Horoscopes.......

Snowie

Is it me or are they the biggest pile of bullsh!t

I mean once in the past good knows how many years has a horoscope actually
be right and to be honest as right as it should be it was still dam wrong.
well sort of.

Any why I ask you. Do we read into these things like there the most important thing around ?

I know one girl (veryhot) who can't go a hole day with out, checking her horoscope which is borderline O,C,D..

I agree yes that the gravitational pull of booth the moon and sun as well as full moon can make people a little crazy.

Why can't they have something like, "It's the full moon if your feeling slightly neurotic with a hint of wanting to cut some one's head of its ok "

Not and i quote

A close friend or partner may tell you exactly what you need to know today when he or she firmly reminds you that you turned a simple problem into an unsolvable dilemma. No one doubts that you must overcome an obstacle, but you might have lost your ability to keep things in perspective. This isn't a smart time to get self-righteous and close down to the advice of others. Keep an open mind even if, at first, it doesn't sound like what you want to hear.

People actually be leave this rubbish

can we have a face palm smiley?

OldGoat

I agree with you OP, they are total bullcrappyness. But us Virgos are natural cynics anyway.

Dravokivich

here's how i look at it... roughly 6.5 billion people worldwide... 12 signs / zodiacs?

so on average 1/12th of 6.5 billion people are going to have the same day as me?

That aint gonna work out... also.. a alot of my mates are also Leo's like me... and nothing ever works out for us the way "It's written in the stars..."

- Drav!

AnonoBoy

The Pope told me not to read 'em so I don't.

The real Pope that is, not the new fake Nazi pope.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Generally speaking, it depends on whio's writing them. If you read a horoscope writen in a tabloid then you have to rememebr that you ARE reading a tabloid.

Dravokivich wrote: »

here's how i look at it... roughly 6.5 billion people worldwide... 12 signs / zodiacs?

so on average 1/12th of 6.5 billion people are going to have the same day as me?

That aint gonna work out... also.. a alot of my mates are also Leo's like me... and nothing ever works out for us the way "It's written in the stars..."

- Drav!

Bearing in mind, a good proper horoscope readingtakes into account the actual time and location of your brith as well, which narrows it down a bit.

Aodan83

OldGoat wrote: »

But us Virgos are natural cynics anyway.

I dunno, that sounds an awful lot like something you'd get from one of them horoscope types now. Can't deny that they are a load of carp though.

Wazdakka

AnonoBoy wrote: »

The real Pope that is, not the new fake Nazi pope.

The Real Pope??

partyguinness

Lets put it this way:-

When my friend was in college she spent a summer on work experience with a national newspaper which had a daily horoscope.

Now at lunch time, they took turns writing their own crap in the horoscopes just for laughs. Of course this then was published and read religiously by the usual kind of people.

Just a little story to bear in mind...;)

KnifeWRENCH

I don't believe in them, but I read them anyway for the hell of it.

Snow Monkey wrote:

A close friend or partner may tell you exactly what you need to know today when he or she firmly reminds you that you turned a simple problem into an unsolvable dilemma. No one doubts that you must overcome an obstacle, but you might have lost your ability to keep things in perspective. This isn't a smart time to get self-righteous and close down to the advice of others. Keep an open mind even if, at first, it doesn't sound like what you want to hear.

OMG, that totally sounds like something that may or may not apply to me today! I too have a close friend and might have lost my ability to keep things in perspective - what are the chances?! :eek:
What sign is it for? If it's for Sagittarius, I MUST print it out and live by it.

partyguinness wrote:

Lets put it this way:-

When my friend was in college she spent a summer on work experience with a national newspaper which had a daily horoscope.

Now at lunch time, they took turns writing their own crap in the horoscopes just for laughs. Of course this then was published and read religiously by the usual kind of people.

Just a little story to bear in mind...

I would love that job!

Snowie

Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

I don't believe in them, but I read them anyway for the hell of it.



OMG, that totally sounds like something that may or may not apply to me today! I too have a close friend and might have lost my ability to keep things in perspective - what are the chances?! :eek:
What sign is it for? If it's for Sagittarius, I MUST print it out and live by it.

Its the Scorpio's reading....

Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

I would love that job!

leo

Your going to be feeling slightly frustrated today. But on a hole your day will be positive, luck comes from door number 47...

General Zod

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Bearing in mind, a good proper horoscope readingtakes into account the actual time and location of your brith as well, which narrows it down a bit.

It's masde up. there's no such thing as a good proper horoscope reading. What day you were born will not determine who you are.

I know one girl (veryhot) who can't go a hole day with out,

Freudian slip.

Captain-America

Horoscopes are so vague they can be looked at whatever way you want.

Pherekydes

Aodan83 wrote: »

I dunno, that sounds an awful lot like something you'd get from one of them horoscope types now. Can't deny that they are a load of carp though.

Yeah, I think there's something fishy about them, too.

I share my birthday with one A.Hitler, so watch out world.

