What is your zodiac sign? Do you believe in the zodiac? Do you see any resemblance of yourself in your zodiac discription? What is your zodiac in the Chinese zodiac version under this web page? :rolleyes:

http://www.starlightastrology.com/signsindex.htm
http://www.rainfall.com/horoscop/chinese.htm

My sign is Leo. I do believe that the zodiac does hold some truth. The how is what I'm not sure about. I do see a remarkable resemblance in my zodiac discription:
You may have a heavy ego, and you can be arrogant, vain, and extravagant.
Your good qualities include: A strong vitality, honorable, creative, generous, dignified.
Developing your own self identity and mode of creative energy expression will be your ongoing life's work.
My chinese zodiac is the BOAR:
Boars are self-reliant, very sociable, dependable,and extremely determined. Boars are peace lovers and don't hold grudges. They hate arguments, tense situations, and try to bring both sides together. In life they make deep and long-lasting friendships. :p

I'm water.

I'm Libra. There might be something to Astrology but I'm not entirely convinced. I do see some similarities to myself in the typical Libra profile, but I see similarities in other zodiac profiles as well.

I am a Leo and I fit the description you posted fairly well.

I think it is purely coincidental.

That's because they are so general that they fit all who want to find something in them.

the fish. Pisces.
And, no, astrology doesn't mean jack shit. Everything is random and coincidental, or cause and effect. Nothing among the stars decides my fate. I'm my own master.

What about your chinese zodiac? My opinion is that in reading all of the other signs I don't see me in any other than the leo zodiac. I was that way before I read it.

My sign is 'spuriousmonkey'.

my bad qualities are: I like to throw with excrement.

My good qualities are: I like bananas (good source of vitamines!).

My chinese sign is 'tigerpuppie', because I roar but don't bite (hard).

I am myself. I am what I am, and that's all that I am. :)

Until you are not more...

scorpio, no, yes, horse.

scorpio: true enough, but other's have put it better.

On the downside: Abuse of power, the darker side of magic, fanatic, distructive, selfserving.
Your good qualities include: A spiritual outlook, ability to detirmine truth.
To consciously aid the transformations that will allow your maximum soul growth will be your lifes work.

horse: close on some points, but there are a few that are way off..

Aries- and I do not believe in the zodiac.

http://img44.exs.cx/img44/1069/starsigns8xh.jpg

I'm a Leo.

I was born on the cusp. Both a Capricorn and an Aquarius. :D

- N

My sign is That of the 'tiger'.

my bad qualities are: I sleep a lot, and scratches furnitur

My good qualities are: I like food and games.

My chinese sign is 'monkey', because I play to much with out care in the world.

I'm a wascally-wabbit.

I'm a wascally-wabbit.

And what is that?

Either way, be bwave, widdoe wabbit!

Hmm... according to the google search I just did,a wascally wabbit (http://www.seakap.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/GT239.html) seems to be a vibrator of some sort. That's um... that's kind of funny. Har har.

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Tauras, and yep, i definately believe in the Zodiac....you know what big things bulls have..... :D

Butts?

You got it :)

LOL at nexus XD

Anyway, I'm Virgo. And a rat.

uranus

Capricorn

uranus
ur :rolleyes: anus??

Leo.

I've also taken personality tests in school--and surprise--I have a dominant personality to match my Zodiac Sign. :rolleyes:

aries. i think that the atributes assigned by the zodiac (chinese or not) are 1/2 correct, and the other 1/2 people inadvertantly try to make apply.

in the chinese zodiac, i am also a boar. i don't think that any of the description there applies to me. i love a good argument, and i don't like to keep a whole lot of friends. i especially hate networking and other "social butterfly" things.

capricorn and a rooster

im a sagittarius, motherfuckers!!!!!!!
december 4 in the houuuuuuuuuuse!!!!!!!!!

I'm Pisces:

"Known as the caring, creative dreamers of the Zodiac, Pisceans are united in their belief that astrology is unmitigated horseshit".

Does that mean you're an uncaring undreamy Piscean?

No, it's got me about right actually ha ha.

But can we go back to saying what a load of bollocks it is now!

(But true.)

(But bollocks!)

Well I'm a perfect capricorn+rooster

so there (and I know its gobbledygook)

Gobbledygook my backside. Women swear by it. That's why you decided to revive this thread after 6 months. :p

Nah I was just bored

I'll put this bit in hard-to-see type.

Is it just me or is astrology strangely accurate when it comes to the basic character definitions, eg Leos are assertive, etc.?

But as for the rest of it: Pfft! What a load of bollocks!

What is your zodiac sign?
Do you believe in the zodiac?
Do you see any resemblance of yourself in your zodiac discription?

scorpio.
what is 'the zodiac'?
no.

"Known as the caring, creative dreamers of the Zodiac, Pisceans are united in their belief that astrology is unmitigated horseshit".

