However:
Astrology (from Greek ἄστρον, astron, "constellation, star"; and -λογία, -logia, "the study of") is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs which hold that the relative positions of celestial bodies and related details can provide information about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial matters. A practitioner of astrology is called an astrologer or, more rarely, an astrologist.
Numerous traditions and applications employing astrological concepts have arisen since its earliest recorded beginnings in the 3rd millennium BC. Astrology has played an important role in the shaping of culture, early astronomy, the Vedas,[1] the Bible,[2] and various disciplines throughout history. In fact, astrology and astronomy were often indistinguishable before the modern era, with the desire for predictive and divinatory knowledge one of the primary motivating factors for astronomical observation. Astronomy began to diverge from astrology after a period of gradual separation from the Renaissance up until the 18th century. Eventually, astronomy distinguished itself as the scientific study of astronomical objects and phenomena without regard to the astrological understandings of these phenomena.
Now I don't mean this to necessarily be a serious post, but I'd be interested in your thoughts. Do you think there's anything to astrology? Or is it all just based on superstition?
Do you find that star signs that are supposed to be compatible with yours, really are so? I don't read, and never read horoscopes any more seriously than I did Dagwood and Blondie comics. However, and it's probably all in my imagination, I've found myself extraordinarily compatible with people born under the star sign of Pisces, especially if they were born in early March. So do astrological assessments of star signs, behaviour and personality come anywhere near reality? I'm Virgo, by the way.
I suppose this is also connected to the idea that the Moon influences not only the tides, but brain function, hence the origin of the word "lunatic". Can the stars really influence us?
Is there a "chemistry" between certain people, and if this chemistry cannot be explained by the stars, how else can it be explained? By mutual ideas, likes and dislikes, and two people just happening to be on the same "wavelength"? In short, what creates "chemistry" or "connections" between people? Regardless of astrology, I find myself able to "connect" to certain people much easier than others, even though they have very opposite ideas to mine.
So why do we "connect" with some, but not others?
Contemporary scientists such as Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking regard astrology as unscientific,[43][44] and those such as Andrew Fraknoi of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific have labeled it a pseudoscience.[45] In 1975, the American Humanist Association characterized those who have faith in astrology as doing so "in spite of the fact that there is no verified scientific basis for their beliefs, and indeed that there is strong evidence to the contrary".[10] Astronomer Carl Sagan found himself unable to sign the statement, not because he felt astrology was valid, but because he found the statement's tone authoritarian.[46][47] Sagan stated that he would instead have been willing to sign a statement describing and refuting the principal tenets of astrological belief, which he believed would have been more persuasive and would have produced less controversy than the circulated statement.[48]
Anecdote: My father was a strong believer in Astrology/horoscopes, and on one occasion paid a princely sum to have his personal horoscope read by a "professional". He was told that he would die abroad, in a foreign country, so he developed a phobia of staying too long in any foreign country. He died in the land of his birth.
Virgo and Friendship:
People look up to Virgo for friends because they are straight thinkers and solve problems logically. They are truthful, loyal and determined. Some people might find them cold or emotionally detached because they live in their minds, not in their emotions and feelings. It might be hard to pin down how a Virgo friend is feeling because they easily live in denial. A person who is able to read deep into another person will notice when Virgo is not well but if they confront them about it, they would rather retreat then talk about it. It is best to keep your emotional distance from a Virgo friend unless they open up to you first. Virgo might try to analyze and control a friend's life but only with the idea that they will improve their life, not purely for the sake of controlling. Be patient with your Virgo friend and understand that their recommendations are only to make your life better.
What's your star sign, and does it reflect your real personality? Or is this all just mumbo-jumbo?
