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Guys, i need your help. It's for my term paper. This is my question: What can you conclude about astrology or horoscopes?

Note: Please no stupid or non-sense answers. Thank you.

2007-02-22 22:08:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music Horoscopes

11 answers

I am always with milly_1963...!

2007-02-23 01:44:32 · answer #1 · answered by NUPAKRY 6 · 1 1

Like Dechovka said, Astrology has been a great help for me to understand myself and why I do what I do , I know there is free will involved and it is not an excuse or reason for something I have done but still I got to know I am more prone to certain things in this life.It also help me aware of my weakness and potential pitfalls and also my strengths so I can make good use of them. Astrology also helps me understand others better and how to relate to them . I am spiritual in a sense that I do follow some buddha teachings. Maybe I dont follow them full on now, but still I try to seek contentment in myself. I am also trying to understand that certain things in life do not appear as they are, most of the time, I seek for the true meaning behind everything people say or do or how things happen/turn out the way they do . I also believe in a higher being ( not neccessarily The God that we know about - man, this one is one irritated god - my way or the hight way road ) , this higher being for me is nature and karma. I believe there are things that we can not explain or take a hold. This higher being is universal and us , as individual human being , is wired or connected to each other this way. I believe in the union of the souls. I feel that we have many lives , when this life ends, we will continue to live another one, completely physically separated of this life, but the soul is still the same but lay dormat/sub-concious and if we are lucky, sometimes we may have a moment where we know we " have been there before " So in a way , spirituality and astrology is connected as everything else in the universe. In this case, the nodes have their role and also the moon and neptune , the 12th house....if we are able to full understand the 12th house and its planets placements....I think maybe we could take a peek into our own spirituality.

2016-03-15 23:52:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Astrology today comprises a database of observed human characteristics linked to birthdate and birthplace positing a contributory influence from the movements and juxtapositions of heavenly bodies. There is no evidence for such an influence, but no evidence to refute the possibility of such an influence. There is a body of work that shows a measured statistical analysis to return correlations far in excess of Chance for astrological predictions made for a large sample population - where place, date and time of birth were officially recorded. The most that can be concluded is that people do appear to fall into a descriptive set of categories or types at a fairly general level, and that astrology is a reasonable attempt to explain this. It clearly describes observed patterns and types with some accuracy but by no means with complete accuracy, and may be describing the effect of something natural and earthly rather than unearthly.

2007-02-23 22:18:12 · answer #3 · answered by jezeye 1 · 0 1

The moon controls the tides in our ocean.

Whether it is hide tide or low tide depends on Earth's moon.

This is a scientific fact.

Therefore it is not impossible for other aspects of our universe / solar system to have an influence over certains things in our world.

Total control ? Is everything destiny? Astrology does not suggest this. It merely suggests the possibly that the entire universe may have an INFLUENCE on us as human beings.

Astrology and horoscopes are obviously a matter of opinion.

I guess its similar to the debate centuries ago about whether the world is round or flat? People would laugh at the suggestion that the world is round, but that's the problem with human beings - too many of us are so closed minded that we want to shrug off information or call it a coinicidence.

2007-02-23 03:37:33 · answer #4 · answered by miss2sexc 4 · 1 2

That at our time of birth a lot about ourselves can be told from an astrological point of view.
That horoscopes help us to explore our selves, our behaviours and how we think and feel.
That although thisis bs to a lot of people, it may only just be to enlighten people. So that instead of things seeming impossible, astrology sheds another light on the matter, so that we can step back and look at things from another angle to better judge it for the best outcome.
That although negative things can happen it is up to us how we deal with them, it is up to us the choices we make in life. For no matter what type of person we have been in the past, we have the potential to create a better future for our selves, and others around us.
I don't know i'm trying to make sense of something i have no idea how to explain LOL

2007-02-22 22:15:09 · answer #5 · answered by bloodysnowravenkisses84 2 · 1 2

Astrology can be a real tool for lessens in life. Horoscopes that are done in newspapers and are generic are fiction, I also would suggest looking at a beginners astrology book perhaps from library. Many planets, and houses, etc are what we are made up of not just sun sign we were born under.

2007-02-22 23:58:12 · answer #6 · answered by mpwflowers 3 · 1 2

Astrology is a vedic science which is useful for prediction your life. you can conclude about your astrology or horoscope and you can get more information about your life at http://www.sarnam.com/. astrology is good because its tell us about out future and show us a right way to reach our destination.

