Are you sure? I can see for Astronomy that's a branch of physics so sure, there's loads of tricky practical mathematics so if you're bad at mathematics you'll get stuff wrong, but surely for Astrology since it's just bullshit anyway you don't need to do mathematics as it wouldn't make a difference?

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saithound 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A horoscope is a fine mixture of fortune-telling bullshit and verifiable astronomical facts. The latter have the form of "where the celestial bodies could be seen at the hour of the client's birth", or "does Jupiter currently appear to be moving forward or backward in the sky".

The average Visual Basic programmer and the world's best mathematician are going to be about equally good at writing the fortune-telling part, but the mathematician will have a much easier time getting the factual part right.

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IshKebab 15 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't think the kinds of people that believe astrology are actually verifying the astronomy though.

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_doctor_love 14 hours ago | parent [-]

False. That's just your opinion. The best astrologers are heavily into astronomy and follow astronomy news very closely.

	▲	IshKebab 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Fair enough. Feels weird to talk about "the best astrologers"! Like the most skilled witch doctors or elite roulette players.

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_doctor_love 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> since it's just bullshit anyway

Alright, you're on - post the place you were born, including date and time and I'll cast your chart and tell you what I see. Then you can tell me if you think it's bullshit or not.

Free reading, you have nothing to lose.

Example: Milpitas, CA @ 4:52am January 24 1987

	▲	_doctor_love 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I take downvotes as folks being intellectually not curious. Homies - Silicon Valley is full of people who are into astrology. FFS, this is a community of people whose favorite thing on earth is Burning Man! People who drop acid and do art and experimental living in the desert usually aren't run-of-the-mill "the universe is just a big machine" type thinkers. Most of the best programmers I know are serious meditators and mindfulness practitioners. There are reasons for this. Try to open your mind a little.