Question: do you believe in star signs?

Asked by blue11fudge to Kyler on 26 Aug 2013.

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  1. Photo: Kyler KuehnKyler Kuehn
    answered on 26 Aug 2013:

    I do not. The study of the laws of physics as they relate to stars and planets (astronomy) originally started because people wanted to figure out how the stars and planets might affect life on earth (astrology). But the more we studied the stars, the better we understood how they actually work, and we learned that there is no hidden force from the planets or stars acting on us that can determine our future or influence our present. However, though most people dismiss such things as “superstition” now, modern astronomy would never have started if people didn’t have these different ideas in the first place! For that matter, all of the constellations (the “star signs”) are still useful as a map of the heavens, even if they don’t mean anything beyond that.

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  1. Photo: maca01maca01
    commented on 26 Aug 2013:

    sorry but no

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  2. Photo: PeterPeter
    commented on 26 Aug 2013:

    @blue11fudge Your star sign depends on when you were born and that of course affects the weather when your mother was pregnant with you; in older times, this would affect how well she was able to eat (nowadays, with supermarkets and air-conditioners, it does not have much effect) and that would affect the wellbeing of the child. So perhaps you can see how that sort of belief might come about.

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  3. Photo: blue11fudgeblue11fudge
    commented on 26 Aug 2013:

    thanks for answering my question

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