(Astrology Explored) Oh, god. What do we have to do to get it through peoples heads? I opened my Quora feed this morning to find this: Now that NASA has re-arranged the zodiac signs, should I go by the ancient … Continue reading →
Tag: Astrology and Astronomy
Good #Astrology Counters Bad Astronomy Report
(Astrology Explored) The internet site RT Question More made a spectacular report on January 18, 2016 that five planets would align during the month of January and remain that way through February. They called event called “rare” and a “quirk” … Continue reading →
Astrology and the Apocalypse: Did the Maya Really Predict the End of the World?
(Astrology Explored) A recent TD Ameritrade commercials shows a wheels within wheels graphic representative of the Mayan calendar with the following ominious voice over: “If you believe the Mayan calendar on December 21 polar shifts will reverse the earth’s gravitational … Continue reading →
Astrology and Astronomy: The Maya System–All About the Numbers
Editor’s note: Most of the post below was published on the now defunct 451Press AstrologyExlored.com site shortly after Bruce Scofield lectured at the Astrological Society of Connecticut in April of 2009. Bruce is returning to the ASC for our March … Continue reading →
The Astrology and Astronomy of the Star of Bethlehem
For many years the story of the star announcing the birth of Jesus was regarded as matter to be taken on faith. For many years astronomers and astrologers have worked on fixing the date of the Star of Bethlehem. Now … Continue reading →
Astronomy and Astrology: Why Astrology Should Be Taught in the Schools
An observation by a British astronomer points to the need to teach astrology in the schools if only as a check and balance for the pronouncements of some astronomers. On April 1, 1976 British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on BBC … Continue reading →
Astrology And Astronomy: NASA’s Mercury Mission During Mercury Rx
“Getting there was only half the fun,” says March 2011 issue of Scientific American. Because of Mercury’s proximity to the sun’s gravitational field, a direct flight to Mercury was not possible. The craft could not slow enough to be captured … Continue reading →
Astrology and the Skeptics: An Open Letter to Dr. Rebekah Higgitt
(Astrology Explored) Dr. Rebekah Higgitt, Curator of History of Science and Technology National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory Greenwich, UK Dear Dr. Higgitt, Recently in an BBC television show, two scientists proclaimed that “astrology was rubbish” prompting an article by … Continue reading →
Astrology 101: Why Astrologers Aren’t Concerned About a 13th Sign
(Astrology Explored) Astrologers watched in bemusement and surprise that the internet literally blew up over a astronomer and community college professor Parke Kunkle’s pronouncement that “the earth had shifted” resulting in the magical creation of 13th zodiac sign, Ophiuchus, otherwise … Continue reading →
Astrology and Astronomy: The Starry Reasons Ophiuchus Raises His Head
(Astrology Explored) Of all the things that seem strange in this world, one of the strangest is this. Why would a statement about commonly known astronomical phenomena, by a Community College professor, no less, cause a worldwide stir? Astronomer Parke … Continue reading →