Wrong!
Can't you read?
You have a vivid imagination and often think you are being followed by the FBI or CIA. You have a minor influence on your friends and people resent you for flaunting what you mistake as power.
You lack confidence and are a general dipshit."
Pisces are so boring.

I'm a Leo on the cusp of Virgo.
And the combination of those two are SWEET!

I'm a youth on the cusp of manhood.

Whose manhood is that, Roman? I bet 50 american pounds that he's family.

50 american pounds
:confused:

Or whatever you call them over there.

scorpio apparently. and this son-of-a-***** probably will be murdered. that table was hilarious. :D

well,I am a scorpio. When I first read the basic scorpio profile many ,many years ago I was dumbfounded by the accuracy of it.I am all that the scorpio describes.

sex drive,business sense[allthou montary gain has eludued me,yet i never go hungry],attitude,demeanor,its all very accurate.

I am also a monkey,allthou that one is not as accurate as the horoscope,it still mostly applies.

But I belive in fate[sort of] so what would I know?

Or whatever you call them over there.
dollars
greenbacks
bucks

And how many dollars to the groat?

im a sagittarius

I'm a taurus. Born in the year of the dragon.

Yes, that fits me well.

Do you want the sign we were actually born under or our current one? I had mine changed by deed poll because I didn't like the description... :bugeye:

I'm a Libra. I do see a lot of ressemblace between myself and my zodiac descriptions.I sometimes read my daily horoscope in the newspaper, I've noticed they're usually accurate aswell. I'm not sure why though. Probably the same reason Nastodamus made so many accurate predictions, vagueness.

So does anyone not think they conform to their astrological descriptions then? Any timid Leos out there? Insensitive, unbalanced Librans?

Come on, just one will do - you're all in danger of destroying my materialist worldview here.

PS: NO WOO-WOOS.

Come on, just one will do - you're all in danger of destroying my materialist worldview here.

But I like being a bully dragon!
Well, sometimes. Sometimes I prefer being a widdoe fwowew ...


So, here's something to destwoy youw matewiawistic wowwdview!

;)

So does anyone not think they conform to their astrological descriptions then?
Just looked at my "description" on http://www.astralarts.com/aquarius.html
I don't agree:
not a team player, don't like groups, not ambitious, no interest whatsoever in being a leader.
Does that count Red?

Are you patronising me, water? ;)

Actually, I had the western signs in mind, not the Chinese ones (though, worryingly, I'm also a perfect Rooster).

Taurus the Bull:

http://astrospeak.indiatimes.com/articleshow/642412.cms
Of the twelve zodiac signs, Taureans are the best looking, but the most insecure of the lot. They need to be assured constantly that they are loved and have a secure future. They are patient, but stubborn, they are calm and co-operative but show them a red rag and you have a mighty bull in the china shop!

Please tell me this isn't accurate. :eek:

Yes, that'll do Oli, thanks.

Phew... what a relief.

OK, where was I? Oh yes...

WHAT A LOAD OF PSEUDO-SCIENTIFIC BULLSHIT! :bugeye:

You must be a Scorpio!

I am a virgo.

Typical!

:bugeye:

What do you mean? :eek:

You are a virgo and you act like a virgo.

And how many dollars to the groat?
groat? what's a groat?

You are a virgo and you act like a virgo.

Oh yea...I got that far. I meant "how does a Virgo act?"

I am not a follower or believer in "astrology." So enlighten me :p

groat

An English silver coin worth four pence, used from the 14th to the 17th century.

Oh yea...I got that far. I meant "how does a Virgo act?"

I am not a follower or believer in "astrology." So enlighten me :p

you are acting like one now

Are you patronising me, water? ;)

I was just being my fwowewy sewf!

http://www.k-state.edu/photo/newwebsite/campus-scenery-large/sunflower-Aug-30.-1995-20.jpg

Ah. I'm actually in a good mood now. *smiles*



Actually, I had the western signs in mind, not the Chinese ones (though, worryingly, I'm also a perfect Rooster).

Taurus the Bull:


http://astrospeak.indiatimes.com/articleshow/642412.cms
Of the twelve zodiac signs, Taureans are the best looking, but the most insecure of the lot. They need to be assured constantly that they are loved and have a secure future. They are patient, but stubborn, they are calm and co-operative but show them a red rag and you have a mighty bull in the china shop!

Please tell me this isn't accurate. :eek:

Oh, Mystic Meg got all mystic ...

Well, I am a taurus and a dragon -- but in MY own understanding of what a taurus and a dragon are like. Ha ha ha. Mystic Meg should watch out for me!

you are acting like one now

Could be a bad thing or good thing. Either way, I have learned nothing in the last hour. Thanks :)

Typical Virgo :rolleyes:

Typical Virgo :rolleyes:

Wtf? :bugeye:

Typical Virgo :rolleyes:
Well said!

Wtf? :bugeye:

That's also typical.

Oh yes. Totally typical virgo.

