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11 Jan 2021, 1:51 am

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The start date seems to be disputable, but since Trump DIDN'T GET REELECTED I'll take this as the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius. I'll work a new refrain to replace "Peace, Love, Woodstock" for this new social awakening. How about "Peace, Sustainability, Diversity" 8).


I am thinking it would be hilarious if this played on inauguration day to celebrate the "end of darkness"

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Praise the sunshine!, let the sunshine in :lol:


Is she going to kiss him,
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Or bite him? Some chompers, she has there. :mrgreen:



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11 Jan 2021, 1:52 am

Pepe wrote:
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The start date seems to be disputable, but since Trump DIDN'T GET REELECTED I'll take this as the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius. I'll work a new refrain to replace "Peace, Love, Woodstock" for this new social awakening. How about "Peace, Sustainability, Diversity" 8).


I am thinking it would be hilarious if this played on inauguration day to celebrate the "end of darkness"

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Praise the sunshine!, let the sunshine in :lol:


Is she going to kiss him,
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Or bite him? Some chompers, she has there. :mrgreen:


When she turns around he's going for the hair



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11 Jan 2021, 3:10 am

Not for another 750 years!

This guy is explaining the whole "Age" thing. And being unusually scientific in his approach to...the psuedoscience of astrology. Interesting though.

He apparently goes by the actual sizes of the constellations in the sky to calculate. Some astrologers just split the sky up into 12 equal parts to calculate it. So thats another controversy.



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11 Jan 2021, 5:23 am

The old astrological signs are now supposed to be out by one month due to constellation drift



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11 Jan 2021, 9:08 am

Astrologers do not agree on when the Aquarian age will start or even if it has already started.  Astronomers -- real scientists -- do not even care.

Most descriptions of this "Age of Aquarius" begin with the words "Astrologers believe...", as if their belief alone somehow proves the assertions that follow.

Mere belief proves nothing.


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11 Jan 2021, 6:21 pm

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Astrologers do not agree on when the Aquarian age will start or even if it has already started.  Astronomers -- real scientists -- do not even care.

Most descriptions of this "Age of Aquarius" begin with the words "Astrologers believe...", as if their belief alone somehow proves the assertions that follow.

Mere belief proves nothing.


Party pooper :(



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11 Jan 2021, 8:41 pm

cyberdad wrote:
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Astrologers do not agree on when the Aquarian age will start or even if it has already started.  Astronomers -- real scientists -- do not even care.

Most descriptions of this "Age of Aquarius" begin with the words "Astrologers believe...", as if their belief alone somehow proves the assertions that follow.

Mere belief proves nothing.


Party pooper :(


A unbeliever ... especially in subtle gravitational field influences on a planetary system wide .....
Next thing you know the misguided idea that the moon does not effect the 9cean and its tides .?


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11 Jan 2021, 8:44 pm

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Astrologers do not agree on when the Aquarian age will start or even if it has already started.  Astronomers -- real scientists -- do not even care.  Most descriptions of this "Age of Aquarius" begin with the words "Astrologers believe...", as if their belief alone somehow proves the assertions that follow.  Mere belief proves nothing.
Party pooper.
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11 Jan 2021, 8:47 pm

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A unbeliever ... especially in subtle gravitational field influences on a planetary system wide ...
Next thing you know the misguided idea that the moon does not effect the ocean and its tides?
There is more of a gravitational effect on you from the monitor you are staring at right now than from the Moon.


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11 Jan 2021, 9:19 pm

Fnord wrote:
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A unbeliever ... especially in subtle gravitational field influences on a planetary system wide ...
Next thing you know the misguided idea that the moon does not effect the ocean and its tides?
There is more of a gravitational effect on you from the monitor you are staring at right now than from the Moon.


Truth is always stranger than fiction Fnord.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2019 ... -wellbeing



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11 Jan 2021, 9:37 pm

"Study Suggests" is not the same as "Research Proves".

17 people is something like 0.0000000022 percent of the global population.

Test subjects reporting their subjective "feelings" is not the same as is not the same as measurements with valid, calibrated scientific instruments,

Finally, another BBC article that is "all over the map" as far as its information is concerned is not the same as a research paper published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

But if it makes you feel happy to believe is mythology, then knock your socks off!


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11 Jan 2021, 9:41 pm

I'm not saying its proof, I'm saying you can't ignore/ridicule a theory when research suggests more work needs to be done.



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11 Jan 2021, 9:50 pm

all i know is that at ground level it feels to me like we're headed for another dark age.



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11 Jan 2021, 9:59 pm

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all i know is that at ground level it feels to me like we're headed for another dark age.
You may be correct; things are likely to get worse before they get better.


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11 Jan 2021, 10:06 pm

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I'm not saying its proof, I'm saying you can't ignore/ridicule a theory when research suggests more work needs to be done.
Says who?  Just because "more work needs to be done" (as if 5000 years is not long enough) to prove the existence of some mythological force does not mean that no one is allowed to cast scorn and ridicule upon it.

But, like I said, if it makes you happy to believe in mythology, knock your socks off!  For that matter, why do YOU not engage in the aforementioned research?  Just do not take too long, please; I will not live forever.  If astrology is proven to be valid, I would like to see it in my own lifetime.


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11 Jan 2021, 10:31 pm

Fnord wrote:
Astrologers do not agree on when the Aquarian age will start or even if it has already started.  Astronomers -- real scientists -- do not even care.

Most descriptions of this "Age of Aquarius" begin with the words "Astrologers believe...", as if their belief alone somehow proves the assertions that follow.

Mere belief proves nothing.


I believe you are right. 8)

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cyberdad wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Astrologers do not agree on when the Aquarian age will start or even if it has already started. Astronomers -- real scientists -- do not even care.

Most descriptions of this "Age of Aquarius" begin with the words "Astrologers believe...", as if their belief alone somehow proves the assertions that follow.

Mere belief proves nothing.


Party pooper :(


A unbeliever ... especially in subtle gravitational field influences on a planetary system wide .....
Next thing you know the misguided idea that the moon does not effect the 9cean and its tides .?


"Evidence." 8)