how eclipses are predicted with exact timing by astrologers eventhough they are not scientists?
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Anyone can "predict" an eclipse who has access to almanacs that predict eclipses developed by astronomers. Even ancient astronomers were able to predict eclipses quite accurately. Now, there is even computer software that will tell when an eclipse will occur or has occurred almost on any date you want.
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Astrologers argue that astrology works by a mechanism that is unknown to science. They believe that it is validated by their personal experience when applied in real life cases. They argue that it does not make the hard predictions that science would require but informs the user of subtleties to decisions that would otherwise be missed. Skeptics see astrology as repeatedly failing to demonstrate its effectiveness in controlled studies and see those who continue to use it as gullible and deluded, or even as charlatans. So there is a large rift between the believers and skeptics. But as I stated before the remainder of this page will focus on of the science of astrology\n\nAstrology (from Greek: αστρολογία = άστρον, astron, "star" + λόγος, logos, "word") is any of several traditions or systems in which knowledge of the apparent positions of celestial bodies is held to be useful in understanding, interpreting, and organizing knowledge about reality and human existence on earth. All astrological traditions are based on the relative positions and movements of various real and construed celestial bodies as seen at the time and place of the birth or other event being studied. These are chiefly the Sun, Moon, planets, Ascendant & Midheaven axes, and the lunar nodes. A practitioner of astrology is called an astrologer, or sometimes an astrologist. Astromancy, divination by the stars, is a slightly archaic synonym for astrology (likewise for astromancer and the rather rarely used astromancist).\n\nMany of those who practice astrology believe the positions of certain celestial bodies either influence or correlate with people's personality traits, important events in their lives, and even physical characteristics.\n\nAstrology is not considered to be a science, but is more appropriately an intuitive discipline, and is separate from astronomy, the scientific study of outer space. The calculations performed in astrology involves some skill in arithmetic and simple geometry and serve to locate the apparent location of heavenly bodies on desired dates and times based on tables constructed by astronomers. There have been astrologers who claim to try to put astrology on a sound scientific basis, but for most it is an art that merges calculations with their own intuitive perceptions. For most astrologers the purported relationship between the celestial bodies and events on earth need not be causal, nor even scientific.\n\nThe generally established opinion of the scientific community is that astrology is superstition, with no actual predictive ability.\n\nThe core principles of astrology reflect a general principle, which was accepted in some parts of the ancient world, that events in the heavens should have analogies on Earth. In some places, such as ancient China and Babylon, the apparently untoward movement of a comet across the otherwise orderly movement of the heavens was taken as a portent of disaster. Such ancient beliefs are epitomized in the Hermetic maxim: As Above, So Below. The famous astronomer/astrologer Tycho Brahe also used a similar phrase to justify his studies in astrology: Suspiciendo despicio — "By looking up I see downward."\n\nIn past centuries astrology often relied on close observation of astronomical objects, and the charting of their movements, and might be considered a protoscience in this regard. In modern times astrologers have tended to rely on data drawn up by astronomers and set out in a set of tables called an ephemeris, which shows the changing positions of the heavenly bodies through time. It is the interpretation of these science based tables that makes astrology a target for the label pseudoscience.\n\nCentral to all astrology is the horoscope. This is a diagrammatic representation in two dimensions of the celestial bodies' apparent positions in the heavens from the vantage of a location on Earth at a given time and place. The horoscope of an indivi
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Tell him about a recent study which evaluated 15,000 people and found that there was no correlation between birth date and personality traits. The results were just released last month and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no scientific basis to astrology.\n\nThe links below should provide articles and books that will be helpful in explaining how astrology has been disproved to be a science.\n\nYou can also try a few experiments at home yourself, if you get a few friends to help. In the first experiment, you'll need descriptions of all 12 zodiac signs. From each of the signs, write down a personality trait on an individual index card, but do not label which sign it belongs to. (You can put a code number on the back so you can figure out which sign it belongs to in the end.) For example, you might write down the word "loyal," taken from the sign Taurus on one index card, and "stubborn," also from Taurus, on another. Get a few friends together who don't really know much about zodiac signs (and therefore can't cheat by assembling what they know to be their sign) and ask them to draw 5 to 10 cards that describe them best. For each one of them, see what percentage of the cards they selected actually came from their sign. Chances are good the percentage will not be very high.\n\nIn another experiment, you simply read ALL the horoscopes rather than just yours, then keep track of which predictions made for each of the signs actually came true for you personally. At the end of the month, chances are good that you'll find that no more predictions from your own horoscope came true than those from any other.\n\nIn all probability, your friend will not change his mind about believing in astrology, but if you tell him about studies proving astrology has no scientific basis, and if you perform the above experiments yourself and document the results thoroughly, it might plant a little seed of doubt in his mind at the very least.\n\nGood luck!
