My life hasn't been the same since Pluto lost its Planet Recognition?

Question

Why did they do this?

Answer 1

This is a good issue to make us wonder how much say science should have on our understanding of 'reality'. What has changed is not the fact that Pluto exists in some form and has for a long time, but scientists' HUMAN opinion about whether it qualifies as a planet or not depending on criteria they themselves invented. It does not eliminate Pluto as a body in space and their opinion certainly has no bearing on "other" interpretations that could be made of what Pluto stands for. I specifically mean that I doubt Pluto will disappear from astrological charts just because scientists think as they do. The archetypes, forces, and influences that Pluto is known for will remain as real for believers in such influences as ever. This might be where astronomy and astrology part ways with regard to what is defined as a planet. But astrological attributions are found in many other esoteric fields as well. For example, some interpretations of the Tarot draw heavily on astrological influences. But the important thing is to notice that no matter how many planets are known at any given time , esoteric wisdom is able to make use of available information with acceptable results. It may be that the vantage point that really matters is what humans know at a given point in time and not what they call the details of that knowledge. During ancient times, 7 planets was all that was known for millenia, and that seemed to work (and still does for esoteric purposes). According to some info I read recently, there's another classification scheme that would yield exactly 12 planets that was supposed to come under the consideration of the same group of scientists that finally opted to remove Pluto. Wouldn't that be an esotericist's dream! But in conclusion, what matters is what things and concepts these celestial bodies stand for and not what science calls them or considers them to be. I assure you Pluto will not disappear from astrological charts, whether past or future. If anything, there will probably be more openness to consider additional heavenly bodies as influential now that the 'former' definition of planet has been thrown out the window. But don't forget that this divergent opinion of what a planet is defined to be is not new to the esoteric field: the Sun and Moon have been considered to be "planets" astrologically probably since the first days humans thought in astrological terms; scientists have always thought that kind of thinking is nonsense.

Answer 2

It's a text book publisher conspiracy. You see, now they have to print new editions of all the science books that call Pluto a planet. They're so devious! What's next? Will they change dolphins in to fish? Or oxygen in to a noble gas? Where does it end, I ask you?

Answer 3

No matter what they do, increase or decrease the number of planets - they will always be 9 planets. They were 9 since time immemmorial and they will be nine in the future.

Answer 4

I hate them for this. I grew up with Pluto being a planet. Is it smaller than the moon? Who cares.
His orbit is a little eccentric, he's a little smaller and he gets totally discriminated. It isn't fair at all.

Answer 5

we were never really sure whether pluto was a planet or not, it was too far out to really tell.

Answer 6

Well i guess the only way to get over it is to remove the word from the English language

Answer 7

Yea, I am all broken up over it too... ;-)
I am sure Pluto won't give a hoot, and will still be there when our spacecraft arrives there...

Answer 8

It is pretty crazy if you asked me. I wonder what the great minds of the past would havew to say about this.

Answer 9

It's time to switch to Goofy.

Answer 10

Oh, I know....mine either ! How do we undo all those years it was pounded into us and we had to remember it ?