Do you believe in astrology???

joejoem · 21-02-2006 01:40PM

xzanti wrote:

Eh... Wah ?

From the greatest movie of all time. The Anchorman, when they are talking about an aphrodesiac aftershave. Comic Genius!

Basically I was saying I think Star signs are pants. I still read a horiscope sometimes but I never think they are true.

robindch · 21-02-2006 01:41PM

> real Astrology, individual natal charts and the like, can't be dismissed
> out of hand.

Nothing should be dismissed out of hand, but if you read up on the plenty of good, well-controlled studies which have been done to see if there's anything to astrology, you'll find that the whole thing evaporates very quickly indeed -- as much from infighting and disagreements amongst astrologists, as for the complete lack of any worthwhile results from any of them. A bit of a pity, but there you go.

Nevyn · 21-02-2006 01:59PM

joejoem wrote:

Enough to get you into bed with them?

rofl the very 70s cheesey pick up line
"Hey baby what sign are you"

Tar.Aldarion · 21-02-2006 02:38PM

No, it's nonsense. There is the minor gravitational pull planets have on us, that affects us.

WhiteWashMan · 21-02-2006 02:59PM

coolsmileygirl wrote:

I have had a few accurate predictions in the last while or so and a tarot card reader i went to was extremely accurate a good few times
?

ive just done a back of my hand reading, and it says you are female.

does this validate my method of fortune telling?

meowCat · 21-02-2006 04:30PM

coolsmileygirl wrote:

are you a believer of horoscopes and astrology and compatibility in relation to star signs?

I have had a few accurate predictions in the last while or so and a tarot card reader i went to was extremely accurate a good few times

I usually think it's all bull.

But a friend of mine went on and on about how some tarot reader predicted some stuff quite accurately for a friend of her's. So she got me intrigued and we booked a session for next week.
Something tells me, I'm gonna cry whatever the fortune teller says. The stuff is a bit freaky all right.

But I agree, it's def a girls' thing. We like to waste our time this way.

Kojak · 21-02-2006 04:32PM

Astrology is a load of crap. Its nothing but a load of vague statement learnt by some hack who is only concerned about getting money out of you.

Anyone who rings up that physics (sp??) on-line thing deserved to be fleeced out of their €2.50 (or whatever it is).

Calibos · 21-02-2006 04:32PM

Why is it 90% of the ladies believe in Astrology and all that alternative medicine while only 10% of men do and conversely 90% of men think both are mumbojumbo and snake oil while 10% believe.

While I made up those percentages, tbh I don't think they are all that far from the reality. I guarantee that if you polled the people in this thread who defended astrology 90% would be female. Poll the posters who slate astrology in this thread and 90% will be male. Quite often when a posters user name doesn't give away what sex they are, I can guess with very reasonable accuracy, their actual gender based on what they believe.

ie. What makes women more likely to believe in nonsense??

Tar.Aldarion · 21-02-2006 04:38PM

Calibos wrote:

ie. What makes women more likely to believe in nonsense??

cosmo, the O.C, desperate house wives, you name it.

21-02-2006 05:31PM

this is meant to be a joke but just though i'd post it in this thread

ARIES
You tend to be headstrong and deliberate in your actions. Basically you don't give a **** about anyone. Most people hate you but you couldn't care less. You're the type of person who would masturbate at a wedding

TAURUS
Warm and caring are your most endearing characteristics. You get on well with most people because you're bisexual. You hardly ever wear underwear and you constantly smell of piss.

GEMINI
Your star sign denotes an air of duality in your character. Simply, you're a neurotic schizophrenic. A real ****ing weirdo, the type of person who'd kill them self to win a bet.

CANCER
You have a businesslike attitude to life and a knack for making money. You're an unscrupulous bastard who would sell relative's limbs to buy a
mobile phone. You are likely to be murdered.

LEO
The adventurous type, always looking for thrills and willing to try anything. In other words, stupid. You have the IQ of a garden snail and will never amount to anything. Most Leos are living on the welfare.

VIRGO
You like the good things in life and you know how to enjoy them. But you're prone to bull****ting and you're a cheap bastard. Virgo men are usually queers and the majority of Virgo women are whores.

LIBRA
You are the forgiving type and you don't bear grudges. This makes you an asshole. For your entire life people will make a complete prick out of you. Nobody will go to your funeral.

SCORPIO
You are sharp, a quick thinker and good at puzzles. However these are your only good traits. You screw small animals and love picking your nose. You should become a stunt performer with no helmet.

SAGITTARIUS
You are the romantic mushy type, soft-hearted and a lover of the arts. You are likely to import Dutch pornography and sex toys. Men even willing to rent Sleepless In Seattle to increase your odds for a romp in the sack.

CAPRICORN
You are deep and personal in your thoughts, the quiet type. A mean self-centered **** and a closet homosexual. Your best friend is probably an altar boy.

