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Astrology really works, doesn't it?
'Even Nostradamus got things wrong', says astrologer who advised Sri Lanka's president to call election "As a defeated Mahinda Rajapaksa slunk out of Sri Lankas presidential palace, the astrologer who counselled him to call a disastrous early election was gloomily packing his bags on the other side of town. Not all of Nostradamus predictions have come true either, said Sumanadasa Abeygunawardena as he reflected both on the fate of his vanquished boss and his own reputation as a seer. There was only so much I could do to help him win, maybe 5%. But you must have luck to be the president. The 63-year-old Abeygunawardena has been avoiding the media since last Thursdays election, his reputation having taken a pounding from veteran leader Rajapaksas defeat to his rival Maithripala Sirisena.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/13/nostradamus-wrong-astrologer-advised-sri-lankas-president-election
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Astrology really works, doesn't it? (Original Post)
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Jan 2015
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trotsky
(49,533 posts)1. It sure does! Except when it doesn't.
But what's so cool is that when it doesn't, then there was obviously a reason! Therefore astrology is still true!
Silent3
(15,909 posts)2. Probably too many damned skeptics...
...sending out their negative vibes and messing things up.
Or maybe GMOs.
It's always vaccines.
Silent3
(15,909 posts)4. The mercury in the vaccines was retrograde. n/t
I think you're onto something there!!
William Seger
(11,040 posts)6. Guess he could come to the States
Being wrong didn't slow down Sylvia Browne very much.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)7. Even Nostradamus got things wrong
.... or at least not murky and vague enough to interpret any way you want every time.....