Among the arguments against astrology is the proper motion of stars. Stars are freely 'floating' in space. They are not fixed, they have velocities relative to other starts. Over time their positions in the sky change. Here is a sample of a familiar star grouping 'The Big Dipper' part of the constellation of Ursa Major, showing how the positions of stars change over time. The question that interests me is, if you were placed on a planet somewhere else and all the stars in the sky, and planets (if any) were completely different, how would you construct an astrology system, and how would you know it worked? The attached image shows the constellation Scorpius (which astrologers call Scorpio) as it appears from Greenwich Observatory in England and how it appears from the neighbourhood of the star Rigel (which is in the constellation of Orion). Images like this show how parochial astrology really is in terms of systems that try to explain how the cosmos works. Proper Motion of Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) http://youtu.be/txJH8RlIoXQ http://youtu.be/txJH8RlIoXQ Proper Motion of Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) http://youtu.be/txJH8RlIoXQ Download the original from: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast162/Movies/ This movie shows the appearance of the Big... View on youtu.be http://youtu.be/txJH8RlIoXQ Preview by Yahoo
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