What's Your Sign, Baby?

[Robert]

Aquarius. A Horse in China

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Robert@Jan 20 2003, 02:37 PM
Aquarius. A Horse in China

You like water polo?

[*KK*]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Jan 20 2003, 09:45 AM
errr wtf does that mean??????



I'm a gemini

That means you're going to die twice.

[Robert]

Originally posted by Colin@Jan 20 2003, 02:41 PM
You like water polo?

If only that Chinese thing had meant "hung like a", my life could have been so different

[gigi]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Jan 20 2003, 12:45 PM

errr wtf does that mean??????



I'm a gemini

hehehe, that just means that you like people to think you 'sting' but really yer just a big cat.

But now I know why there's this 'double' feeling about you....the twins of course. :P

[gigi]

Originally posted by Colin@Jan 20 2003, 05:43 AM
Constellation Dates

Capricornus January 19 to February 15
Aquarius February 16 to March 11
Pisces March 12 to April 18
Aries April 19 to May 13
Taurus May 14 to June 19
Gemini June 20 to July 20
Cancer July 21 to August 9
Leo August 10 to September 15
Virgo September 16 to October 30
Libra October 31 to November 22
Scorpius November 23 to November 29
Ophiuchus November 30 to December 17
Sagittarius December 18 to January 18

By the old table I was a sagitarrius. Fire sign, right?

Interesting chart. I remember checking it out when you posted a url before.

That chart makes me a pisces.

And yes, Sag is a fire sign.

3 signs per element:
Earth: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Air: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Fire: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Water: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Here's an interesting article on Ophiuchus that says basically what you are saying Colin:
http://www.griffithobs.org/SkyOphiuchus.html
This one's rather funny...lol:
http://www.kernel.uky.edu/1996/spring/0424/n13f.html
There were many more also supporting these claims.

I also found a few articles that refuted those claims...example:
http://www.devineadvantage.com/articles/ophiuchus.htm
http://www.astarotology.com/ophiucus.html
http://www.elysian.co.uk/askastrologerarch...20heard%20about

I do agree with Troland though:

"Astrology, I think, survives because it appeals to peoples' romantic inclinations to believe in magic. "It appeals to a very deep and profound desire that people have to see meaning where they don't see it otherwise, and also to be able to predict, to some extent, things that will happen in the future," he said.

But in all honesty...is that such a bad thing????



Last edited by gigi at Jan 20 2003, 04:47 PM

[Nickatilynx]

that you like people to think you 'sting' but really yer just a big cat.

errr so now I'm a pussy!!!! Great!!!!

I'm a slut and a pussy all in one day!!!

[gigi]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Jan 20 2003, 04:48 PM

errr so now I'm a pussy!!!! Great!!!!

I'm a slut and a pussy all in one day!!!

ROTFLMAO!! h34r:

[Forest]

Im a Leo

go figya

[Almighty Colin]

Gigi,

Those are all interesting articles. It is true that you can mentally reset the zodiac on the vernal equinox to Aries. Of course, that is a mental point only and has no correspondence to the physical world.

A few errors I read.

1. Ophiuchus and Hercules are actually separate and distinct contellations, not the same one.

2. Ophiuchus cannot have been discovered. Constellations are defined, not found. They have no basic in reality as a unit. Stars in two separate constellations may very well be and often are closer to each other than stars that are in the same constellation. We are effectively viewing three dimensional space in two dimensions.

There are actually times when the Sun is not in any constellation. Consider that constellations don't overlap. One could argue that astrology deals with symbolic relationships only and that there is no correspondence between astrology and astronomical objects. Of course, then the question is why would one refer to astronomical objects at all? Why not just use dates?

[gigi]

Yup, I agree completely Colin. I didn't find any rebuttles satisfyingly convincing...even though I wanted to.

One more to add to your list:

One article says Ophiuchus was just recently 'found'....while the others say astrologers have 'known' about Ophiuchus for hundreds of years.....tsk tsk.

There are actually times when the Sun is not in any constellation.

This one I totally noticed in the article with the map. Also, Aries isn't even ON the band in that map!

I was born in a void.

[Vick]

Alex, I'll take famous quotes about Astrology for $200


"Any relationship between Astrology and Reality is purely coincidental and accidental "


...... Vick 2003 :P

I'm a gemini

But in Nick's case, they're both evil twins

[gigi]

One thing I can say....

Of course, then the question is why would one refer to astronomical objects at all? Why not just use dates?

Symbols have been used for thousands of years to help people relate to different concepts. It would be easy to say that the constellations and what they represent were used to help people understand the concept behind astrology. They could have just as easily chosen tree species, I suppose, or anything that the people of the time could relate to....and at that time, it was nature and the 'stars' that were prominent in people's lives.

[JFK]

Its Aries Baby