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Astrodienst Online Feedback Area Archive April 2005I have stopped using credit cards and need to renew my extended daily horoscope. Is it possible to send a money order? Thanks for your attention.
Linda P o t v i n- J o n e s
Ich bin erstaunt über euch. Nur eine Frage ist zu kurz gekommen.. Eignet sich dieses Jahr und wann am besten für eine Hochzeit? Macht weiter so...
Ulla
Sehr geehrtes Astro-Team, ich habe mir von Ihnen mein Geburtshoroskop (APG AstroText Persönlich, Robert Pelletier) erstellen lassen und schätze dieses sehr.
Ich habe bislang nichts zu Karma readings auf der www.astro.com gefunden.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Sylvia B r a u n [ nregy/ygerna ät web/de ]
Liebes Astroteam, Hier wieder einmal vielen Dank für eure Arbeit. Ich bin jeden Tag bei euch im Netz. Im Moment läuft bei mir der Transit Chiron Opposition Saturn. Da ich in meinem Geburtshoroskop den Chiron im Quadrat zu Saturn habe, läuft der laufende Chiron jetzt auch grad im Quadrat zu meinem Geburtschiron. Was sagt der Astrodienst zu Chiron Quadrat Chiron? Vielen Dank und alles Liebe!
Simone B o u v r o t
Hello,
I, want to change my PASSWORD. Please help, thank you.
Nancy P a y n e
Wie individuell und zutreffend können die Psychologischen Horoskope zweier Menschen sein, die zufällig am gleichen Ort, zur (etwa) gleichen Zeit geboren worden sind? Mit besten Grüßen U.
Ute
Hello Astroteam
Some grammatically corretion. Under my country GREENLAND, my birth town
SISIMUT is spelled wrong. So I would preferred to see it like this -
SISIMIUT. Smiles Aviaja
Aviaja
Hello everyone! Just a note to say thank you for the wonderful resource you all provide--astrodienst is the best horoscope source I have ever seen. I'm sorry that I cannot afford to provide monetary support, but I do have warm thanks and sunny thoughts to give! I spread the good word whenever possible--hopefully it's advertising that will lead to future monetary rewards for all of you. Thank you again. Your work helps me to figure out my days when I need a new perspective. Tiffany in Ohio
Tiffany B a l l
Hello Astro Team!
Site is great, and probably hit count talks more than my comliments. However
I wanted to ask for some thing I have been thinking. I am planning to built
personal web page for my friends - forums, etc. and it would be very nice to
include planet current position data, just like in your start page. There are
java scripts, and other ways to implement this, but your page could only gain
hits, as well as its a great free banner. Thank You! arno
Radioactive L i q u i d s i l v e r
Hello, I would like to know if Robert Pelletier (since you post his interpreations on your site) still does charts and interpretations. I'm a big fan of his work and would personally like him to do a natal interpretation for me. Sincerely, M K
M K
I have always understood that the position of the Part of Fortune is calculated by taking the distance from a chart's Sun to a chart's Moon and adding it to the chart's Ascendant. You appear to be using a different method. Can you tell me what formula you are using? Thank you.
Thomas W
I think that you have VERY accurate detailed horoscope information. However, I had a problem today, Thursday ( within the time zone): I could not access the extended readings offered only on Thursday. ??
D M a r i e
Many Thanks for providing an excellent free service for people wishing to explore astrology. Your software is exceptionally good and more importantly user-friendly. I have been using your site for sometime and it has helped me further my own studies in astrology. Keep up the good work.
Patricia M o r g u n n [ ugrom/morgunn2 ãt hotmail/com ]
I have used your site for years and have ordered in the past. I like your site and the products I have ordered have all been very professionally done and as described. I want to order WOW if it is actually an updated version. I have both of the programs but the transits stop with 2000 so it is no longer useful. Do I need to buy the new program or is there an update available? If I need to buy the new program how far forward do the transits go? Thank you for the well done web site.
