Astrology and asperger syndrome

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Thats interesting, I wonder if you can see the clues in my brith chart too:

I can't check it myself because I don't understand the articles. My knowledge is limited to common western astrology.

I know that:
- Almost all planets are stuffed near my birth sign (Sagittarius).
- I got Pluto on Scorpio (Pluto is "guardian planet" of Scorpio in western astrology)
- Moon in Cancer (Moon is "guardian planet" of Cancer)
- Mars in Aries (again, "guardian planet")
- Saturn is in Capricorn (again)
- Jupiter (guardian of Sagittarius) is in opposition to its sign.

According to western astrology it means I function in extremes. All my characteristic traits are painfully exaggerated (being evil as Scorpio, loyal as Cancer, brave as Aries, rule bound as Capricorn). And "weak" Jupiter makes it hard for me to use Sagittarius traits (being good leader) despite the fact I have natural talent to it due to being born as Sagittarius. It sounds about right.

It's not like I hate astrology, On fact. I find it quit fascinating. It's just I am getting tired of being told that I am to become this great indigo child of the universe because of my autism. I mean seriously, what is an indigo child? I just don't get it.

Sometimes I read about astrology, I find it to be an amusing fiction. I don't beleive Star Trek is real either but that doesn't stop me from watching it.

As for astrology being a science, it's been practiced for thousands of years, which means it's based on the Ptolemaic system of cosmology in which the planets revolve around the Earth and the constellations are fixed onto the celestial sphere. I wouldn't trust any predictions that are based on how the planets go 'round the Earth.

Because space isn't flat the stars in a constellation may be further away from each other than they appear. In a sense constellations don't really exist, they're an illusion. Furthermore, since astrology has been practiced for thousands of years (probably by self declared Babylonian priests who wanted to get out work), the Earth's axis has shifted since then, so your sign of the Zodiac is off by about two months, as are all other astrological calculations.

Some of those Zodiac personality profiles can be amusing, I notice two things about them. They always say you can at times be outgoing and at times be withdrawn (nearly everyone, the fat part of the bell curve) and the rest of the description consists mainly of compliments e.g. you have esquisite taste, you have an indomitable will... it's pretty easy for people to believe compliments about themselves

Also, a note to all you new age mystics, stop saying we're in the age of aquarius about to enter it. That's not due for another six hundred years

I'm a Sagittarius sun, Aries Moon, Sagittarius Rising, Capricorn Venus, and I forget the rest off the top of my head. I'm a Monkey on the Chinese one. I'm an Elder Raven on the Celtic one. (I have so much fire, it's little wonder I don't like water!) I find that Sagies are more into it than some other signs. I have read a bit about the science side of it, and from what I gather Astrology was a very accepted science, studied at European universities, up until at least the mid 19th Century some 400 years after Galileo (give or take, I'm not looking it up!).

I did find when I was reading my stars everyday, that I would make my day happen according to the reading, so I stopped that. It's probably not a great idea to follow 'fortune telling' too much, but other aspects of it are fascinating. It's something like destiny vs coincidence.

Namaste, Society gives me suicidal tendencies as well - but I like the moon. Illegitimus non carborundum!