23 JAN 2015 by ideonexus
Astrology as a False Science
"Excuse me," she said hesitantly, "but what effect do these minor planets have on our behavior and fortunes? I mean, you know, astrological influence?"
He looked at her. "None."
"None at all?"
"No."
"But if the planets affect our fortunes—" She stumbled to a stop at the dispassionately scornful look on the pale man's face, the slow way he shook his head. "Surely you'll agree that the planets order and control our destinies?"
"They do not."
"Not at all?"
"No."
"Then what does? Contro...In a fantasy world, where it retains distinction in academia because the academics have too much invested in it.
13 OCT 2013 by ideonexus
The Emergence of the Week Began the Scientific Mind
The making of our week was another forward step in man's mastery of the
world, in his reach toward science. The week was man's own cluster, not
dictated by the visible forces of nature, for the planetary influences were
invisible. By seeking astral regularities, by imagining that regularly recurring
forces at a distance, forces that could be judged only by their effects,
might govern the world, mankind was preparing a new arsenal of thought,
an escape from the prison of Again-and-Again. The p...It was the first time human beings established an artificial order to things, setting up cycles.
13 OCT 2013 by ideonexus
History of the Weekdays
By the third century the seven-day week had become common in private
life throughout the Roman Empire. Each day was dedicated to one of the
seven planets. Those seven, according to the current astronomy, included
the sun and the moon, but not the earth. The order in which planets
governed the days of the week was: sun, moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter,
Venus, and Saturn. This order was not that of their then supposed distance
from the earth, which was the "normal" order in which Dante, for exampl...From astronomy and astrology to religion, complete with superstitions.
18 MAR 2012 by ideonexus
Astronomy Killed Astrology
After a duration of a thousand years, the power of astrology broke down when, with Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo, the progress of astronomy overthrew the false hypothesis upon which the entire structure rested, namely the geocentric system of the universe. The fact that the earth revolves in space intervened to upset the complicated play of planetary influences, and the silent stars, related to the unfathomable depths of the sky, no longer made their prophetic voices audible to mankind. Cel...By disproving Astrology's concept of celestial mechanics.