Why do people on here only believe in sun sign astrology, not realizing its pretty pointless and not of much?

Question

use? It annoys me - it gives a bad name to proper astrology and also brings out critics of astrology, who haven't heard of and haven't studied stuff like full birth charts, transits, synastry, progressions and composite charts.

Andrew L - you prove my point - criticising out of your ignorance.

Andrew L - find out what I mean by synastry and transits, study full birth charts then come back and criticise

Chuchi - lern to spel.

Your anus - Astrology is about trends and can
only be grasped by an intuitive intelligence. It cannot tell you exact details like the astrology in the paper makes out. Isaac Newton studied astrology - yes! astrology ( i do know the difference between astrology and astronomy which he also studied) and he answered his critics saying "sir, I have studied it, you have not".

Answer 1

I studied mature Astrology at Metaphysical Town Hall, so I know it better than most people on YA. Sun signs are only a small part of a chart and can be overcome by more powerful influences. I know about the things you mention, but few others do. I rarely get Best Answers. They are usually given to someone who tells us some childish stuff from books sold at drugstores for a few dollars. My lessons cost much, and my books are available only to competent astrologers. peol;e seem to want easy answers aand ignore expert astrologers. it is frustrating, isn't it?

Answer 2

How about producing evidence that can be tested to see if what you claim is valid? Can your claims be double blind tested? If proved true, the person would be nominated for a Nobel prize, and most likely win. Giving astrology a "good" name will be a byproduct.
First show that it does work, then make the theories. It is up to you to provide the proof since you are making the claim.

Note. Just because Newton had interest in astrology does not make it any more valid. His greatest contributions was his experiments with gravity and unweaving the rainbow. How the light spectrum lead to some of the huge discoveries in astronomy and atomic structure is remarkable. Too bad there is no record of any astrology experiments.

Add on: Maybe some are a little bit ignorant about Newton?
The Newton quote really refers to religion and not astrology.

It will therefore not come as a surprise that the true source for our anecdote in fact derives from Newton’s latter interests. More than 50 years ago the American historian of science I. Bernard Cohen was able to trace it back to the highly regarded Newton biographies by the English physicist David Brewster (1781-1868) in which it is cited in full as:
‘... when Dr. Halley ventured to say anything disrespectful to religion, he invariably checked him, with the remark, “I have studied these things – you have not”.

At his death, Newton’s library possessed no more than four books on the subject of astrology: a work by the German astrologer Johann Essler from Mainz (end 15th/begin 16th century), a treatise on palmistry and astrology by the English doctor/astrologer Richard Saunders (1613-1675), an almanac from the same using the pseudonym Cardanus Rider and finally a work debunking astrology by the philosopher-poet and Cambridge professor Henry More (1614-1687).

Answer 3

-ology: this is derived from the greek word logos: it means study of, in this case the stars. No astrologer should claim to know everything, only to study the principles.
Astrological prediction by us earthlings is bound to fail simply because, like the weather, there is too much information for the human mind to process. It is unlikely to be a case, as Andrew correctly points out, of using the 12 sun signs to compartmentalise the entire population. This sun sign type astrology is only a tiny component part of the analysis of one moment in time, and with respect, a person who has studied astrology would know that it should not be taken on it's own and out of context. This surely is the questioners point.
To say that one believes in astrology is akin to saying that one believes in baked beans. The same argument applies to those who say they do not believe in baked beans. Who cares? Surely the point is that from the scientific perspective at least, one should have an open mind and use our ability to reason, always being mindful that we could be wrong.
Do baked beans have a function? may be a better question.
Looking at the field of quantum physics for example, there seem to be some theories that are just as far fetched or more so and vast efforts are made to push the boundaries of our understanding at great expense and as yet unknown use to us, however, this work inspires us and gives us food for thought whether we believe it will be helpful to us or not.
Belief systems are a useful way for the human brain to deal with everyday life and give humans a frame of reference. If people need to believe in astrology or baked beans or multidimensional universes to get them through the day, I think that is ok.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Human nature, I suppose. Don't let it bother you. How can they realize something they don't know about? The average person only knows about sun signs; what does it mean to be a Scorpio, or Leo, whatever? How would they know about anything else, unless they've been taught or cared enough to learn? It doesn't give a bad name to astrology. What gives astrology a bad name is bad astologers who read a few books and think they know what they're doing.

Answer 6

Some people are not ignoring any of them whether it is Vedic or Western. The theory is simply different to that of Vedic and nothing is wrong in both systems of Sayana and Nirayana but the thing is that when we want full depth of horoscope we include all these.

Yes. some other people are neglecting full birth charts, transits, synastry, progressions and composite charts etc.only believing in Sun Sign Astrology.

Such people one day will realise and be annoyed by their own folly.

Please don't worry. Hardworking in an intelligentway will be success!

Answer 7

I know what you mean, just going by someone's sun sign is just scratching the surface to a whole depth of someone's chart. But the reason why people do it, is because
1. They don't know astrology is anything more than just that "one" sign, or 2. They may be too close minded to truly think about what true astrology could offer them.

Answer 8

I'm completely with you on this- until I did a full chart on my fiance, he always thought it was just mumbo-jumbo.... anyways, hes a Gemini, which only fit SOME parts of his life, but lets face it, you can tell anyone anything, and they will find a way to make it fit. Funny thing is, I did hes chart when i first met him, and most of what I read I didn't even know (fears, childhood things stuff like that). Please people, don't just read the paper horoscope and say its all a joke.

Answer 9

Astrology believes that the population is divided into twelve groups. These groups have a lot of personality traits in common, purely because they happen to have been born in a certain month.
Surley you are an intelligent person. Can you not see that this is a piece of utter baloney, without a shred of evidence?

Answer 10

Proper astrology?

My birthday is 4/2/57 at 11:45am.

What am I doing tomorrow.

Actually it's sad people like you that cost astrology any credibility it had.