Comments on: They Didn’t Planet That Way

By: tjm220

tjm220 — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:06:26 +0000

I was shopping at WalMart this past weekend and saw “Astrology for Dummies” at the sales counter. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

By: X-COM

X-COM — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 04:36:20 +0000

I suggest naming a “new” planet after an ancient person with a sound perspective of things like Democritus for instance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democritus

I live in a province with a huge slug problem, we even call them “murder slugs”. Anyone who got their garden massacred by them knows why.
For slug removal I suggest a tame goose, IF your neighbours don’t complain to much. If they do, offer to lend them your goose to clean out their garden as well. I don’t know what will eat astrologers, we need to keep looking…

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:11:59 +0000

I recall someone years ago listing “astrological catastrophies.” These were major items that, if astrology had any real, predictive capability, would have been predicted. Like Princess Di’s death. And now New Orleans. And 9/11. Gotta watch out for post facto predictions. Don’t get me started on Jeanne Dixon and President Kennedy’s assassination. Oh and what happened in 1930 after the discovery of Pluto? Did all the astrologers then admit that all of their predictions before were wrong because of Pluto not being known? Nah.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:21:50 +0000

Leon Baradat – hmmm, I’m not sure what the distinction is there. Surely you end up with something that’s a bit like beer (although, of course, it won’t taste like any beer I’ve ever had before). Besides, if you leave sugar water lying around in the garden, you might attract animals you don’t want to.

Peter B – I suspect astrologers can look in the mirror in the same way that used-car salesmen can …

By: Leon Baradat

Leon Baradat — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:49:00 +0000

Beer does work to get rid of slugs (and snails, and earwigs), but there’s another way to do it without wasting a beer (oh, the humanity!). Mix water, sugar, and a little bit of yeast together. If you do it in the morning, you should see it start to foam up by late afternoon. You can even top it off with more sugar and water a couple days later.

By: Evolving Squid

Evolving Squid — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:59:50 +0000

Nigel:

You are right, I just wasn’t clear in my initial posting

Astrology has actually had an indirect, but tangible impact on my life… not because I buy into it (obviously, I don’t), but because my mother does. Some years ago, she visited a psychic/astrologer/nutbag who told her that her oldest son (me) would die in his 34th year. She relayed this news to me (I was 33 at the time).

Now, it didn’t bother me, but it sure got to her. She was a stress puppy about this for months. Of course, I’m 40 now, so it was obviously bunk, not that anyone here really needs to have that explained.

So she wasted money, got months of stress, and ended up looking like a doofus, while annoying the bejeezus out of me with constant checking up to make sure I’m OK. That’s astrology at work for you. It IS harmful.

By: Ian Musgrave

Ian Musgrave — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:44:07 +0000

Leigh Oswald, an astrologer in London, said unknown forces may determine when scientists discover new planets. â€œA planet is discovered when itâ€™s appropriate for humanity to understand it,â€? she said. â€œIn other words, when we are ready for it.â€?

Not only do the planets "mystically" reveal themselves, but somehow thye "mystically" get astronomers to name them so the name reflects their astrological attributes, see these articles on Chrion "The wounded healrer" and Sedna

The name assigned by astronomers is also considered. Though not selected for any astrological meaning, these names are often associated with mythology that proves to be pertinent to the energy of the new planet.

As Phil said "Oh, Pleeeease", astrologers agonising over names give to brandnew objects by astronomers, how much lower can you go.