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About every 27 months. There was one alignment in July, 2002, so just repeatedly add 27 months to find when others will occur.\n\nMy source is an astrology source, not an astronomy source, but astrologers really do know how to predict the positions of the planets. It is just the meaning of those positions that is nonsense.
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Astrology is a science twisted into an Art. It can tell you where particular stars will be at a particular time in the future. The rest is conjecture built on the basis of data you provide and some cross checking of the Mathematical projection . Don't depend too much on it for accuracy. Modern Psychology and general knowledge can give better results in predicting what will happen to you.
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One doesnt have to believe in astronomy. It is a legitimite science. Astrology takes as much belief as tarot cards, crystal balls, reading tea leaves, tossing bones, palm reading............
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I am a big fan of Cecil Adams, and he responded the following to someone asking if there's anything to astrology:\n\nParaphrased from the link provided in sources:\n\n"The usual objections to astrology boil down to: how the hell could it possibly work? After all, the stars are unthinkably distant, and the planets, an essential part of astrology, revolve around the sun, not the earth. Besides, what's so magical about the time of your birth--wouldn't it make more sense if your personality were determined by the time of your conception? On top of everything else, astrologists don't even agree on how to do charts--check out the difference between tropical and sidereal zodiacs sometime.\n\nBut this is not what astrology buffs want to hear. To them it doesn't matter that there's no plausible basis for astrology; they claim it just "works." By this they mean a skilled astrologer can give you genuine insights into your personality. In this they're undoubtedly correct--but the credit goes not to astrology per se but to the practitioner.\n\nMany experienced astrologers are pretty fair amateur shrinks. In the course of a one or two hour consultation they can usually get a good fix on your problems. Back this up with a lot of BS about Mars conjunct Uranus and the effect is convincing--and what the heck, it may even do you some good.\n\nBut to say astrology can be helpful doesn't mean it has any objective validity. Studies have shown that (1) astrologers trying to deduce someone's personality from his chart do no better than chance; (2) astrologers studying the same chart come to opposite conclusions as often as not; (3) the birth dates of people with occupations linked to certain signs (e.g., politicians, scientists, soldiers) are in fact randomly distributed throughout the zodiac; and (4) couples with "incompatible" signs get married and divorced at the same rate as compatible couples.\n\nThe fact is, people who want to believe in astrology will convince themselves it works no matter what. In one study of 22 astrology buffs, half were presented with their real horoscopes and half were presented with fake charts saying the exact opposite. Both groups said their horoscopes were 96 to 97 percent accurate."
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There is a way but you have to go to somebody who is really qualified and knows about it.\n\nThe Huber method is pretty accurate for determining the time (give it 1 or 2 hours) of your birth. It has to do with major events in your life - how you perceived them - not what other people tell you and you place moon and other planets in accordance and within the right houses.\nYou would also be asked lots of questions about how you present yourself, how you were born, if anything significant happened BEFORE you were born....\nWay too long to explain but the method is reliable.