Loretta R T o r r e s
Thanks for the free site. I wish there were past life sections or more information regarding it so that I can understand and learn about my past life or if something is referencing to in regard to past life. Also, a dream interpretation and search option would be beneficial for this website. Lots of people would use it, most likely, and I type this because I believe this place has some accurate wisdom.
Brian B r y a n t
Given my natal chart, I am wondering about the most beneficial places to live. Is there a method or service for determining this?
bETSY h O U S E R
I've enjoyed reading the comparisons of astrology and Jungian psychological type. What is your feeling of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator or Keirsey Temperament Sorter? I've been studying both for a while now, but find myself coming back to astrology searching for connecting patterns. Where in the MBTI and Keirsey models, I come out strongly intuitive (represented by my seven fire signs all in major planets and the sun) with a Feeling augment (not represented in my sign, which suggest a Thinking secondary preference). Additionally, my Astrodienst personality report seems to suggest a highly extroverted personality type, but I am actually introverted on the MBTI and Keirsey models (and have always been a bit shy). How does Introversion/Extroversion show itself in one's chart? Well, I have many more questions, but I will leave that for later. Blessings - to you and your wonderful site. JDM
John M i t c h e l l
I'm working on a persons chart and by the tables I'm using (The only astrology book you'll ever need by Joanna Martine Woolfolk) the chart says this person, Vik, is an Aries rising. your chart says she's Pisces rising. Something must be wrong in the information I gave your computer. When I say Lynwood, it is in Los Angeles, CA, so I use the 30 degrees north tables. please advise on getting/giving the correct information.
Aa T t
I am hoping that you can help me. I am interested in getting a relationship report, however there is one problem. My partner does not know if his birthtime was a few minutes after midnight on 1/20 or a few minutes before midnight on 1/21. How can we get an accurate report under these conditions?
Christine B e r g e r
Hi, Thanks for being here. I and another person have a yod in our composite chart. what does it mean?
Byron M c r e y n o l d s
Hello, is it possible to use any of your wonderful free programs to calculate the minor aspects such as quintiles?
Regards and thank you for the web-site,
Conor M u r l e y
hablo en español siento no saber nada de ingles espero ser traducido por vuestro grupo de traductores mi web es www.vicentegala.com os invito a que la recorrais y aprecieis la astrología que realizo es astrologia cientifica y predictiva basada en astrologia mundial hay libros mios para bajar y se actualiza la web semanalmente un abrazote a los que me entendais chao
Vicente G a l a [ neciv/vicente191961 ét yahoo/es ]
Liebes Astrodienst-Team, vorerst herzlichen Dank dafür, dass es Ihre Seite gibt! Ich profitiere oft davon, vor allem freut es mich, dass ich ohne viel Umtriebe rasch zu einer Horoskop-Berechnung komme und auch die Transiten rasch abfragen kann. Obwohl ich mich selber auch schon seit langem mit Astrologie befasse, würde ich mich gerne wieder einmal von einem Berufsastrologen beraten lassen. Dazu meine Frage: Gibt es bei Ihnen auch Angebote für persönliche Beratungen? Ich habe in Ihrer Homepage nichts gefunden. Oder könnten Sie mir ev. einen versierten Astrologen empfehlen? - Nochmals besten Dank für Ihre Angebote und freundl. Grüsse G.Barandun
Georg B a r a n d u n
Hi The site is fantastic - one thing i thought i'd like to see - an ideal job chart based on one's natal chart. You alluded to my dream job in general terms - that i'd chooses a job with lots of emotional feedback from the pople i worked with and for , but i'd love to have an idea of what field that is in ( though i have a terrible suspicion it is going to be teaching!!!). Thanks
Leanne
Dear staff at Astrodienst! Here are some thoughts that’s been interrupting me a couple of weeks. I’ll pass them on to you, maybe you could make better use of them! I´m one of your regular visitors at www.astro.com. Some month ago I reached the limited 100 persons-list at “My astro” and had to delete some and start all over again. There are great gifts you offer us here! •First - a question: the reason for not including a combined progression + transit -chart in the free “Extended Chart Selection”, is that, that some of the charts in the Astro Shop are based on them? (That choice available would be much appreciated by me.) •Maybe this is a rude question that severely annoys the authors of the horoscopes, but: have you ever thought of offering the charts in the Astro-shop with the aspects all written out in figures, beside the interpretation, for us eager amateur-astrologers to grow faster? I know there is the chart-picture to look at, but you know as well as I that there are some billions of facts to weigh into every area of the written horoscope-interpretation. I guess this question belongs to the rude ones because it asks for some of the “secret tools” of the astrologer in question. (But I would be willing to pay for it.) •And – when it comes to money, I would also be willing to pay for the excellent service you offers through the My Astro-data base! (That one, together with the extended chart selection and some of your interactive ones is the reason I´ve developed my astro-skills the last years. And it’s all for free - amazing!) •Finally – a couple of reflections going on your free “Interactive Travel-horoscope”: a list of the aspects included in the personalized map, together with their interpretations would be a treat. If this came with the possibility to, with a mouse-click, be transferred to the actual aspect-line on the map it would be perfect. (I have problem distinguishing the separate lines in the world-map, my eyes are running and I´m looking like some badger cutting onion for her living.) I know some of these questions are like asking Santa for more gifts – it’s incredibly rude! I take the risk and submit this feedback with an apologize…! Best regards/ Ylva H
Ylva Hå l l a n d e r
Hello, I received your free short-chart this morning. Info about me: I was born on 2-5-61 on an Air Force Base in Bitburg, Germany. Your reading said that my Sun sign is Aquarius, my ascendant is Scorpio, and my Moon is in Libra. Every chart I have had done in my life (4 or 5) have reported that my rising sign (ascendant) is Cancer. Can you please explain why you found my rising sign to be Scorpio? I am kind of stunned. Thanks very much. ~Dawn
Dawn
Dear Astro, I studied astrology with an eccentric englishman Keith Thomas, dearly departed. He was a Double Saggitarius, Sun + Rising Sign. He used to tell me that his Job was Teacher of Teachers and to only use Equal House System. Well I have had great success with this and your website is a great service to mankind and therefore to God. Thank you for your unstinting free service. I would just like you to note that your listing for the City East Fremantle in Perth Western Australia is misspelt with a double E, and should be spelt East Fremantle. It is to be pronounced Frem-antle and not Free-mantle. Fremantle is the Port City of Perth, the Capitol City of Western Australia and of note we were first to take the America's cup from the Americans in over 150 years. Thanks for the great service, you are a beacon whilst I attempt to transcend Saturn Opposition Saturn, Jupiter Square Jupiter and Sun, Uranus Opposition Pluto, Neptune Square Ascendent and Saturn conjunct MC, sometimes I feel that you help keep breath in my lungs!
George C a r e y [ yerac/careyg êt iinet/net/au ] Alois adds: Thanks for the feedback. Fremantle has always been correctly in the database; only East Fremantle had the wrong spelling, until just now, and this has been fixed. Thanks to Tom London on his contribution to the menstruation debate. Was anything said about astronomical objects other than the moon? Celeste, thanks for the compliment. Alois, good to know that you are not the bel homme sans merci! Thanks heaps.
Love, Peace, and Happiness'
Peace P h i l o s o p h e r
Hallo Astrodienst, danke, dass Ihr besteht! Ich bin Neuling und habe gerade entdeckt, dass meine Tochter und ich nicht nur gleichen ASC im Geburtshoroskop haben, sondern auch im Solar des laufenden Jahres und dem des nächsten Jahres. Ist das Zufall? Und wäre es sinnvoll um ein Astro Click Partner Horoskop mit den Daten unseres Solars zu erstellen um eine Art Thema (der Beziehung) für die kommende Zeit zu erkennen?