Aidric

They are a load of nonsense imo.

MOH

Horoscopes always remind me of

Life of Brian wrote:

MANDY: So, you're astrologers, are you? Well, what is he then?
WISE MAN #2: Hmm?
MANDY: What star sign is he?
WISE MAN #2: Uh, Capricorn.
MANDY: Uhh, Capricorn, eh? What are they like?
WISE MAN #2: Ooh, but... he is the son of God, our Messiah.
WISE MAN #1: King of the Jews.
MANDY: And that's Capricorn, is it?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

General Zod wrote: »

It's masde up. there's no such thing as a good proper horoscope reading. What day you were born will not determine who you are.
.

And you can, of course, prove this scientically...:D?

Anyway, I pretty much agree with you: doing it on a birthday alone is way too vague.

Nevyn

All of the ones I have ever seen in magazines and newpaper and most online site are utter shíte.

If it doesn't need your date of birth, time of birth and latitude and longitude of place of birth then don't bother with it.

Most of what is printed it a few lines as to a person's sun sign, and ignore the rest of the planets so it's gonna be crap.

http://www.astro.com is a pretty intresting site and explain the planets, signs and houses if anyone is intrested and the daily free horrorscope isn't that bad.
Still no damn planet is going to stop me doing what I want to do.

The Walsho

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

Is it me or are they the biggest pile of bullsh!t

Nope, pretty sure it's just you.

AnonoBoy

Wazdakka wrote: »

The Real Pope??

Nah - this lad:

http://accordionguy.blogware.com/Photos/2005/04/rip_pope_john_paul_2.jpg

Snowie

The Walsho wrote: »

Nope, pretty sure it's just you.

:eek:


wow

I'm utterly speechless...

I just read your blog, I'm some what surprised at your audacity to tell me I'm full of sh1t yet you take the time out to share your boring encounters of life with the rest of the world.....

Seriously am I missing out on the finer point of why your so fvcking interesting ?

Pop's Diner

Not a fan myself but I don't see how it's any worse than believing in religion or science or whatever it takes to get you through the day without hurting other people.

The Walsho

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

:eek:


wow

I'm utterly speechless...

I just read your blog, I'm some what surprised at your audacity to tell me I'm full of sh1t yet you take the time out to share your boring encounters of life with the rest of the world.....

Seriously am I missing out on the finer point of why your so fvcking interesting ?

Ouch, such hostility. Such mindless, unnecessary hostility.

You misunderstood my post.

I quoted the first line of your OP "is it just me or are they full of shít" or whatever you said. When I said "Nope, I'm pretty sure it's just you" I meant it's just you that thinks they're full or shít. I was being sarcastic, but harmlessly so. I can see how you would have interpreted it to be insulting though.
I know in my household this phrase comes up a lot, for example :

Mammy Walsh : Is it cold in here or is it just me?
Yun' Walsh : Just you ma.

You get meh?

Regarding my blog (I'm sure your comments were made in the haste of the misinterpretation of my post, but alas), if you find it boring, grand. Many people seem to find it quite entertaining. I think finding humour in everyday life is brilliant.

And if you do find it boring, you're wrong anyway. That's right, your opinion is wrong.

(to avoid another misunderstanding, please take that last line with a pinch of salt!)

LouOB

OldGoat wrote: »

I agree with you OP, they are total bullcrappyness. But us Virgins are natural cynics anyway.

fixed that :pac:

Snowie

The Walsho wrote: »

Ouch, such hostility. Such mindless, unnecessary hostility.

You misunderstood my post.

I quoted the first line of your OP "is it just me or are they full of shít" or whatever you said. When I said "Nope, I'm pretty sure it's just you" I meant it's just you that thinks they're full or shít. I was being sarcastic, but harmlessly so. I can see how you would have interpreted it to be insulting though.
I know in my household this phrase comes up a lot, for example :

Mammy Walsh : Is it cold in here or is it just me?
Yun' Walsh : Just you ma.

You get meh?

Regarding my blog (I'm sure your comments were made in the haste of the misinterpretation of my post, but alas), if you find it boring, grand. Many people seem to find it quite entertaining. I think finding humour in everyday life is brilliant.

And if you do find it boring, you're wrong anyway. That's right, your opinion is wrong.

(to avoid another misunderstanding, please take that last line with a pinch of salt!)

next time just put :P

sorry

General Zod

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

And you can, of course, prove this scientically...:D?

Anyway, I pretty much agree with you: doing it on a birthday alone is way too vague.

You don't agree with me at all.

The burden of proof is not on me to prove they are accurate. It's on astrology, and there has been many experiments to prove they are nonsense.

The basics of astrology have no basis whatsoever in scientific fact. It's hokum.

Why would what time I was born, what day and in what location tell me about what is going to happen to me today?

The Walsho

No problem, as I said, I can see how you would have mistaken the post. I'd have thought the same. Ha, I really should have thrown a smiley in there!

