Generally, astrology is considered to have no basis in scientific fact. That said, there was a time when astrology was considered a branch of astronomy. In the Islamic world, scientists such as Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, al-Biruni, and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi weighed in on astrology.Astrology w...
An astrology chart depicts the location of each of the planets, the Sun and the Moon from the place a person was born, at the time they were born. So it is essentially a local map of the heavens at the birth moment. This is about as far as we use the physical planets. One of th...
Optical observatories operate both on the ground and in space (such as theHubble Space Telescope).Some, like HST, also have instruments sensitive to other wavelengths of light. However, there are also observatories dedicated to specific wavelength ranges, such as radio astronomy arrays. These instru...
One other line of evidence that I, , investigate in relation to this in closer encounters is the efficacy of astrology, which I have always found profoundly disturbing because it doesn’t make any sense to me how something like astrology could work at all....
Astrology is a highly specific mathematical art. Even at a highly simplified approach, there are 12 houses, 12 signs and 9 ‘planets’ considered within a horoscope. All of these permutations and combinations have different significations and meanings of interaction with each other. Prima facie, ...
Science tries to look for universal models, religious people try to reconcile their faith with science, even esoteric disciplines like astrology try to justify themselves in terms of “energy” and things like that: not always very “scientific”, I grant you, but still, always in the spirit ...
Similar to how some Americans like to entertain the idea of astrology and horoscopes for fun, some people in Japan enjoy exploring their personality and how it might relate to blood type. One study showed that99% of Japanese peopleknow their blood types, though it’s important to note that ...
Generally, astrology is considered to have no basis in scientific fact. That said, there was a time when astrology was considered a branch of astronomy. In the Islamic world, scientists such as Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, al-Biruni, and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi weighed in on astrology.Astrology ...