2007-04-03 08:35:34 · 12 answers · asked by rebekkah hot as the sun 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Because the influence of the moon on human behaviour and on the tides has been "proven".
Astrology has not been proven - yet.
2007-04-03 08:50:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon influences the tide. It has never been proven to influence behavior, menstrual cycles, etc.
If you really beleive in astrology, you basically believe that the future is 100% determined. That is, the phases of the moon, jupiter, etc. can all be predicted with extreme precision right now with a very basic computer program... so if that's the case, why aren't astrologers making fortunes on Wall Street? Why can't they predict their own demise? And do you really think that how your day goes is determined by what month you were born in? You might as well believe your day is determined by how many licks are in a tootsie pop.
If you believe in astrology, you might as well believei nthe Easter Bunny because there's just as much logic in doing so.
2007-04-03 08:49:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has never been proven that the Moon influences our brains! Even if it did, what would be the mechanism for it? It can't be gravity or the tidal force. The tidal force is a differential force - it depends on the DIFFERENCE in distance between the side of Earth closest to the Moon and the side of Earth farthest from the Moon. You could talk about a tidal force on your brain from the Moon, but no one side of your brain is any closer to the Moon than any other side, so the tidal force would be essentially zero. You get way more of a tidal effect from a grapefruit held over your head, or from the Earth for that matter.
2007-04-03 08:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Astrology no longer keeps it's ancient link to the stars.
Originally, you were born under a sign because the sun was in that sign on your birthday. Now you were born under a sign because that's when the sun -used- to be in a constellation on your birthday. The earth precesses (wobbles a little) in it's orbit around the sun over a couple thousand years. Because of this, if you were born in the astrological sign of Libra... the sun was really in the constellation Virgo when you were born.
There's a better article, on an astrologer's website, that explains this and also goes into what some modern astrology has done to compensate for the "problem"... but, well. Its still an issue :)
2007-04-03 09:14:30 · answer #4 · answered by whispering_pines1020 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has not been proven that the moon influences our brains. And what in the world do tides have to do with astrology? That bit of your question is a non sequitur.
2007-04-03 09:09:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mostly because the Moon is not considered a major influence in astrology. Astrology cares more about Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn and those objects have not been shown to influence our brains and the tides.
2007-04-03 08:44:25 · answer #6 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
While it has been proven that there is an influence, as you suggest, it has not even come close to be proven that the influence is of the type claimed by astrology.
2007-04-03 10:46:10 · answer #7 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon has twice the tidal influence on us than the sun, even though the sun is 25 million times the mass of the moon.
So, you see, it is all because the moon is so close.
If the sun, which is itself 99.9% the mass of the whole Solar System only exerts that tiny tidal influence, you can totally discount the other planets. I mean totally...
And the stars....well, you think about it.
2007-04-03 08:48:04 · answer #8 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lunar influences (tidal, menstrual cycle) are because the moon is so close.
The doctor in the delivery room exerts more gravitational pull on the baby than Mars or any other planetary body (other than Sun, Moon, and Earth).
2007-04-03 08:42:11 · answer #9 · answered by jbtascam 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 23:44:10 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