how many of you belive in astrology?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

Astrology was tested in France in the late 1970 or early 1980s. Astrologers were given the birth dates and places of dozens of prominent people, but not their names. They were asked to cast "genuine" horoscopes to assess their careers. These horoscopes were not based on the pitiful "Sun Signs" of the newspapers and gossip magazines, but required actual knowledge of where the planets were on the day the person was born. No astrologer got any of the careers correct. There was only one slight correspondence and that was that some of the scientists among the test group showed an association with Saturn, but this was still below statistical significance. If astrology was valid, then in large schools classes would be divided by the horoscopes of the children. In some newspaper offices, the astrological advice is kept in two bags. When the column is being prepared, the person whose job it is takes twelve pieces of paper out of one bag and uses them for the day. They then go into the other bag. When the first bag is empty, the second bag is used. So the advice for Taurus on 21 April might be used for Gemini on 3 July and for Virgo on 12 November. Nobody notices. Astrology fans know where the thumbs down gizmo is, but that is the truth.

Answer 3

I beleive in it because it can tell you and help explain why certain people act they way they do. Why certain people clash, or have an explainable chemisty. Why certain people have the personality that they do. It's just another way in life to help explain why you act like you do. You shouldn't strickly follow it and take everything to heart. Just read it for fun, take what you want from it, and move on. I would never base a real life decision on something depending on my horoscope. But read about your horoscope sign and tell me that there isn't a lot of similarities!

Answer 4

I use it for entertainment purposes only, but some of the things they say about my sign (leo) is true with my personality. If I truly believed in it...my boyfriend and I should never be together and after 7 months..it is the best relationship I have ever had. Just keep an open mind and laugh about it.

Answer 5

I don't believe a word of it. How can you seriously believe that a planet that's millions of miles away from you can influence your personality, and then only on the day you were born? Jeez, your neighbor's Buick has a stronger gravitational pull on you than any of the planets do!

Answer 6

It's just entertainment. they're not gods! Any psychic or astrologer would be a billionaire if they really could tell how things would turn out.

Answer 7

Certainly I do as lot of things has happened with me for the last 6 months that made me believe in this

Answer 8

believe astrology,don't believe astrologers

Answer 9

I believe there are certain tendencies in each sign
see the Birthday Book by R Grant

Answer 10

Astrology is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs in which knowledge of the relative positions of celestial bodies and related information is held to be useful in understanding, interpreting, and organizing knowledge about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial events. A practitioner of astrology is called an astrologer, or, less often, an astrologist. Historically, the term mathematicus was used to denote a person proficient in astrology, astronomy, and mathematics.[1][2]

Although the two fields share a common origin, modern astronomy is entirely distinct from astrology. While astronomy is the scientific study of astronomical objects and phenomena, the practice of astrology is concerned with the correlation of heavenly bodies (and measurements of the celestial sphere) with earthly and human affairs.[3][4] Astrology is variously considered by its proponents to be a symbolic language,[5][6] a form of art,[7] science,[7] or divination.[3][8] Critics, including the scientific community, generally consider astrology to be a pseudoscience[9] or superstition[10] as it has failed empirical tests in controlled studies.[10][11]

The word astrology is derived from the Greek αστρολογία, from άστρον (astron, "star") and λόγος (logos, "word"). The -λογία suffix is written in English as -logy, "study" or "discipline".
Contents


* 1 Beliefs
* 2 Traditions
* 3 Horoscopic astrology
o 3.1 The horoscope
o 3.2 The tropical and sidereal zodiacs
o 3.3 Branches of horoscopic astrology
* 4 History of astrology
o 4.1 Origins
o 4.2 Before the scientific revolution
* 5 Effects on world culture
o 5.1 Language
o 5.2 As a descriptive language for the mind
o 5.3 Western astrology and alchemy
o 5.4 The seven liberal arts and Western astrology
* 6 Astrology and science
o 6.1 Claims about obstacles to research
o 6.2 Mechanism
o 6.3 Research claims and counter-claims
* 7 See also
* 8 Notes and references
* 9 Further reading
* 10 External links



Beliefs
Astrological glyphs for some of the planets of astrology, including the Sun, the Earth, the Moon, and Pluto.
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Astrological glyphs for some of the planets of astrology, including the Sun, the Earth, the Moon, and Pluto.

The core beliefs of astrology were prevalent in most of the ancient world and are epitomized in the Hermetic maxim "as above, so below". Tycho Brahe used a similar phrase to justify his studies in astrology: suspiciendo despicio, "by looking up I see downward". Although the principle that events in the heavens are mirrored by those on Earth was once generally held in most traditions of astrology around the world, in the West there has historically been a debate among astrologers over the nature of the mechanism behind astrology and whether or not celestial bodies are only signs or portents of events, or if they are actual causes of events through some sort of force or mechanism.

While the connection between celestial mechanics and terrestrial dynamics was explored first by Isaac Newton with his development of a universal theory of gravitation, claims that the gravitational effects of the celestial bodies are what accounts for astrological generalizations are not substantiated by the scientific community, nor are they advocated by most astrologers.

Many of those who practice astrology believe that the positions of certain celestial bodies either influence or correlate with human affairs. Most modern astrologers believe that the cosmos (and especially the solar system) acts as a single unit, so that any happening in any part of it inevitably is reflected in every other part. Skeptics dispute these claims, pointing to a lack of concrete evidence of significant influence of this sort.

Most astrological traditions are based on the relative positions and movements of various real or construed celestial bodies and on the construction of celestial patterns as seen at the time and place of the event being studied. These are chiefly the Sun, Moon, the planets, the stars and the lunar nodes. The calculations performed in casting a horoscope involve arithmetic and simple geometry which serve to locate the apparent position of heavenly bodies on desired dates and times based on astronomical tables. The frame of reference for such apparent positions is defined by the tropical or sidereal zodiacal signs on one hand, and by the local horizon (ascendant) and midheaven (medium coeli) on the other. This latter (local) frame is typically further divided into the twelve astrological houses.

In the past, astrologers often relied on close observation of celestial objects and the charting of their movements. Today astrologers use data provided by astronomers which are transformed to a set of astrological tables called ephemerides, showing the changing zodiacal positions of the heavenly bodies through time.

Answer 11

The people that do are some of the saddest sacks of humanity I've ever encountered. Pitiful.