Horoscopes

One more hot-iron topic in the land of manipulation

Once there was a phase in life when our parents opened our eyes by explaining that there are "two kinds of people" like with birds and bees. And now astrologers want to make us believe there are twelve kinds! Being a rather scientifically oriented sceptic myself, I have come to believe there are really millions of kinds of people. Mentally, this huge mass can be reduced by dividing it into races or types at best.
Partition according to planetary configuration or stellar constellation during birth is bare nonsense, alas profitable nonsense.

Hitherto, not a single astrologer was capable to explain how, exactly a stellar constellation is to influence a human's future fundamental character at birth. True, certain earth-near bodies exert an important influence on our environment and even on ourselves. The sun comes to mind, making life possible in the first place. Then the moon controlling menstruation and the tides. Finally, the unceasing rain of cosmic particles and the variable bombardment with radiation may produce certain changes in us.
Remember that astrology originates from a time when solar eclipses, the apparently erratic path of planets, the occurrence of comets or the coming and going of sun spots were not as well explained as they are today. No wonder medieval man tried hard to find a steering mechanism in the starry sky for his constitution and his fate .
Of course the character of man is not formed during his birth month or even birth hour, but before as well as long after birth. The "constellation" of genes and of the environment influence human behaviour, character and thus fate to a much greater extent than the position of the 55 million kilometers distant Mars during the hour of birth.
Let us not forget that what we call stellar constellations are randomly drawn lines between bodies situated at enormously variable distances. In these products of fantasy the predecessors of modern astronomers saw mythological figures which controlled the fate of their very small universe.

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