AQUARIUS
You are the academic type and will probably end up working in the legal system. This means you are an absolute pervert, at the least a transvestite. Your ideal sexual partner is a Labrador puppy wearing fishnet tights.

PISCES
You are the eternal optimist, seeing the best of any situation. You have no grasp of reality and live in a dream world. Most people consider you to be the greatest living moron. You will continually fail. You're a prick.

joejoem · 21-02-2006 05:35PM

coolsmileygirl wrote:

TAURUS
Warm and caring are your most endearing characteristics. You get on well with most people because you're bisexual. You hardly ever wear underwear and you constantly smell of piss.

GEMINI
Your star sign denotes an air of duality in your character. Simply, you're a neurotic schizophrenic. A real ****ing weirdo, the type of person who'd kill them self to win a bet.

I'm a taurus Gemini, and that is the most accurate one Ive ever seen :v:

slipss · 21-02-2006 05:50PM

Yeah astronomy is all total bull ****, your not s'posed to take it serious it's just there for a laugh if for anything. Same geos for tarot readers and psychics and all that crap. Think about it, if you were psychic and had this amazing power to see into the future and be able to tell everything about people just by looking at thier hands or whatever, would you really be driving round to peoples houses in an '89 Nissan March, and charging them 39.95 to hear their fortune? Would you not be more likely to buy a load of stocks and shares right before they shoot up
in value or do the lotto or go to the horses or save peoples form dying in accidents or.......

meowCat · 22-02-2006 07:29PM

coolsmileygirl wrote:

this is meant to be a joke but just though i'd post it in this thread

ARIES
You tend to be headstrong and deliberate in your actions. Basically you don't give a **** about anyone. Most people hate you but you couldn't care less. You're the type of person who would masturbate at a wedding

I like your humour coolsmileygirl!!!

Where did you find that? Or did you make that up by yourself?

Dave! · 22-02-2006 11:04PM

No, not at all.

Savman · 23-02-2006 12:00AM

coolsmileygirl wrote:

this is meant to be a joke but just though i'd post it in this thread

ARIES
You tend to be headstrong and deliberate in your actions. Basically you don't give a **** about anyone. Most people hate you but you couldn't care less. You're the type of person who would masturbate at a wedding

TAURUS
Warm and caring are your most endearing characteristics. You get on well with most people because you're bisexual. You hardly ever wear underwear and you constantly smell of piss.

GEMINI
Your star sign denotes an air of duality in your character. Simply, you're a neurotic schizophrenic. A real ****ing weirdo, the type of person who'd kill them self to win a bet.

CANCER
You have a businesslike attitude to life and a knack for making money. You're an unscrupulous bastard who would sell relative's limbs to buy a
mobile phone. You are likely to be murdered.

LEO
The adventurous type, always looking for thrills and willing to try anything. In other words, stupid. You have the IQ of a garden snail and will never amount to anything. Most Leos are living on the welfare.

VIRGO
You like the good things in life and you know how to enjoy them. But you're prone to bull****ting and you're a cheap bastard. Virgo men are usually queers and the majority of Virgo women are whores.

LIBRA
You are the forgiving type and you don't bear grudges. This makes you an asshole. For your entire life people will make a complete prick out of you. Nobody will go to your funeral.

SCORPIO
You are sharp, a quick thinker and good at puzzles. However these are your only good traits. You screw small animals and love picking your nose. You should become a stunt performer with no helmet.

SAGITTARIUS
You are the romantic mushy type, soft-hearted and a lover of the arts. You are likely to import Dutch pornography and sex toys. Men even willing to rent Sleepless In Seattle to increase your odds for a romp in the sack.

CAPRICORN
You are deep and personal in your thoughts, the quiet type. A mean self-centered **** and a closet homosexual. Your best friend is probably an altar boy.

AQUARIUS
You are the academic type and will probably end up working in the legal system. This means you are an absolute pervert, at the least a transvestite. Your ideal sexual partner is a Labrador puppy wearing fishnet tights.

PISCES
You are the eternal optimist, seeing the best of any situation. You have no grasp of reality and live in a dream world. Most people consider you to be the greatest living moron. You will continually fail. You're a prick.

senordingdong · 23-02-2006 12:18AM

coolsmileygirl wrote:

CANCER
You have a businesslike attitude to life and a knack for making money. You're an unscrupulous bastard who would sell relative's limbs to buy a
mobile phone. You are likely to be murdered.

Hmmm...if I am murdered, I bet it will be by Heyes.

Sleepy · 23-02-2006 01:13AM

I think the fact that women are more likely to believe in astrology, tarot cards, religion and the like is down to the fact that they're missing the part of the brain I like to call the "bullshít detector". Interestingly, I think this serves an evolutionary purpose: it helps ensure procreation takes place with men.

