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Astrology has more of a culturally evolved or emerged nature. Of course, it's peddled by entrepreneurs who have an incentive to "make it up". Yet it's oddly coherent (with itself), at least from the POV of an uninterested person who encounters it a few times over decades.

Technical analysis is literally made up.

I think there's a gradient where technical analysis is in the far right and psychonalysis in the far left, with astrology in the middle. I can't discern it clearly on an empty stomach right now though.



If astrology isn't real, why does literally every Scorpio I know have their birth date in October or November?

Checkmate atheists


>not using Chinese astrology where every person born in that year has the same characteristics

ngmi


Sorry, what does this have to do with (a)theism? The growing interest in astrology among the young correlates with their growing atheism.

Also [0].

[0] https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018e.htm


"checkmate, atheists!" is an old meme. I think it might have originated from this video (but maybe it predates it): https://youtu.be/P47OC439x88

I've only ever seen it used sarcastically by atheists making fun of the kinds of arguments that religious folks make. It was a bigger thing during the heyday of new atheism, I don't see a lot of discourse on the topic these days.


It's just a silly meme used when making a silly argument https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/checkmate-atheists


On the contrary, if it was real, wouldn't you expect every scorpio to be born in the _same_ month of the year instead of the same _two_?


Only if the calendar and zodiac agreed on the month boundaries.

Sadly the actual zodiac and astrology do not agree on the month boundaries. And that is because astrologers are using an out of date calendar.

https://www.astronomy.com/astronomy-for-beginners/why-your-z...


Your going to have to define technical analysis for me. I'm questioning very heavily that we're talking about the same thing. You don't believe in trends?




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