Its for this reason that it is so important to get the exact day, time, and place of your birth totally correct if you are down to the wire between two signs, this is what you need to figure it out.
     

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