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Astrology:

The irrational belief that the Sun, the Moon and other heavenly bodies influence life here on Earth via invisible forces.

Like gravity.
At one time, I had that in my Hacker News profile. Those folks have no respect for astrology and are openly contemptuous because they are hypocrites and ignoramuses.

Long ago, I was a serious student of astrology and could cast charts by hand -- which takes substantial math -- and I have a strong educational background generally.

The Sun Sign astrology with which most people are passingly familiar is not what serious astrology is about. It gives serious astrologers a bad reputation. As someone who takes astrology seriously and studied it in earnest, I resent being perceived through that lens.

Astrology and Astronomy

The word astrology means the study of the stars. At one time, it was a form of scientific observation to help predict weather and crop failures.

Then telescopes were invented and astrology as we know it today parted ways with scientific observation and record keeping that began getting called astronomy, a word that means the naming of the stars and was likely called that because it was initially an upper-class hobby, not a serious scientific pursuit.

Astrology is a misnomer, as is astronomy. Astronomers study the stars. Astrologers study geocentric gravity maps and the impact on life here on Earth of "wandering stars" (AKA planets) and other local heavenly bodies.

Most life on Earth is dependent on the Sun's rays. The Sun also causes wind and the Moon causes the ocean's tides.

It's not only not crazy to believe that heavenly bodies influence life here on Earth, it's actually crazy to deny the idea. Pretending they don't impact life here on Earth implicitly dismisses the ocean's tides, the winds and the critical role sunlight plays in life existing at all here on Earth.

I still believe astrology is meaningful and has value but most astrological writing is mired in illogical beliefs rife with emotional baggage from bygone eras, like that some aspects and planets are good influences and others are bad influences.

Astrology long ago sold its soul to pay the bills. Most likely, it became a con job so learned commoners could get paid as advisors when the world was smaller and both they and kings of old could use astrology to deny that some peasant with more education than the king was really defacto calling the shots.

Popular astrology is a dumpster fire because it's an attempt to get a few bucks apiece from the masses. Only wealthy people could genuinely afford the services of an astrologer back when they had to hand cast charts.

This is my attempt to rescue the baby from the bathwater it's been drowning in for ages.

I write about astrology as astrology. I critique it and try to suggest how it might be done better.

I write about astrology as a style tool and tag such posts House.of.Style.

And I write about astrology as an unrecognized science with a wealth of information about gravitational interactions that could be used to help improve interplanetary travel. I tag such posts Gravity.

In Theory, I'm a Gemini, so the name of this site roughly means "Opinions of the author." At one time, it was my personal blog before I stopped having a personal blog and ended up pursuing various topical blogs.

24 September 2026

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