Sandy H e g e r Alois adds: Wenn Ihr Altersunderschied ein Vielfaches von 4 Jahren ist, so ist diese Parallelität der Solaraszendenten nicht zufällig, sondern im System der Schaltjahre bedingt. Ich glaube nicht, dass mit Ihrer Idee eine sinnvolle Aussage zur aktuellen Partnerschaft gewonnen wird. Eher würde ich die Transite beider Personen ansehen, sowie die Transite über das Komposit. Dazu sind aber nicht Deutungen bei uns abrufbar, Sie müssten schon ein Buch bemühen. Regarding the recent debate on this feedback regarding menstruation, I have just been reading Lyall Watson's excellent book 'Supernature' (first published in 1973.) In the book Watson writes: 'The great Swiss chemist Svante Arrhenius once recorded 11,807 menstrual periods. He found that there was a slight relationship to the lunar cycle: the onset of bleeding occurred more often during the waxing than the waning moon, with a peak on the evening before new moon.' A recent German study of ten thousand menstruations also found a peak near the new moon.
On another matter, the same book says that in the northern hemisphere more
children are born in May and June and the fewest in November and
December.
Tom L o n d o n
Dear Alois, I have been using this site for many years and still love the quality. It's great to see that it's still free (really free). Is it possible to make a chart of Portugal? Kind regards, Wim
Wim M i n t e n
I would just like to say that your site is the BEST. It gives horoscopes that are insightful and can be adapted to ones life. I have gotten my mom, twin brother, best friends, boyfriends, co-workers and many others to come and join. Everyone loves it and thanks me for telling them about ASTRO.COM. I thank my father Sergey Dolgikh, from Suquamish, WA for telling me about your site. Overall, just a big Thank you.
Nana D o l g i k h [ niwtn/ntwinky ät hotmail/com ]
I'd like to find a service where you can look for people with certain astrological features, as f.ex. a astrological contact agency. Would be nice to find those persons with almost the same horoscope as I have to exchange experiences. Do anybody know a website like that?
Obilot Z e u s c h e l
Dear Alois, I'm the person who's been writing of late about John Paul II, I've just seen where you've made a comment on the 'New' Royal Couple, and I was wondering if you would responde to my request. There seems to be differing data available on his time of birth. You have listed one, and another I've found attributes their data from actual dialogue from the Pope. Can you address this contradiction at all? Can you perhaps confirm your belief the data you have is indeed correct? I'm inclined to follow your lead, as I've said before, however I am interested in knowing whether you've perhaps re--addressed the situation and found your data to be correct. Thanks very much, I appreciate the work you do.
A C a n a d i a n
Thank you Alois, I must have been overlooking this chart for years. Thank you for showing me the right direction. The couple is amazing! Thanks again for everything!
Alberta
Dear AstroTeam and Feedback Readers: Do you know the exact birthday data of Camilla Parker Bowles? I would love to do a composite chart with Prince Charles just for my study purposes?
Thanks for any help.
Alberta Alois adds: If you visit our 'example reports section' or Astroshop -> relationship horoscope, you will find as a exmaple the relationship horoscope of Charles and Camilla. It has been there since more than five years! We have always found them a very apt couple. hi!! my name is sara and i´d like to make a simple question: do you know another way to make the partner chart a part from the middle points??? thanks
Sara L o p e z Alois adds: Another way than what? It is called the Composit horoscope and available on our website. Hi, I was born in Peru and I now reside in New York. Should I use Peru or New York when creating charts?