:rolleyes:

IMO astrology and horoscopes are absolute crap.
I believe a fine should be imposed on those who charge money for "astrology/horoscope", and "tarot" etc. services, as I believe it constitutes fraud.

LEO. Of Course. :cool: PLUS I was born on the same day as Danny Partridge and Fidel Castro!

LEO. Of Course.

You act like a Leo!

LEO. Of Course. :cool: PLUS I was born on the same day as Danny Partridge and Fidel Castro!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqduLv2lCuE&search=bonaduce

I want to show you something! It's BIG!

as a positive suggestion (rather than just a criticism):

if "astrologists" really want to help people, it doesn't take long to complete a basic short course in professional counselling, and then they can really help and support people who have problems like family, marital, grief, crisis, or drug and alcohol problems.

I think that astrologists are either frauds or are just really bad with critical thinking. When you read astrological entries, they are usually written in a general or vague way, so they will apply to a lot of people. I've read how anyone can train to be a "psychic" by following a set of rules and using some logic. Should I find this website again, I'll inform you.

What about marriage? Indians (Hindus) never get married unless the horoscopes match.

What about it? That does not make astrology correct or plausible.

Yes but if all of the astrolgers become counsellors how will the Indians get married? :)

its probably a good thing, otherwise the population would be growing EVEN FASTER than it already is. Can you imagine that?

Do you believe one needs to be married to have children? :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqduLv2lCuE&search=bonaduce

I want to show you something! It's BIG!
LOL!! I must admit I WAS getting my hopes up, even though he is a wee bit on the transient, under-bridge-dweller side of the style aisle.

http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/lessons/indiv/beth/beth_intro.html
Explanation of how astrology claims to work.
an extract
"Equinoxes, Precession, and Astrology:
According to astrology, a person's sign is determined by the position of the Sun on the date they were born. Namely, a person is born under the sign of Virgo if the constellation Virgo was behind the Sun at the time of birth. Thus, a person can see their sign constellation approximately 6 months after they are born, since we must wait for the Earth to travel to the other side of the Sun to see the constellation at night.

According to astrological traditions, the Vernal Equinox is the day that the Sun "enters" the constellation Aries. However, this is not always the case, as astronomical observations have found. It turns out that the Earth's precession makes this astrological prediction wrong. The Earth's precession causes the Equinoxes to move with respect to the background constellations of the Zodiac. Because of the Earth's precession, the dates of the Equinoxes gradually change over a 26,000 year cycle. This means that currently the constellation which is behind the Sun, is actually different from the one predicted by astrologers. For example, according to traditional astrology, the Sun is "in Gemini, the Twins" between May 22 and June 21; but when a person looks at the nighttime sky, the constellation of Gemini is easily visible above the western horizon after sunset all through the month of May until around June 20. "




http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8178html
intresting snippet

"Astrology is scientific theory, courtroom told
13:30 19 October 2005
NewScientist.com news service
Celeste Biever

"Pepper Hamilton
National Academes of Science
Astrology would be considered a scientific theory if judged by the same criteria used by a well-known advocate of Intelligent Design to justify his claim that ID is science, a landmark US trial heard on Tuesday.

Under cross examination, ID proponent Michael Behe, a biochemist at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, admitted his definition of “theory” was so broad it would also include astrology.

The trial is pitting 11 parents from the small town of Dover, Pennsylvania, against their local school board. The board voted to read a statement during a biology class that casts doubt on Darwinian evolution and suggests ID as an alternative.

The parents claim this was an attempt to introduce creationism into the curriculum and that the school board members were motivated by their evangelical Christian beliefs. It is illegal to teach anything with a primarily religious purpose or effect on pupils in government-funded US schools.

Supporters of ID believe that some things in nature are simply too complex to have evolved by natural selection, and therefore must be the work of an intelligent designer.

Peer review
Behe was called to the stand on Monday by the defence, and testified that ID was a scientific theory, and was not “committed” to religion. His cross examination by the plaintiffs’ attorney, Eric Rothschild of the Philadelphia law firm Pepper Hamilton, began on Tuesday afternoon.

Rothschild told the court that the US National Academy of Sciences supplies a definition for what constitutes a scientific theory: “Theory: In science, a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that can incorporate facts, laws, inferences, and tested hypotheses.”

Because ID has been rejected by virtually every scientist and science organisation, and has never once passed the muster of a peer-reviewed journal paper, Behe admitted that the controversial theory would not be included in the NAS definition. “I can’t point to an external community that would agree that this was well substantiated,” he said.

Behe said he had come up with his own “broader” definition of a theory, claiming that this more accurately describes the way theories are actually used by scientists. “The word is used a lot more loosely than the NAS defined it,” he says.

Hypothesis or theory?
Rothschild suggested that Behe’s definition was so loose that astrology would come under this definition as well. He also pointed out that Behe’s definition of theory was almost identical to the NAS’s definition of a hypothesis. Behe agreed with both assertions."

bah. a bunch of hippy crap.

*wipes a booger on the wall*
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