Comments on: Why are horoscopes based on the planets in our solar system?

By: helene_thygesen

helene_thygesen — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:48:55 +0000

When ancient astronomers found out they could predict the future positions of planets, it was like magic to ordinary people who couldn’t understand how they did that. Astronomers were soon to take advantage of the public’s perception of them as magicians, by making predictions that were in there own advantage or by asking money for predictions. In particular, if they could make people belive that their destiny was related to the movement of planets, people would be willing to pay for predictions of the planetary movements.

By: shiara_blade

shiara_blade — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:42:23 +0000

it’s the way things were done and telescopes haven’t always been this powerful so some were easier to be seen than others

By: bookish

bookish — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:36:24 +0000

Actually, they don’t use Neptune and Uranus because they weren’t discovered when they were making up the horoscope nonsense. And it is nonsense. Might as well use tree rings or clouds instead of planets: it makes just as much sense.

By: andyoptic

andyoptic — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:49:49 +0000

Horoscopes are nothing to do with science. Just mumbo jumbo