Ceallyblue
PP and Bob Salmon and friends, please don't stop talking, the voices sound real! Refreshing! Alive! What for instance is the effect and,or message of the New Moon and the Eclipse on weddings and funerals, or should it be the other way around? And what on earth is rationist? What are you rationing? ... Hope you are smiling, I am! Cheers
Celeste M u l h o l l a n d
To Bob Salmon: thanks! Will look up those names during our Semester break, and before the next batch of 100 first year papers come in! So far, my break has been about not breaking. Just in case more persons out there are still confusing some of we rational types with persons like 'economic rationalists' (who are in fact irrationally motivated selfish thugs and rationists and not rationalists at all), my personal tarot readings keep aligning with astro.com's personal daily reports... Bob, perhaps, or someone else perhaps, might have a suggestion on such constants and whether such constants constitute coincidences or not, and whether these are uncanny, or whether, I am finally coming into tune with the cosmos. To all interested in the female menstrual cycle. I don't know whether any other astronomical object other than the moon has anything to do with it or not. I do know, however, that my Chinese medicine and western medicine trained acupuncturist, and my Egypt and west trained homeopath (fondly known as the alchemist), and every single one of the more wisdom focussed gynaecologists I have had, as well as Aristotle, all say that the female period usually lands between the half and the full moon. Mine aligns with the full moon every four months, then with the 3/4 full, then the 1/2 full, then the 1/8, for the ensuing three, and so on and so on, over and over again. As such, if the non-full moon periods align with the moon, and if there is some other astronomical entitiy that accounts for the 3/4, then perhaps yet another accounts for the 1/2, and yet another with the 1/8. I have no idea how the other three objects could be accounted for, if such things as precession are factored in. Over the period of years that I have attempted to keep careful track of my cycle, my period never ever lands in the 3 days of Hecate... Also, at a certain stage of my life (now fortunately long past), I attempted to meditate my period into always landing on the full moon, and always on the full moon. I ended up having a break-down/epiphany that took a lot of work to recover from. From my perception of what it is to be rational (tuning in with, and living by both the human and the cosmic logos - the cosmic one being a whole of lot easier to tune into, given the feral nutcases out there), the reason why I went through the schism, is because the meditative project was antagonistic to the cosmic logos. I tried to set my humanity above the cosmic logos, rather than tuning my puny little self to the cosmos, the matter of accepting that the cosmos does have its own logos, whether I like it or not. So, to all who give a hoot about such things, this rather accounts for the serene thrill I am experiencing when I do my 'reality check' tarot readings. Alois, despite your lack of female genitalia and other qualifying bits and pieces, would you please suggest some answers to the female period question. As far as I am concerned, other than Bob Salmon's question, that is by far the best question that has been posed all year! Thanks Memorexe... Hey Pam Johnson: do you live in Guelph, or go to Guelph? If P.J. goes to Guelph, she is very, very likely to be , if not an expert on such things as Popes, a specialist in such things as Popes, and I would most definitely keep an ear out for further input from P.J.
Love, Peace, and Happiness
PP
To: The Canadian Just for the record, Alois is very much a man! Just thought you might like to know. :)
Dave [ ebnus/sunbear át cox/net ]
To Pamela Young, (if you're still listening). Thanks very much, the site you referred to is the site I'd originally gone to. I have a feeling the Astrodienst team probably has the right date. If we could get Alois to respond to this, perhaps she'd be able to say whether she thought the Astrodienst time was correct, or that the other might be correct. I'd really like to know what she, thinks. With the other chart, the Pontiff's Taurus/Gemini Stellium falls into the 8th house, he felt strongly about birth and death and was willing to discuss sexuality The Astrodienst chart puts the Stellium into the 9th house, and he was a philosopher by nature. Also Libra rising on the other chart coincides with his attracitve features, however a Virgo rising leans towards a life of service. Can you weigh in on this please Alois???
The C a n a d i a n
Hi, I was wondering: is it possible for a menstrual cycle to follow another nearby body--like Venus or Mercury--instead of the moon? Also, do you think satellites have any astrological impact on our charts? Astrodienst is a perpetual font of insight. Thanks, memorexe
memorexe [ romem/memorexe át hotmail/com ]
Hello to all of you at Astro-Dienst-Team, I have been visiting the site quite often, and appreciate all the effort. It is a wonderful job! You provide insight into many aspects of life for everyone and guidance too. I also appreciated the effort behind the 'Asto-Click-Travel' feature, which gives a clear picture of the influence of a location on a person. In the current version, the user needs to click on the location of interest on the map. However, owing to the resolution of the map, screen, and mouse positionings, one cannot exactly click the precise place of interest. Instead if the user could input the Latitude and Longitude co-ordinates of the place of interest, then the location would be selected more accurately. Hope to see this feature incorporated, soon. With best wishes regards Jagadeesh
Bangalore J a g a d e e s h
I receive the daily horoscope reading and it seems to me that the reading for tomorrow is the one that is relevant for today. Could that be because of the date line?