Saibh

If you were to read all of the horoscopes printed in magazines/newspapers/internet today, I doubt you will find any of them exactly the same.

LouOB

General Zod wrote: »

You don't agree with me at all.

The burden of proof is not on me to prove they are accurate. It's on astrology, and there has been many experiments to prove they are nonsense.

The basics of astrology have no basis whatsoever in scientific fact. It's hokum.

Why would what time I was born, what day and in what location tell me about what is going to happen to me today?

Born during a full moon on uranus??


*sorry I couldnt help it
Blame it on Freddie Mercury




**gets coat this time

DTrotter

Complete and utter horse sh** of the highest order. Thousands of years ago the Greeks (I think) used the stars as a calendar sort of. As the stars don't orbit their position in the sky remains the same (they look like they move as the earth rotates), the planets however orbit the sun and they move across the sky. The planets movements couldn't be explained and so being human they decided to look for patterns where none existed so events were attributed to the movements of planets. The word disaster origins means bad star.
I think the effect of the percession of the equinoxes also means that your horoscope is actually the one after the one you think it is. If horoscopes are true then identical twins should have the exact same life.
Do a test, read a completely different horoscope than your own for a whiel and see how accurate it is.

renraw

Sometimes the horoscopes are right because how many people out there predict horoscopes so there are so many different predictions everyday....in their thousands probably...So for each day you could have 10,000 professionals making predictions, all different

I'm cancer and it has me down to a tee:

Emotional and loving
Intuitive and imaginative
Shrewd and cautious
Protective and sympathetic

[SIZE=-1]Changeable and moody
Overemotional and touchy
Clinging and unable to let go[/SIZE]

:eek:

General Zod

Thaedydal wrote: »

All of the ones I have ever seen in magazines and newpaper and most online site are utter shíte.

If it doesn't need your date of birth, time of birth and latitude and longitude of place of birth then don't bother with it.

Most of what is printed it a few lines as to a person's sun sign, and ignore the rest of the planets so it's gonna be crap.

http://www.astro.com is a pretty intresting site and explain the planets, signs and houses if anyone is intrested and the daily free horrorscope isn't that bad.
Still no damn planet is going to stop me doing what I want to do.

You're joking, right?

Astro.com?

from one of their featured articles
"There is karma here. That means bad things will happen to bad people. Even good people will suffer misfortune if they’re carrying some mysterious past-life debt. "

All of your woes are the result of either being bad or having "mysterious past life debt"?

It's nonsenser peddled by charlatans to part people from their money.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

General Zod wrote: »

You don't agree with me at all.

The burden of proof is not on me to prove they are accurate. It's on astrology, and there has been many experiments to prove they are nonsense.

The basics of astrology have no basis whatsoever in scientific fact. It's hokum.

Why would what time I was born, what day and in what location tell me about what is going to happen to me today?

If you make a statement saying that something is true or untrue, I'd like to know what that statement is based on. When I say "Science" please note the grin!

We agree that basing a prediciton on a birthday is useless - yes or no?

No idea - I never said it should - I'm just open top the possibility that it might.

joey54

Horoscopes are funny things. Sometimes they make sense sometimes they don't. Sometimes they come through, sometimes they don't. Most of the time however it's just pure and utter bullsh1t.

K-9

I believe everything they say and they are in no way out to swindle the gullible.

*Gemini - 2 faced.

Sir Gallagher

It's nonsense perpetrated by charlatans who make money by preying on people's egos and emotions much like mediums. There've been many experiments down through the years which have shown this nonsense up for what it is, bullsh1t.

anonymous_joe

Not sure I'd believe in the whole astrology lark, but were it to be true, I can't imagine it being so general.

Winters

Seeing as the idea and basis behind horoscopes were first created a few thousand years ago and since then we have had the Earths axis alter, polar magnetic fields differ, explored the solar system and developed a basic an understanding of it ... and not to mention discovered that we do indeed rotate around a large ball of gas and not everything rotating around us ... horoscopes are pure horsehit.

Maddison

Well when they are good scopes I live in hope, when they are bad I ignore them.....meh what would Mystic Meg now anywhoo

Sam Vimes

Thaedydal wrote: »

All of the ones I have ever seen in magazines and newpaper and most online site are utter shíte.

If it doesn't need your date of birth, time of birth and latitude and longitude of place of birth then don't bother with it.

But if it does need those things then the position of a ball of gas 946 trillion km away (100 light years) can have an effect on whether I'm going to find love or not?

Sam Vimes

I always wondered if the New York Times edition on 11 September 2001 had "today" is your lucky day" for any of the signs

Mena

Wife worked for a newspaper some time ago, every Wednesday, before press day, they'd all have to submit something to the editor. The combination of all of this would be the horoscopes.

And some people live by them :rolleyes:

Dave!

As with most things in life, Carl Sagan says it best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iunr4B4wfDA

ejmaztec

A load of balls, crystal balls.

Sulmac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZIh3It8aB8

:pac: