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15. There is something to astrology, just nothing scientific.

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Are you sure there is nothing to astrology?? [View all] kentuck Aug 2017 OP

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Well...Every Gemini I ever met was a little crazy. Funtatlaguy Aug 2017 #2

Gemini - The Sad Clown Who Never Shuts Up dalton99a Aug 2017 #6

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I gotta disagree... inanna Aug 2017 #16

Did someone call him dignified? smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #28

The poster (now removed from DU) was praising the "dignified air" of tRump. n/t inanna Aug 2017 #31

I find it so interesting how people on opposite sides of the political spectrum can smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #56

Most of the WORLD sees tRump as completely undignified. inanna Aug 2017 #59

What the f***? Control-Z Aug 2017 #20

Ooga Booga. Maybe if we throw some virgins into the volcano, everything will get better. Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #3

But what about my '66 mustang??? ;-) Docreed2003 Aug 2017 #17

And my 65 and 1/2? think4yourself Aug 2017 #22

Seriously!! Docreed2003 Aug 2017 #25

How do you know that?? kentuck Aug 2017 #30

The formula is in my post. But I goofed! The force from a Ford Mustang is a little bit smaller. Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #41

Can't argue with that, Professor. kentuck Aug 2017 #45

Your math is still a little off VMA131Marine Aug 2017 #64

Hah! THAT explains why I only got a C in high school physics! n/t Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #67

Would Saturn's gravitational pull on Jupiter lessen Jupiter's on Earth, or something? brush Aug 2017 #89

Seems like it would depend on the location of Saturn to both? kentuck Aug 2017 #90

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man Aug 2017 #39

Elementary physics. Two objects with mass exert gravitatrional force on each other. Period. Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #42

Go H2O Man Aug 2017 #44

Science: kentuck Aug 2017 #46

Mt horror-scope H2O Man Aug 2017 #51

I shouldn't have H2O Man Aug 2017 #54

Please say you're joking FiveGoodMen Aug 2017 #58

No way. H2O Man Aug 2017 #66

Whew! (relief) FiveGoodMen Aug 2017 #68

When they go low, H2O Man Aug 2017 #69

We put Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan into one, and all it got us was the Gulf War Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #63

Pure superstition. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #4

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No, I'm a fire sign. QED. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #19

My Psychic Numerologist says that Astrology is bullshit. NightWatcher Aug 2017 #5

And besides, I'm a Virgo, and we Virgos are too logical to believe in astrology. n/t Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #7

Wait, didn't they just change everybody's sign recently? NightWatcher Aug 2017 #10

And besides, I'm a Virgo, and we Virgos are to logical to NOT believe in astrology. n/t calikid Aug 2017 #82

"too logical" Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #84

Why would an eclipse have a gravitational effect? eShirl Aug 2017 #8

Simple lunatica Aug 2017 #13

combined gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon every month . Ptah Aug 2017 #18

It's very common as you point out lunatica Aug 2017 #73

So how much does the moon's gravitational pull change because of the eclipse? eShirl Aug 2017 #57

? lunatica Aug 2017 #74

The gravitational pull of the Moon varies slightly during the month Jim Lane Aug 2017 #91

my point to the OP eShirl Aug 2017 #92

Groan. DavidDvorkin Aug 2017 #9

Total Solar Eclipses occur somewhere on Earth every two years RandiFan1290 Aug 2017 #11

Neil deGrasse Tyson? kentuck Aug 2017 #49

Woulf you feel better if it were someone else's tweet? Nevernose Aug 2017 #77

There is something to astrology, just nothing scientific. HeartachesNhangovers Aug 2017 #15

astronomy does not equal astrology. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #23

I wouldn't be so harsh. Astrology can provide HeartachesNhangovers Aug 2017 #60

pay no attention to the long time library troll that crapped all over this thread (thanks, EarlG!) NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #24

Am I sure the position of the stars relative to Earth doesn't affect personality? Act_of_Reparation Aug 2017 #26

I would have gone with "Relatively certain" for the nod to Einstein. aidbo Aug 2017 #48

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but ourselves Adrahil Aug 2017 #27

Quite sure, yes. DanTex Aug 2017 #29

The owl entrails I read MFM008 Aug 2017 #32

Well, I guess there is "something" to it, causes people to waste bandwidth on the intertubes snooper2 Aug 2017 #33

:)___ kentuck Aug 2017 #37

This eclipse, according to astrologers, is supposed to be ruinous to Trump. I'm very happy to Squinch Aug 2017 #34

The traditional "effect" of an eclipse was to take out a ruler -- RandomAccess Aug 2017 #61

All signs point to ... GeorgeGist Aug 2017 #35

Good thing our bodies are only 80% water, else... kentuck Aug 2017 #36

Or the uterus... Squinch Aug 2017 #65

I Am Absolutely Certain That There Is Nothing to Astrology Leith Aug 2017 #38

Never be "absolutely certain" about anything. The time of year when one is born McCamy Taylor Aug 2017 #85

The last Total Solar Eclipse that ONLY touched the United States was in 1776 ecstatic Aug 2017 #40

That one in 2024 will hit more countries than just the US. aidbo Aug 2017 #47

That would be kinda fun!!!! LeftInTX Aug 2017 #53

Also notice the two intersect in southern Illinois . Obama strikes once more! lunasun Aug 2017 #78

Astrology is BS. Astronomy is not. aidbo Aug 2017 #43

Thanks! kentuck Aug 2017 #50

I think it's a sign. underpants Aug 2017 #52

Me too! workinclasszero Aug 2017 #70

According to this article the astrology signs are not what they were 2200 years ago . jalan48 Aug 2017 #55

This is a joke, right? Right? n/t NastyRiffraff Aug 2017 #62

Don't forget we had a President and his wife who believed wholeheartedly in astrology. Archae Aug 2017 #71

... struggle4progress Aug 2017 #72

pretty sure, yeah 0rganism Aug 2017 #75

The timing is uncanny... Blue Owl Aug 2017 #76

What I'm actually afraid of, eclipse-wise Nevernose Aug 2017 #79

It is a most def sign jpak Aug 2017 #80

Please do pay attention to the signs. Some jerk on the way home didn't seem to notice the STOP lunasun Aug 2017 #81

You might have had better luck with this in the Astrology group! Lucinda Aug 2017 #83

Study quantum theory and you will understand that "reality" is an illusion. McCamy Taylor Aug 2017 #86

Our country's mars is in some serious retrograde. ananda Aug 2017 #87

It's the year of the rooster Donkees Aug 2017 #88

Yes, I'm sure there is nothing to Astrology FLPanhandle Aug 2017 #93