Zoe C a m p b e l l
Hi Alois - Is there any way to find out when the moon will be going off course for a day or day(s) in the future on this site? For instance, in the daily extended horoscope (which I have purchased and I love), it gives aspects happening to my personal chart. I am wondering if there exists a way to see the planets in relationship to each other in such a format.
Thanks so much,
Emily
Hey, Grateful Canadian, who wrote on April 5 re Pope John-Paul II having Virgo rising: you might want to check out the discussion at www.astrodatabank.com, with regard to the birthtime of Pope John-Paul. Over the years, a number of different times have been recorded, here and there, but according to astrodatabank.com, which is the website of the late Lois Rodden, who was the preeminent authority on birthtimes in the world astrological community, Pope John-Paul himself said that he was born betwen five and six p.m.Check it out.
Pamela Y o u n g
dear astro team everyone i am wondering how i can get information regarding the significance of chiron's current position in my sign of aquarius (leo rising/leo moon/saturn in gemini/jupiter in aquarius). also, i am trying to evaluate my career options needs/desires, and i know i have mars in the 10th house and venus in the 6th. what does this premliminary info say about me? what are some good resources for finding out more about these placements? thanks in advance
alexandra b r a v a
Those with an answer could you please reply to bohemian_simian*yahoo.com.sg Thanks
Evan T o h
A person I know was born at midnight...her legs came out first at midnight.....her head came out 45 minutes later... How do I construct a natal chart for this?
Evan T o h
Haven't written in a long while - the site is great as usual - trying to chart someone who was born in the Pacific Ocean in International Waters, exact location unknown????? How do I do that? Julia
Julia A l l e n
IN my son's astro chart, I dont find any planets in the 10th house, which is the house for a career/job. What does this mean? Amu
Amu M a n i
In Gratis-Horoskope steht dem Sinne nach unter dem Aspekt Pluto Opposition Uranus - die Vergangenheit loslassen - man solle nicht gegen Veränderungen ankämpfen, sonst könne man zum Opfer werden. Die Begriffe - ankämpfen und zum Opfer werden - sind meiner Meinung nach zu wenig genau ausgedrückt. So etwas macht mir Angst. Freundlicher Gruss, Doriana
Doriana
I am the person who wrote very recently saying I had added Pope John Paul II's data to my group. Among other observations, I alluded to the fact the Pontiff had had a Libra Rising, the assumption being the time of birth I had found noted most often on the net to be correct at 17:30 hrs. What I did today was to go to the Astro-Twins link for him, and there you had the Pontiff's chart with a Virgo Rising, which makes a lot of sense, and the birth time was 13:53 hrs. I am going to follow your lead as I'm sure you've done your homework, and the timing is correct. So once again, Thank You!!!!!
Grateful C a n a d i a n
The U.K.'s Sunday Times newspaper has just published its annual Rich List listing those U.K. residents with fortunes from £50 million up to the richest person with £14,800 million sterling. The newspaper provides signs for all but twenty-one of the 1082 people listed. (Approximately one quarter inherited their wealth.)
Gemini 118
Tom L o n d o n
I have entered Pope John Paul II in my astro data, and I've been able to see his chart. I can't tell you how much I appreciate being able to do this. The insight is invaluable. The Libra Rising, the Sun, Moon conjunction in the 8th house, the Leo influence at the top of the chart and the double T-square involving both the Sun and the Moon, all valuable confirmation of an extraordinary life. You've shone addtional light on, in my estimation, the most extroaordinary spiritual entity of my lifetime. Thank you so much.
Grateful r e c i p i e n t
PP, I agree that many scientists are very tuned-in to the Universe. So . . . it seems to me that you feel that the names of the outer planets were chosen by people who somehow sensed the inner nature of those planets. Yes, I guess that's very possible. Thanks very much for your thoughts on the subject. Bob Salmon
Bob S a l m o n
Have you ever considered including heliocentric charts and reports? I'm wondering how much progress has been made in the last 15 years or so on interpretation and verification.