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Hi There, im an Astrologer. I've seen lots of horoscope here in Yahoo Answers Horoscope section and to my surprise, Im 99 % accurate. I've told the looks of people i've never seen, details about them, their careers etc. \n\nSee, there are many things that an astrologer have to see in a horoscope. It takes years to remember those things. its a deep deep knowledge. Even the best of astrologers knows only 10 percent of total astrology.\n\none of my relatives from my brother in law side, knew when he would die, and when he died there was a chit found and it was written in it the day, and time he would die. This is fact. Astrology is Science + Maths. \n\nFor instance, there are 7 visible planets (Sun, Moon, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Mercury, Jupiter) in horoscopes and 2 invisible planets (Rahu and Ketu). There are 7 splits from a sun ray when passed via a PRISM and 2 invisible rays (UV and IR). Now did you get my point ?\n\nSo, i must conclude that astrology is not fake, it's science + maths. Just provide me with ur full birth date (dd/mm/yy), birth time and birth place. i'll give you predictions at onedeepen@yahoo.com.
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Astronomy is not Astrology, I suggest going to the entertainment section and finding Astrology. No, you can't be success in life.
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My Mother-in-Law is convinced that the phases of the moon and changes in the wind predict the weather pattern until the moon starts to next wax/wane.\n\nAs a scientist I know that this is twaddle.\n\nThe trouble is, she has an uncanny knack of being right.
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A. You need to provide the EXACT time of birth. Each minute you are off means a degree will be off in the Birth Chart. This can be critical: EG: a planet falling in one house or the other. So the CLOSER to the correct birth time the better the results of your chart will be.\n\nB. You also have to provide WHERE your were born. IE: City, State or Provice, Country.\n\nMy own puter is down right now so I can't access my Astrology Program to tell you anything. Anyway, I'd have to convert it to a Word Doc and e-mail it to you.\n\nSo go to:\n\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?search=Horoscopes&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ans&ico-yahoo-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAuxR4QZzWPDrmAvJipa1HAIazKIX%2FSIG%3D111gjvvgj%2F*-http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAldIEoix3qWhr04vlCDt09QazKIX%2FSIG%3D11ia1qo58%2F**http%253a%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%253aSearch&p=Horoscopes\n\nfind a place that is free and type in all that info.\n\nGOOD LUCK!!!!!
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If you believe  in Einsteins theory of General relativity, then it says that both space and time is affected by  the gravitational attraction of the bodies. As every event (including the events in our life) takes place on the fabric of space & time, the gravitaional attraction of heavenly bodies do have some effect on us.. But, wait!  these effects are calculated to be negligibly  small, so that  they cannot have any significant effect on our life.\n  So, it may not be wise decision to believe on the predictions of astrology. Some people would say that astrology is a science but in fact it is a pseudo science and not exact science.
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Well Trivium, I doubt whether it ever happened.\nIf you think logically:\nTwo planets eclipse RARELY\nThree- VERY RARELY\n4- STILL RARER\nAnd if you imagine all planets may be its probability tends to zero i.e. Its probability is infinitesimally small.\nA large section of people doubt that something drastic will happen if all planets so called "Eclipse" each other.\n\n\nOn may 5,2000 Earth,Sun,Venus,Mars,Jupiter and Saturn came very close to Aligning themselves in a straight line.\nIt was a celestial spectacle.\nYou can get the pictures on:\nhttp://www.griffithobs.org/SkyAlignments.html\nHowever,there are'nt any reports of all planets forming in a line till date.
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http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2006/index.html\nget ready to watch
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Stars are balls of gas, like our own sun, which do not predict anything except the seasons and the time of day (if you can see them, chances are it's night time.)\nStars cannot predict your future. If they did, everyone born from June something to July something would have the same future prediction, which would cause insanity--Everyone who was born in that range should avoid red, or should jump at the very next opportunity they find? What if a guy is driving down the slums at the exact point he reads that and drives by two hookers? He takes the opportunity, and ends up in jail--was that a correct opportunity to take? Me thinks not.
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I do know according to your birthday your horoscope sign is a Pisces.Far as marriage im constantly being told it will happen in GOD time.No im not a psychic.It's just that i ask a question or questions.Why,Who,When,and Where.Because i am very impatient