2007-02-24 21:45:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

The question is about astrology not tides; of which the person above is misinformed about anyway. If you are claiming there is scientific proof that it works; provide the evidence. We all have access to the same Internet, link us up.

If you want the truth on the bottom line of of astrology look for independent test results. Astrology can and has been tested.

Possibly the most detailed test of astrology, was performed by Shawn Carlson. His paper, “A Double-blind Test of Astrology”, was published in the prestigious peer reviewed scientific journal Nature, in 1985. The interesting thing is that the San Francisco chapter of the National Council for Geocosmic Research recommended the 28 professional astrologers who took part, and (with Carlson), designed the tests. They also predicted, in advance, what they would consider to be a successful test.

Two tests were performed:

Test #1: Astrological charts were prepared for 83 subjects, based on natal data (date, time and place of birth), provided by the subjects. Each subject was given three charts: one chart based on their own natal data, and two charts derived from natal data of other people. Each subject was asked to identify the chart that most correctly described them. In only 28 of the 83 cases, the subject chose their own chart. This is the exact success rate expected for random chance. The astrologers predicted that the subjects would select their own chart more that 50% of the time.

Test #2: 116 subjects completed California Personality Index surveys and provided natal data (date, time and place of birth). One set of natal data and the results of three personality surveys (one of which was for the same person as the natal data) were given to an astrologer who was to interpret the natal data and determine which of the three CPI results belonged to the same subject as the natal data. In only 40 of the 116 cases, the astrologers chose the correct CPI. As with test #1, this is the exact success rate expected for random chance. The astrologers predicted that they would select the correct CPI profiles in more that 50 per cent of the trials.

Conclusion by Carlson:

"We are now in a position to argue a surprisingly strong case against natal astrology as practiced by reputable astrologers. Great pains were taken to insure that the experiment was unbiased and to make sure that astrology was given every reasonable chance to succeed. It failed. Despite the fact that we worked with some of the best astrologers in the country, recommended by the advising astrologers for their expertise in astrology and in their ability to use the CPI, despite the fact that every reasonable suggestion made by advising astrologers was worked into the experiment, despite the fact that the astrologers approved the design and predicted 50% as the "minimum" effect they would expect to see, astrology failed to perform at a level better than chance."

"I have not yet received a serious scientific challenge to the paper. The newsletter of the American Federation of Astrologers Network published a response in January (1986). I was very disappointed to see that it largely consists of personal attacks. Its few substantive criticisms are attributable to ignorance of the experiment, of the CPI, and of basic scientific methodology."

So the astrologers failed their own test. Does this mean they gave up astrology as being useless? Of course not: they are totally closed minded to the possibility that astrology doesn’t work.

2007-02-23 11:14:25 · answer #8 · answered by Chaine de lumière 7 · 2 0

That these are nothing more than mediums to excite the human psyche and to perhaps provide a human being with a false glimmer of the future. It obviously has no scientific basis and should be viewed as no more than simple entertainment for the masses.

2007-02-22 22:13:53 · answer #9 · answered by Pontius 3 · 2 1

I conclude that horoscopes are just a person's guess of what will happen today or tomorrow. But it's not accurate nor a thing we should deal with. We are the ones who make our destiny and for me, horoscopes are just guidelines to one's life. It's just a guess, right? We can take horoscopes but don't rely on it. It's up to you if you will believ or not. = )

2007-02-22 22:14:44 · answer #10 · answered by genius_06 3 · 1 1

What Is Astrology?

Astrology is the art and science of the cycles of life. They begin at our first breath, and continue until our last. We have many cycles that affect us, some short, some long. Some cycles last so long that we never experience the whole of them unless we become fully realized Beings, as in the case of Neptune and Pluto, outermost two of the three invisible “Spiritual” planets. We would have to live for 250 years to experience a complete cycle of Pluto in our chart. However, there are other cycles that we all experience many times in our lives, and through these we come to know key themes and lessons related to why something happens when it does and how that impacts the way we are shaping our “destiny.”

We are the ones in command of our responses to life’s challenges. This is our true “response-ability.” If we know what is happening and why at any moment in time and experience, we have the ability to adjust our responses consciously within the many cycles that work across the personal, interpersonal, and the transpersonal dimensions. This helps us fulfill old karmic patterns while offering opportunities for us to transmute our energy in positive ways, generating detachment, dispassion, discrimination, and bodhichitta, or goodwill.

