Is Astrology of ANY use ?

Started by Silver Stardust2 pages

I said my starsign, Aquarius. Now let me show you some stuff that's said about Aquarians, and I'll tell you how accurate they are for me.

"Modest, unobtrusive, and often rather quiet or shy, you are a person who is content to be in the background or to serve as an assistant, in the supporting role rather than in the lead. You are quite humble in your own assessment of yourself and you have a very strong perfectionistic attitude, with a tendency to be overly self-critical. No matter how well you do something, you always see the flaws in it and how it could be improved. Often you will simply refuse to attempt something because you feel you cannot meet your own high standards"

Far too true. I am a very quiet and shy person, and am an utter perfectionist...and I'm certainly never happy unless I think something's perfect.

"You are a freedom-loving, strong-willed, and independent-minded individual, and you insist upon living your own life as you see fit, even if that means ignoring convention and tradition. In personal relationships you cannot be owned or possessed, and while you are willing to share yourself with another, you do not always adjust easily to the emotional give and take of a close relationship. Though intellectually open, you can be enormously stubborn, opinionated, and inflexible on a one-to-one level. You have strong convictions and feelings about fairness and equality, and you try to live by your ideals, but your ideals about how people SHOULD treat one another don't always take into account human weaknesses, differences, and needs. You probably dislike sentimentality and traditional gender roles and "games".

Again, very true. I am very independently-minded person, and as anyone who knows me knows, I don't give a damn about what's considered "conventional". I wouldn't know too much about the relationship things because I've never really been in one before. I am a very intellectually-minded and open-minded person, but as anyone who's ever had an argument with me knows, I will NEVER step down if I think I'm right, unless you can prove me wrong. I have very strong feelings about fairness and equality, though I do realize that I am a bit idealistic in that area. And I think that the whole "traditional gender roles" are crap.

The things that you said...well, the first three are accurate (even though the first two could easily apply to anyone), but the rest are way off the mark.

Silver Stardust.......

The point is that what I said in my "reading" was deliberately couched to apply to almost everybody !

( It doesn't matter what starsign you really are although some Astrologists will keep a fixed set of patterns for certain starsigns ! ).

When you said....


The things that you said...well, the first three are accurate (even though the first two could easily apply to anyone), but the rest are way off the mark

I say that I was just pointing out to you how even the most particular and specific points can apply to just about anybody and normally the person who is receiving the reading NEEDS for it to be accurate and will pick out the ones that clicked and ignore the ones that didn't.

As has been already pointed out: The skilled Astrologist will do this thing far better than I did off the top of my head and with practice and skill they can get almost all of their points to click with their victim.

I say "victim" because although many Astrological readings will be good news and the warnings about bad news are never too heavy the person who is getting the reading is usually paying for it in one way or another.

Cross my palm with silver moi-dearie and I will tell your fortune according to the stars.

My horoscope said that today would be a day of learning.......don't we all learn something new each day? 😑

I like astrology 😊 I think its fun...people shouldnt take everyting so seriously....

Papaumau> Exactly. If you read a horoscope, people who believe tend to remember the things that DO fit, and discard the things that do not.
HEY! You’re a fortune-teller!
Ok! I put my palm on the screen, will you tell MY fortune!?!??!?! Pleeasseeeee! 😄

BF> 😆

RR> Sure. Astronomy sprang from astrology at one time, when scientists realised it was more interesting to just STUDY the skies, than trying to make the planets tell a king when to eat his breakfast.

Stardust> And I have stuff saying Aquarius are extrovert and born leaders!

Modest, unobtrusive, and often rather quiet or shy”
"You are a freedom-loving, strong-willed, and independent-minded individual, and you insist upon living your own life as you see fit, even if that means ignoring convention and tradition.”
Can’t you see these two conflicting. You can pick and chose WHAT you like.

WD> OBVIOUSLY you don't! 🙂 So today is the day you learnt THAT 😉

I'm Sagittarian, half man, half horse. Licence to shit in the street.

The Omega, you know us Aquariuses are just....awesome. 😎

😛

Originally posted by The Omega
Stardust> And I have stuff saying Aquarius are extrovert and born leaders!

Modest, unobtrusive, and often rather quiet or shy”
"You are a freedom-loving, strong-willed, and independent-minded individual, and you insist upon living your own life as you see fit, even if that means ignoring convention and tradition.”
Can’t you see these two conflicting. You can pick and chose WHAT you like.

😂 True, but oddly enough both descriptions manage to fit me 😑

I'm not saying that I necessarily take it seriously, just that I think it's a lot of fun and I find it to be very interesting. I like to break out my tarot cards when I get bored ✅

Damn straight, lil!!!

What can i say, I was bon on 12th feb, daryl on 10th of feb, Ashton Kutcher on 7th of feb and you on 2nd of feb. 😎 man Aquariuses rock!

Congrats, you have something in common with someone who plays a retarded guy on a crappy show. I use the word "play" lightly, seeing as I believe that's really how he is.

Its a joke , sheesh 🤨

If we are already on the point, i also share birthday with Abraham Lincoln, that wasnt exactly the point of my post.

I share my birthday with Frank Oz! We are both Gemini and we both love the power of imagination! Air signs rule!

The voice of Yoda and I speak the same wisdom.....😛

congrats. my b-day was the same day Hitler and Stalin signed their non-agression pact. Something tells me I'm either doing to backstab someone, or someone will BS me.

Astrology may be fun to look at, but it shouldn't control ur life, by that I mean u should worry about it. If someone reads that they are going to have a bad day, their mind in conditioned to look for the bad and they will have a bad day.

Hey actually astrology isn't all about your sun sign. There are other things like rising sign and aspects between the planets that somehow affect you. A natal chart can tell you all the positions of the planets in the sky at the time you were born, and it tells you more accurate stuff about you. You can get a free one done easily by googling it.

I'm just a beginner at this astrology stuff, but it's really pretty interesting!! Just thought I'd say this!!!

Entertainment purposes only.....

Well if many of you haven't realized, without astrology...you might aswell throw away your cell phones. tha fact that objects [satellites]outside of our atmostphere will orbit our planet is an early discovery from astronomy. thats why they want to research in outer space, since there is hope of discovering pretty much anything helpfull to us on earth [whether its technological advancements or medical advancements].

It doesn't hurt to learn more about something. astronomy is a broad subject, many people study positions of distant planets just for fun or extra knowledge. though it seems like nothing good can come out of it, does that really matter? and who knows maybe something good WILL come out of it.

Astronomy is just as important as medicine. medicine is just more direct in helping people live longer/better. and by "any use", i assume you mean help humans in any way there is.

Man! Papaumau is being gone too long.

Anyways, as I said before Horoscopes are fun, but shouldn't be taken seriously. Sure there is a mythology behind them and it works as story telling. But aside from that it can be argue that Astrology proves that our ancestors were indeed star gazers. Which links to that belief that humans have always had a curiosity for the unknown. In this case space what lies in all those distant places of the Universe.

Astrology is about as usefull as a clump of dirt is to a person when they need to take a shower.