Comments on: The Power of Pluto

By: David

David — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:13:12 +0000

Thanks for weighing in folks, and thanks for the clever linkage, Owen! Good stuff.

By: OwenKL

OwenKL — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:30:02 +0000

Three cartoons on the subject: Making ItAnd my own: Money Talks #628 & Money Talks #627

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:37:50 +0000

“will not affect _astrologers’_ forecasts”, and isn’t “70-some-odd” redundant? I know, my submission isn’t exactly grammatically correct, but you know where I stand at.

By: elsa

elsa — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:54:44 +0000

I am an astrologer and can’t imagine that what a few people say about the status of a planet is going to affect the planet all that much. ;)

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:46:29 +0000

I think it just does a further job of pointing out the ridiculousness of astrology (not that anyone needed any help).

As many scientists have pointed out, the gravitational effects of the planets at the time of your birth are less than the gravitational effect of the doctor or midwife assisting with the birth. Do people who were delivered by fat doctors have different personalities?

The full moon effect has been debunked numerous times as well (except for the dog barking thing – I’m sure they just see more stuff to bark at when the moon is full).

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:13:33 +0000

I’m with Mary in my curiosity about where astrology stood for the thousands of years before we had telescopes. Surely each new discovery led to a lot of recalculation.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:36:48 +0000

What I want to know is, what did astrologers say before Pluto was discovered in 1930? Did they believe in a Planet X that was “an indicator of transformation, rebirth, personal power, and sexual issues?” Or were they sort of “a ha, *that’s* what was causing all those slightly off-base predictions?”