i just love it when...

[acroyear]

...astrologers are getting together (virtually speaking) to claim that an astronomer pointing out how much of a scam astrology is, is itself a scam.

i especially love how they claim modern astrology began with Ptolemy (who was probably the most observant *astronomer* the classical world had, even if he did have a few daft conclusions here and there) and yet it is a "seasons" based astrology and not a *stars* based astrology.  That's for those *other* astrologers.

sorry, but any last credence in astrology i could have possibly had disappeared when Rupert was discovered.

and most of my respect for some astronomers also disappeared when they totally failed to name it Rupert when it was found.

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[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

Just another faith-based belief structure.

[bronxelf-ag001.livejournal.com]

when Rupert was discovered.

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/bronxelf/5348146433/)

Rupert disapproves. He says he was already here.

[vconaway.livejournal.com]

But most of the early astronomers, up to and including Kepler, were astrologers; it was their day job. The best way to get funding for astronomical research was to pitch it as prognostication, and history doesn't record to what extent they subscribed to it.

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

precisely, which is why this idea that astrology is related to the seasons (thus staying 12, not 13) and not the stars themselves is utter crap, a post-facto defense to keep things as they were and make it clear THEY are still in charge.

in short, the ultimate cop out to saying that science and any form of rational or reasonable thought really does have no say whatsoever in what it is they do.