Eglinton · 23-02-2006 01:30AM

I firmly believe that anyone that believes in astrology has the intellectual capacity of a grape. (Apologies to the Vitaceae family if this is insulting

)
This belief also goes for anyone that believes in organised religion, ghosts and other psychic bull****.

I dumped a girl last year because she kept going on about the psychics she visited. They cost over €100 a time!!!!! Cop the f**k on.

The Song Thrush · 23-02-2006 02:04AM

Rushing for the papers every day
To find out what the stars have got to say
About the fortunes that are on the way
It's crazy, crazy

Working, not waiting that forever will hold
Success comes from what we do, not from what we're told
And counting on lucky stars is living on false hopes

Don't let the planets take control of our lives
Believe in the truth and not celestial lies
It's we, not the stars above, who write our horoscopes

Virgos and Arians, Leos, Aquarians
Pisces, Cancerians show
No matter when we're born
Libra or Capricorn
Taureans and Scorpions know

Nothing can change the way we've chosen to live
And no one can tell us when to take or to give
It's we, not the stars above, who write our horoscopes

Yet, in spite of this, when daylight dies
There we are, with eyes turned to the sky
All anxious to be told a few more lies
Still crazy, crazy

Working, not waiting that forever will hold
Success comes from what we do, not from what we're told
And counting on lucky stars is living on false hopes

Don't let the planets take control of our lives
Believe in the truth and not celestial lies
It's we, not the stars above, who write our horoscopes

Throw away almanacs, signs of the Zodiac
Then there is sense to be found
They are celestial, we are terrestrial
Let's keep our feet on the ground

Don't let the planets take control of our lives
Believe in the truth and not celestial lies
It's we, not the stars above, who write our horoscopes

:v:

Dave! · 29-04-2006 07:01PM

Was gonna start a new thread on this subject but found this instead

Astrology is based on the fact that the sun, moon, planets, etc., have a gravitational pull on the earth (Newton and all that). The pull affects the movement of waves and the sea. So is it not plausible that the pull has a subliminal effect on our brains?!

hehe

*runs away*

Ruu_Old · 29-04-2006 07:17PM

Dont believe in it really. Me Capricorn today says

"Here are your magic words for the coming week: spree, frolic, whoopee, carouse, escapade, fiesta, and siesta."

frolic and then a siesta ftw!

Demetrius · 29-04-2006 07:27PM

Eglinton wrote:

I firmly believe that anyone that believes in astrology has the intellectual capacity of a grape. (Apologies to the Vitaceae family if this is insulting )
This belief also goes for anyone that believes in organised religion, ghosts and other psychic bull****.

I dumped a girl last year because she kept going on about the psychics she visited. They cost over €100 a time!!!!! Cop the f**k on.

Astrology, ghosts...Im a grape. No! I cant say I have much belief in astrology. But it can sometimes shock you, the traits you find linked to you and other people.

Ciaran500 · 29-04-2006 07:31PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading
All you need to know about this bull**** trick.

scojones · 29-04-2006 07:42PM

I don't believe in stars signs and that. I do read them the odd time though, just to laugh at what they say.

Banphrionsa · 29-04-2006 07:42PM

Did someone say GRAPE? Let's see, it's almost noon in So Cal. Too soon for a fermented grape? How about with OJ to make a cocktail?

Demetrius · 29-04-2006 07:45PM

Banphrionsa wrote:

Did someone say GRAPE? Let's see, it's almost noon in So Cal. Too soon for a fermented grape? How about with OJ to make a cocktail?

Some of us are able to stay on topic. Turns up nose at Banphrionsa Like me. Now wheres my star?

Banphrionsa · 29-04-2006 07:49PM

Shiraz! to you.:p

munkeehaven · 29-04-2006 07:51PM

me being a scientist should totally scoff at the idea but isaac newton was an avid fan of astrology.now thats an oxymoron for you.
i do seem to be terribly Piscean but that could all be a coincidence,who knows? anyway its just a bit of fun i guess.

Demetrius · 29-04-2006 07:52PM

As I was saying before the attention seeker in front of me startled everybodys brain with that flagrant misuse of Font, astrology is not really paranormal-just intuition.

Banphrionsa · 29-04-2006 08:02PM

munkeehaven wrote:

me being a scientist should totally scoff at the idea but isaac newton was an avid fan of astrology.now thats an oxymoron for you.
i do seem to be terribly Piscean but that could all be a coincidence,who knows? anyway its just a bit of fun i guess.

Yes, I've heard that there is a rather impressive list of people who consulted it before making decisions. Let's see, Adolph Hitler, George W. Bush, Alexander the Great (what a minute, I might be wrong about Alexander... Hummmm? I think that he consulted animal entrails instead, but not sure).

Do you believe in astrology???

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