4.16.11 Adam News & Info

Okay, I'm a Cancer as well and I'm open to the "there are more things in the universe..." theory. I don't live by my horoscope (I rarely even check it) but there are just a couple of things that give me pause.

The moon is strong enough to control the tides. Just saying.

I'm an Ox in the Chinese calendar for the year I was born. I fit the description very well. I also have a book that combines the Sun sign and Chinese sign and WOW, I was blown away. By far the majority of folks I looked up fit and trust me, the descriptions are long and NOT generic or similar one to the other.

I have 3 friends that taught at the same elementary school - different grades. They always noted the different grade levels as having different personalities i.e., the group that started in Kindergarten XX year all the way through might be "more mature: or the group that started a year earlier were "squirrely" etc.

I don't live by it but it's fun to think about. But mostly I think it makes you contemplate and do introspection. I'm an accountant that likes Tarot cards - but I think their best use is for meditation - contemplation. YMMV

But if Adam uses astronomy to slow down and contemplate who he is and what he's feeling, maybe that has helped to shape him into a person that seems so comfortable with himself. *\o/* Maybe he noticed he was feeling off-kilter and THEN noticed the retrograde situation. Maybe not the best day to start a new song.

As for the taxes - he has people folks. He might just be signing the check!!! ;D (sorry this is so long - I have 4 tax returns to do - STALLING!!!)

When people start talking astrology, it takes all my will power not to post a snooty little lecture detailing all the scientific reasons that it's complete nonsense. Neil thinks so, too--he once tweeted that it's bullshit, and then added, "Sorry, Adam." ;D I won't even tell people my sign because I don't want to contribute to the culture of magical thinking. But--if this is the worst misconception that Adam has, I won't try to talk him out of it!

Hee!

ETA:

Sorry, I saw this and just had to launch into the aforementioned snooty lecture. The moon is a helluva lot closer to the earth than any stars are--the moon being less than 239,000 miles away and the nearest star (besides the sun, which is 93 million miles away) being 4.22 light years away, meaning it takes almost four and a quarter years for light (which travels 186,282 miles per second) to travel from the star to the earth. So right now the computer that you're sitting in front of has more of a gravitational pull on you than any star, and even than the moon. The moon and tides are both large bodies that are pulling at each other. You'll notice that the moon's gravity doesn't lift you off your feet--you're too small.

My favorite story about astrology was when a professor handed out sheets of paper to his students, explaining that he had looked up their astrological signs and wrote out individual profiles for them. He asked how many considered the profile to be accurate. The majority of students raised their hands. Then he asked them to switch papers with their neighbors and asked if they were still accurate. There was an immediate chorus of voices saying they'd gotten the same profile. Yes, they did--all the profiles were identical. It's pretty easy to come up with generalizations that fit most people, and it's also easy for people to overlook the things that aren't accurate and concentrate on those that are.

Well, I shouldn't have done that, but I do feel better.

Astrology is about energy - not hocus pocus. We also don't understand it very well. In ancient times it was understood and used. The astrophyscists are watching the sun like crazy now due to coronal mass ejections(CME's). They are powerful, take out our satellites and mess with all things electronic and also my body. It's like a giant whack.

I wanna read this book!!! What's the name?