Sandra I r b y Alois adds: You can create heliocentric charts (but no readings for them) on our system, see extended chart selection, zodiac choices. Have you considered making your products available via RSS? At least for the free products, it might greatly extend your reach (e.g. you could appear on My Yahoo! without having to do anything at all). You would have to arrange it so that everything needed to produce the data is encoded in the URL itself, but perhaps your web application is already set up that way.
Sean L e v y
Reply to Zenlibra: perhaps you don't know yourself as well as you think you do. I would also seriously question how zen it is to write of your disappointment with a particular person, and tell all and sundry 'to get rid of Mr. Pelletier' in a public forum. What's next for you, sweetie: ruling the world? I hope not, as you are quite clearly out of balance. Reply to Asun: as you are clearly unable to tap into the notion of rationality, I question your grasp of the concept of 'irrationality'. You clearly do not have the open mind you think you have, as you have confined your 'study', a term you have confused with swallowing the stupid whole, hook line and sinker, to modern writing. If you had read any ancient writing at all, you would understand that 'soul' is only one way of translating the Ancient Greek word psyche, which is also translated to mind. Very few ancients actually believed in the 'soul' that you clearly believe in, as they were monists, and not substance dualists, which is an invention of Hinduism, Zoriastrianism, and Christianity (unless of course we are speaking of Plotinus, who was influenced by all three).
Peace, Love, and Happiness
PP
Reply to Bob Salmon: it is a coincidence, but not sure how amazing it is, if we take the following theory, which is based on some empirical evidence, into account. The theory: there are numerous scientists, philosphers, pscho-therapists and other persons, who are far more open-minded - not to say far more interesting - than their professional peers. These persons not only happen to produce far more interesting, and profound, work in their respective areas (most of which cross-over), but they produce interesting work in more controversial areas. The work they produce in controversial areas - say Astrology and Para-psychology - is produced under pseudonymn. While you might not find obvious links between astrology and its ostensibly conservative relatives, physics, mathematics, and astronomy, they are most definitely there. See, for instance, Alois's bio, which at least partly ccounts for why this is such a great site. If interested, please submit interest to feedback, and I will give you : (1) the name of a philosopher who is openly bucking the sceptical system, and whose very interesting book on the ostensibly inexplicable paranormal is meeting with notable interest and (2) the name of a physist/astronomer who is discounting the synchronicity theory, not because he is antagonisitc to astrology, but because he has probably found a better explanation than either it, or the seriously over-worked pineal gland. This is, if earth has a magnetic sphere (and it seems to), then it is more than probable that everthing else 'out there' does too. As we are talking magnetic spheres, all of these spheres have enough of the physical in common for them to be able to interact in a thoroughly unspooky, and non-random way. (Alois probably knows about this, and perhaps he would like to comment, assuming he is back from the Caribbean and has seen enough Ja to last him another Zurich year). Hate to be mysterious about the names, but I simply cannot remember them at the moment. I am, by the by, a test subject in a para-psychology unit that is part of the psychology dept. at Adelaide University. There is also one at Flinders, also in Adelaide. Adelaide is pretty cool: our premier Mike Wran has decided that since our 'leaders' evidently do not know how to lead (and we people evidently do), which is just one of the reasons why we Aussies are not part of the Kyoto Treaty, we and other states will sign and show them how to be good politicians (i.e. good human beings). M.W. has just announced we are to launch into the wind power technology. Yo! Maybe we will start growing tulips and poppies too, in lieu of growing animals for the abattoirs here. I am in love with M.W., and Alois, and many others, because I love profound, interesting people, who know that to subvert is to do the right thing!
Love, Peace, and Happiness
Peace P h i l o s o p h e r
Most astrologers agree that there is a close correspondence between each planet's astrological characteristics and the characteristics of the god the planet is named after. But as far as I can tell, no person with any interest in astrology was involved naming the planets Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. They were named by scientists. In fact there was much controversy with each of these namings, none of which had anything (that I know of) to do with astrology. I'm not a skeptic, but I do wonder how we can account for this amazing coincidence.
Bob S a l m o n
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