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My guru (I'm Indian) was an astrologer. Every time Mars goes retrograde I tell people "astrology is nonsense, but this Mars retrograde thing gets me every time..." and surely enough, every time... I was raised on Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn. There can't be anything to it. It has to be nonsense. December 06 2024 is the next Mars retrograde. See if things don't go completely to hell right around then.
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Astrology more than those things seems to be used as a sideways tool for introspection and self-knowledge. And is clearly an attempt to connect to the transcendental, the divine, the unknowable, why are we here and what am I meant to do with myself, etc. Both of those pursuits are worthy of curiosity and respect. And astrology itself is an ancient practice, few traditions are that long-lived at all and certainly not…
I don't think there's any value in astrology. The fact that people believed in it (and still do) for a very long time doesn't change that, as humanity has had many long-standing beliefs that turned out to be entirely wrong (e.g. geocentrism, that there was something particular about biochemistry that couldn't be recreated synthetically, aether, ...). The fact that it may serve a certain psychological function means t…
A very complex version of this is basically how I view astrology.
My guru (I'm Indian) was an astrologer. Every time Mars goes retrograde I tell people "astrology is nonsense, but this Mars retrograde thing gets me every time..." and surely enough, every time... I was raised on Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn. There can't be anything to it. It has to be nonsense. December 06 2024 is the next Mars retrograde. See if things don't go completely to hell right around then.
Well now you’ve jinxed it for sure!
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Well, there's astrology and astrology. The newspaper astrology that is so broad you can't take it seriously. Then there's the birth horoscope z the natal chart and whatever which is, believe it or not, more accurate. Astrology is also the oldest form of psychology, it's easily accessible and popular because of it. Why would certain planet not represent certain traits? Who has really studied it scientifically? There's…
Well, there's religion and religion.
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Well, there's astrology and astrology. The newspaper astrology that is so broad you can't take it seriously. Then there's the birth horoscope z the natal chart and whatever which is, believe it or not, more accurate. Astrology is also the oldest form of psychology, it's easily accessible and popular because of it. Why would certain planet not represent certain traits? Who has really studied it scientifically? There's…
Lol yeah, why seek community, like-minded individuals, or deep conversations about morality when you can sit alone in your room and have an app subscription tell you how you’re supposed to feel that day?
Well, there's astrology and astrology. The newspaper astrology that is so broad you can't take it seriously. Then there's the birth horoscope z the natal chart and whatever which is, believe it or not, more accurate. Astrology is also the oldest form of psychology, it's easily accessible and popular because of it. Why would certain planet not represent certain traits? Who has really studied it scientifically? There's…
I was in high school in the early 90s and no young people I knew were into this. Our boomer ex-hippie parents were into it and we made fun of it hard.