That is true, and I will try to look into it more than I have. The problems I have with astrology have more to do with the implications of a higher power than with anything else.
zzytrewq(Thursday 27th of November 2008 04:44:07 AM)
Einstein: "The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this."
camij79(Thursday 27th of November 2008 05:56:14 AM)
So you are equating astrology with religion. Getting back to basics - astrology has no CHURCH, no GOD, no BIBLE, no 'holy days'no order of disciples - I don't think Einstein was describing astrology - just his interpretation of the inadequacies of religion. What does god have to do with astrology?
zzytrewq(Friday 28th of November 2008 02:28:45 AM)
That may be your interpretation of what I said...
I wasn't suggesting Einstein was describing astrology...see above.
For the heavenly bodies and the traits of all people to be aligned must come from some divine being or force because it sure isn't any other known force.
Indian astrologers believe it is part of religion.
Astrology and religion share blind faith, no fundamental explanations for how it all works, dogma and numerous versions. A lot in common.
zzytrewq(Thursday 27th of November 2008 04:27:00 AM)
All the heavenly bodies move in strict accordance with the laws of physics. For humans to be "aligned" with these bodies at the time of birth would mean a universal force somehow acts on the person at some critical stage. Such a powerful "force" isn't gravity or any other known or measurable force so I assume it must be the divine power of God. But any number of research studies to date have shown there to be no such "alignment". Therefore God is either a myth, or is not involved.
camij79(Thursday 27th of November 2008 03:35:33 AM)
I don't believe you know much about astrology or psychology.Human observation accounts for something of psychology but there is a dynamic here that schools of psychology don't agree upon. Unrelated astrological phenomenom is your perspective - are we not part of the big picture - or just an unrelated anomaly? The function of astrology takes into account the life cycle on all levels symbiotic with the cycles of the planets. Astrolgoy recognises our connection with the cycles of our macrocosm.
camij79(Thursday 27th of November 2008 04:06:26 AM)
'The astrologers that were part of the test'. Please be more specific - link to this test - thanks.
No, you're right, astrology and psychology generally lie outside of my field of interest. Given my experiences, I think that psychology does have flaws, but planetary cycles are a fairly vague guide by which to determine human nature. Of course we have A role in the bigger picture, but things like astrology seem to observe our role as the ONLY role, or at least the most important.
zzytrewq(Friday 28th of November 2008 02:33:42 AM)
These seem like quotes straight out of the book of new age wank:
"...are we not part of the big picture..." (Say what??? We exist and believe what we believe.)
"The function of astrology takes into account the life cycle on all levels symbiotic with the cycles of the planets" (So say the astrologers, but no one else.)
"Astrolgoy recognises our connection with the cycles of our macrocosm." (It recognizes what doesn't exist)
Woo woo claims with not one scrap of proof.