In the personal, interpersonal, and transpersonal dimensions we have many cycles going on simultaneously on four levels, those being the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual, or archetypal realms. Thus we have personal physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual cycles going along with interpersonal physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual cycles going, as well as transpersonal physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual cycles of activity, with all 12 “bandwidths” functioning simultaneously. We can also call the transpersonal realm the realm of truth, of archetypes, the quest for the higher or greater self, or the realm of higher service we do for our world. So you can see that our life lessons and transformational experiences work out through different cycles operating on each of these 12 bandwidths, or frequency zones, throughout our lives.

Most people think that astrology concerns only such things as “I was born at such and such a time, and that gives me the times to get married, buy a house, get divorced” and so forth. It is mostly regarded as a predictive tool. While that is true, it is also true that there are much larger cycles of change going on that affect all of us regardless of whether our Sun is in Taurus or we have a Sagittarius Rising a Moon in Gemini, Jupiter in the fifth house or Saturn in the ninth. This is the Transpersonal level of existence, the cycles of things beyond our immediate control or creation that sweep across large populations of people, regardless of their individual cycles of activity.

Character Is Destiny

Regardless of the larger patterns at work across generations and continents, we always have the ability to control our responses to circumstances. If “character is destiny,” in the sense that as we make our character we make our destiny, then obviously we are in charge of our own fate, regardless of external passing circumstances. As one who is dedicated to understanding “the intersections between fate and free will,” I found a long time ago that there are only two things that are “destined” in this world: One is to be born when you were, where you were, to the people you were born to. The other is in the timing on certain choices. Not what choice you will make, but when you will have to make a choice. Even not to choose becomes a choice here. Everything else in life is a product of free will, our own or someone else’s, which challenges us to act, react, or deal with what is being acted upon us.

In astrology, all cycles have a beginning and an end, followed by new cycles. Between beginning and end in anything, there are times of harmony and times of friction, times of flow and times of blockage. Many astrologers believe that the harmonious aspects mean good things, and frictional aspects mean bad things. While this can seem to be true, I take the approach that a harmonious aspect, whether at work in your birth chart or in the heavens above, is a challenge for us to come to correct understanding. A frictional aspect, on the other hand, is a challenge for us to act correctly.

There is no thing in astrology that compels you to be defeated, to be a victim of circumstance, or anybody else. Here finding the right point of view can help us to a greater comprehension. Many times in life, we don’t “win” even if we do our best. In those cases, I have found that we are cultivating a quality of our character as revealed in the birth chart. When we go through difficult circumstances, regardless of the apparent cause, we’re chewing up old karma, fulfilling an old tendency or potentiality, and being given a chance to cultivate a strength, a skill, an understanding or a way of acting that can serve us in the future so we don’t have to go through that friction any more.

In group astrology, or collective astrology, sometimes I have found that frictional aspects going on in the sky can indicate pandemonium on Earth. In those situations, sometimes the best thing we can do is not lose our cool even if everybody else is losing theirs. Just don’t make it worse, and you’ll look pretty good by the time the psychic “storm” passes and the whole thing is over and others have either created a mess, deconstructed their reality, or done something to destabilize their lives.

The forces symbolized by astrological planets are always in flux. There is no absolute time of good or absolute time of difficulty. I have found that often we are actually doing quite well in some aspects of our life and challenged in other aspects of our life. Each person has a unique situation. Just because everybody else is having a difficult time doesn’t mean you will. And just because everybody else seems to be “doing well” is no reason for you to beat up on yourself if you feel that you’re not doing well.

A lot of this has to do with the difference between perception and experience. We often perceive something completely different from what we’re actually going through. We just as often don’t know our true realization until after we’ve already gone through the experience. In predictive astrology you may see when something’s coming down in the cosmic moment, but it may take an hour or a day or a week to realize what that transit was about. That’s why you may hear an astrologer say “Such and such is going to come down on such and such a day” and it seems not to be happening. Well, it may very well be coming down on that day but we may not be perceiving it as it happens. It may take us some time to figure out what it was that happened, and that’s why reflective meditations can help us see things from different perspectives.

Written by Robert Wilkinson

Does the information above give you some insight to Astrology ?

2007-02-22 22:52:17 · answer #11 · answered by milly_1963 7 · 4 2

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