Astrology, it was once remarked, is about as empty as the space it worships. Here are some of the reasons for this:
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How phony are the horoscopes?
While the zodiac signs are technically off due to Earth’s shifting planetary axis, NASA informed its Tumblr followers that there’s nothing “wrong” with their original signs, since astrology has no unique predicting value anyhow. NASA’s tumblr post stated, “So, we didn’t change any zodiac signs.”
Is there any truth to the zodiac signs?
Is astrology accurate? Reading horoscopes is a popular pastime, but is there any scientific evidence that they are accurate?
When you’re enticed by a familiar interruption and your willpower weakens, problems can occur.
Every day, up to 70 million Americans consult their horoscopes. At least, that’s what the American Federation of Astrologers claims. According to a Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life poll conducted twenty years ago, 25% of Americans believe that the positions of the stars and planets have an impact on our daily life. In 2012, the General Social Survey indicated that 34% of Americans think astrology is “extremely” or “kind of scientific,” with the percentage of individuals who think astrology is “not at all scientific” dropping from two-thirds to about half.
Astrology is the concept that astronomical phenomena, such as the stars over your head when you were born or the fact that Mercury is retrograde, have the potential to influence our daily lives and personality traits. Of course, this is distinct from astronomy, which is the scientific study of celestial objects, space, and the physics of the cosmos.
A particular facet of astrology, the foretelling of a person’s future or the provision of daily counsel via horoscopes, is gaining in popularity. The Cut, for example, recorded a 150 percent rise in horoscope page views in 2017 compared to 2016.
Clearly, a lot of people are trying to figure out how to read the stars for guidance. Understanding the positions of the stars is the foundation of astrology, which appears to be a scientific discipline in and of itself. Is there any scientific evidence that astrology has an impact on our personalities and lives?
But, since I still have five minutes of this six-minute podcast to fill, let’s take a look at how astrology has been put to the test.
Why isn’t astrology a reliable source of information?
Astrology is a collection of belief systems that assert that there is a connection between astrological phenomena and events or personality traits in the human world. The scientific community has dismissed astrology as having no explanatory power for describing the universe. Scientific testing has discovered no evidence to back up the astrological traditions’ premises or alleged effects.
Why are the signs of the zodiac incorrect?
The main reason astrological signs don’t align with the zodiac is due to precession, a wobble in the Earth’s spinning axis. The Earth bulges somewhat at the equator as a result of its rotation, similar to how a skater’s skirt fanned out as she spins. The Moon’s and Sun’s gravitational pulls on the bulge, causing the Earth to wobble like a top. Over the period of 25,800 years, the wobble causes the Earth’s axis, which is the center line around which it revolves, to swing in a leisurely circle.
The view of the zodiac from Earth is altered as a result of this movement, with the constellations appearing to slide to the east by around a degree per human lifetime. Hipparchus of Nicaea discovered precession with his naked sight approximately 150 B.C., though it was gradual.
The vernal equinox, or the first day of spring, was in Aries in ancient times. It went into Pisces circa 100 B.C. due to precession, where it is today and will remain until 2700 A.D., when it will move into Aquarius, and so on. It will finally return to Aries after 25,800 years, and the cycle will begin again.
Astrology and its predictions about fate and personality can be entertaining as a game. The subject, on the other hand, has no scientific foundation. It’s the equivalent of the board game “Monopoly” in the real estate market.
Astrology draws attention away from the planets’ very real affects, namely their gravitational interactions with one another, which create true changes in the shapes, sizes, and tilts of their orbits. Past ice eras on Earth were most likely triggered by such shifts. Direct impacts between Earth and celestial bodies can result in dramatic changes, such as the 66 million-year-old impact of an asteroid off the Yucatan Peninsula, which resulted in the extinction of dinosaurs and the advent of mammals.
Astronomical studies will someday allow such events to be predicted, however astrological forecasts will lead to nowhere.
Why is Pisces a phony sign?
People born under the sign of Pisces have no ill will or malice, but they are nevertheless deceitful. The reason for their deception is that they are unable to criticize individuals face to face, so they appear to like things that they truly despise. They can’t be honest or cruel to people’s faces, so they come across as false and two-faced.
Who is the creator of the zodiac?
According to NASA, the Babylonians had already constructed a 12-month calendar based on the phases of the moon when they created the zodiac. Despite the fact that they identified 13 constellations that make up the zodiac, they decided to leave one out so that the zodiac signs would coincide better with their 12-month calendar.
But, before all of you Aries, Cancers, and Leos start making fun of your new Ophiuchus friends, keep in mind that the addition of this 13th constellation shifts every zodiac sign’s time frame slightly, which means that, while I’ve loved my life as a textbook Pisces, I discovered that I’m now an Aquarius after doing my research. (Gasp!)
Although 3,000 years old, this information reappeared this year when NASA disclosed scientific data regarding the Earth’s axis, which has moved and no longer points in the exact same direction as it previously did, affecting the amount of time each constellation is visible in the sky.
The astrology community (and Twitter) went crazy, and many ardent followers assumed NASA was involved “added a sign to the zodiac, causing havoc with the signs we’re all familiar with. That, however, is not the case. NASA omitted an astrological symbol from the design. They wrote a Tumblr blog entry about it “I’ve just done the math. If you want to point the finger, it should go to the ancient Babylonians for leaving Ophiuchus out of the picture in the first place.
Who created the signs of the zodiac?
The constellations that represent the 12 astrological signs each take up a quarter of this belt in principle, although they aren’t properly proportionate in shape or size in reality. They’ve also moved around since the Babylonians initially recorded the zodiac sign system around 450 BCE.
Do the signs of the zodiac have any significance?
It is the individuals, not the zodiac sign, who are responsible for developing connections, according to a Quora writer. All 12 zodiac signs have a positive sign linked with them, but you can’t forecast all of a person’s attributes or character just by glancing at their horoscopes. It is thought that couples with similar spiritual feelings are more likely to bond, whilst couples with incompatible zodiac signs are more likely to split up. This isn’t always the case, though.
Should we trust our horoscopes?
1. There is no substantial evidence for what astrology claims. Astrologers believe that changes in the motion of planets will affect your personality, but NASA has discovered a slew of new planets in addition to the recognized ones.