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Old 18th February 2024, 12:30 PM   #1
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Astrology may be harmful to your wallet

A Vedic astrologist says the stars were against his investment in crypto currency. Or maybe it was the eclipse of Taurus and Scorpio. Whatever. He still trusts astrology.
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Old 18th February 2024, 12:33 PM   #2
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I always wondered why people thought it made sense that celestial bodies took an interest in their daily activities.
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Old 18th February 2024, 02:35 PM   #4
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I always wondered why people thought it made sense that celestial bodies took an interest in their daily activities.
Astrology might have made some sort of sense if was focused on the moon and they changed the name to moonology
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Old 18th February 2024, 06:38 PM   #5
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There's nothing to astrology. We Scorpios are very skeptical.
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Old 18th February 2024, 06:41 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Spektator View Post
A Vedic astrologist says the stars were against his investment in crypto currency. Or maybe it was the eclipse of Taurus and Scorpio. Whatever. He still trusts astrology.
That sounds like astrology is helpful to your wallet, if you pay attention to it.
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Thanks to my Astrologist, all my assets that safely stored in my Astrologists' bank account.
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Old 19th February 2024, 05:05 AM   #8
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I asked an astrologer if his all work was meaningless. I didn't get a direct answer, but he gave me a sign.
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Old 19th February 2024, 04:15 PM   #9
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Too bad astrology is so slow-paced. If you could work up a party routine involving near-instant horoscopes, what fun!

Maybe a cocktail of pseudo-AI, cold reading, improv conspiracism, and mime, all of it in quicktime, natch; gotta keep the mark off balance. Unless he does it for you, as I think many astrolodupes will.

Blitztrology!

Aw hell, NUDE Blitztrology. Maybe with a modest entry fee?
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Old 19th February 2024, 06:29 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by sackett View Post
Too bad astrology is so slow-paced. If you could work up a party routine involving near-instant horoscopes, what fun!

Maybe a cocktail of pseudo-AI, cold reading, improv conspiracism, and mime, all of it in quicktime, natch; gotta keep the mark off balance. Unless he does it for you, as I think many astrolodupes will.

Blitztrology!

Aw hell, NUDE Blitztrology. Maybe with a modest entry fee?
I think I could wing it.
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I am picturing Jean Dixon naked. I am not happy.
Thanks for planting that image in my head. Now I'm not happy.
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What people fail to understand is that astrology totally works and is 100% accurate, but because of the distances between the stars and Earth all the advice is outdated by years, decades, centuries, and millenia depending on the particular stars. When the horoscope said to avoid a business venture it was talking to Julius Caesar, it's not the stars' fault the message arrived a little late and you assumed it was for you. It's like getting mail for the previous tenant.
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Astrology has nothing at all to do with stars. Except for one star.
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Old 21st February 2024, 08:44 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by arthwollipot View Post
Astrology has nothing at all to do with stars. Except for one star.
Nonsense, you can't throw a brick in Hollywood without hitting several stars who live by their horoscopes! I heard that Cher won't even use the toilet unless it's been auspiciously signified, she just goes in the yard on off days.
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Old 21st February 2024, 09:23 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Spektator View Post
A Vedic astrologist says the stars were against his investment in crypto currency. Or maybe it was the eclipse of Taurus and Scorpio. Whatever. He still trusts astrology.
Your post contradicts your thread title. Astrology was helpful to his wallet, but he ignored it.
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Old 22nd February 2024, 01:21 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by arthwollipot View Post
Astrology has nothing at all to do with stars. Except for one star.
That's why Astrologists should have focused on the moon and called it moonology. At least then they could argue for tides influencing foetuses x earths orbit and all that, which would be a more convincing grift than the actual stuff they peddle, but it works for them.

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Old 23rd February 2024, 07:05 AM   #18
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That's why Astrologists should have focused on the moon and called it moonology. At least then they could argue for tides influencing foetuses x earths orbit and all that, which would be a more convincing grift than the actual stuff they peddle, but it works for them.
You should be looking for a Node book then. That focuses on the Moon and its influence.
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You should be looking for a Node book then. That focuses on the Moon and its influence.

I'm betting p0lka already Node dat.
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I'm betting p0lka already Node dat.
Only if his sign is Aries.
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Also, "astrologist"? Is that the new term?
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Old 24th February 2024, 06:31 PM   #22
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That's why Astrologists should have focused on the moon and called it moonology. At least then they could argue for tides influencing foetuses x earths orbit and all that, which would be a more convincing grift than the actual stuff they peddle, but it works for them.
How's the highlighted supposed to work?
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Old 24th February 2024, 07:04 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by arthwollipot View Post
Also, "astrologist"? Is that the new term?
Some time around 2000 astrologists decided to call themselves astrologers instead, so astrologer is the newer and preferred term, on the argument that it is more consonant with astronomer and might give more credence to astrologers.
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Originally Posted by Spektator View Post
Some time around 2000 astrologists decided to call themselves astrologers instead, so astrologer is the newer and preferred term, on the argument that it is more consonant with astronomer and might give more credence to astrologers.
I've always known them as astrologers. You are literally the first person I've ever seen to use the term "astrologist".

And I used to be one back in the early 90s, so... you know. It's not like I know anything...
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I've always known them as astrologers. You are literally the first person I've ever seen to use the term "astrologist".
Likewise.

Maurice Woodruff was an astrologer, not an astrologist, and he's been dead since 1973.
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Yeah, I've always known them as astrologers as well.
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Hey, let 'em multiply words. It's what people do when they have no ideas but still need to make the rent.

Astrologism. Astrologitis.

Astroloquantum. Astroloquantumology.

Astrologeology. Cat's asstro biologistical.

See how easy it is? Boringly easy.
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Hey, I'm always in favour of new word coinages. English is a very flexible languages. This was an unusual one, in my mindpinion.
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The US was run by an Astrologer from 1981-1989, and that worked out fine, right?
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The US was run by an Astrologer from 1981-1989, and that worked out fine, right?
It certainly hurt many Americans wallets, in the long run.
Thanks Nancy.

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Just sayin'. No idea if she gave trickle-down her Astro blessing.
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