Ghosts, UFOs, ESP, Astrology, Free Energy, Clairvoyant........

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20. Yes, of course I can tell what sign you are

You were born under the sign of: Jerk. -- just kidding. Don't alert, really, it's just a joke.

* There is no force, known or unknown, that could possibly affect us here on Earth the way astrologers claim.

Uh, no. There is no force that YOU know of. There is no force currently understood by our Newtonian scientists. (I suspect quantum scientists are quite a bit closer.)

* Astrologers tend to rely on our ability to remember hits and forget misses. Even an accurate prediction may be simple chance.

Well, that's your interpretation, which I consider as accurate as anything else you've so far said. Astrologers don't even give such a thing a thought -- they don't need to. CHARLATANS and scam artists might, but they're very few and far between among astrologers because the payout just isn't there.

* Study after study has shown that claims and predictions made by astrologers have no merit. They are indistinguishable from chance, which means astrologers cannot claim to have some ability to predict your life's path.

Well, from my perspective, prediction is difficult -- it helps if the astrologer is part psychic and many are. Prediction is difficult because the various parts and pieces can all mean so many different things. I'll explain a little more about that in a minute. First let me dispense with this little bit of nonsense:

* There is harm, real harm, in astrology. It weakens further people's ability to rationally look at the world, an ability we need now more than ever.

And *I* believe we need the transcendent, the subjective, the heart-centered, the soul-centered, the numinous, the mysterious, the unexplained and unexplainable, in short the spiritual more than ever. It is our over-reliance on rationality at the expense of listening to and heeding our hearts and souls that has led us to where we are today. YMMV, of course. And part of that is becausse we are more than our rational minds: we are Spirit having a physical existence. We cut off our connection to Source at our own peril, and that's what a 100% adherence to and reliance on the purely rational will do for you. Rational + Subjective = Whole Brain. They are both needed, even in the strictest scientific settings.

Nor is there any evidence at all that your fear of astrology rotting practitioners' or followers' minds has any merit whatsoever.

See my next post for more on predictability and repeatability.