The validity of astrology is a controversial subject. The case for and the case against astrology's objective validity are presented here. Astrologers argue that astrology works by a mechanism or mechanisms unknown to conventional science. Professional astrologers state by their experience that when applied to practical real life cases and world events many situations can be explained and forecast. They argue that it does not prove anything that conventional science says it requires, but informs the user of potential cel ...

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• Validity of astrology - How astrologers view astrology
• Validity of astrology - How skeptics view astrology
• Validity of astrology - Arguments for astrology
• Validity of astrology - Frank Brown's Experiment
• Validity of astrology - The Mars effect
• Validity of astrology - Age among peer groups
• Validity of astrology - Percy Seymour
• Validity of astrology - The thirteenth zodiacal constellation
• Validity of astrology - Arguments against astrology
• Validity of astrology - Gravitational forces aspect
• Validity of astrology - Magnetic influence
• Validity of astrology - The question of distance
• Validity of astrology - Extra heavenly bodies
• Validity of astrology - Inconsistency of effect
• Validity of astrology - Astrological and astronomical zodiac differences
• Validity of astrology - Arbitrary nature of modern and old zodiac mismatch
• Validity of astrology - Time of birth
• Validity of astrology - Forer effect
• Validity of astrology - Modern solar system bodies discoveries
• Validity of astrology - Psychological points
• Validity of astrology - Knowing about things which can not be changed. A paradox?
• Validity of astrology - Relationship to various sciences

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Astrology, Astrology - Description, Astrology - History of astrology, Astrology - The validity of astrology, Astrology - Effects on world culture, Astrology - Astrology as a descriptive language for the mind, Astrology - Astrology and the classical elements, Astrology - Astrology and alchemy, Astrology - The seven liberal arts and astrology, Astrology - Astrology and the Days of the Week

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Some astrologers maintain that gravitational or tidal forces are the mechanism behind astrology, but the idea that tidal forces from the gravitational influence of the Moon affect biological organisms is only recently gaining some scientific support after years of resistance and debunking from the conventional scientific commuity. Moreover, some modern astrologers state that the solar wind emanating from the Sun regulates weather on Earth and fuels the solar system with powerful magnetic energy that planets orbit through - thus modulati ...

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Validity of astrology, Validity of astrology - How astrologers view astrology, Validity of astrology - How skeptics view astrology, Validity of astrology - Arguments for astrology, Validity of astrology - Frank Brown's Experiment, Validity of astrology - The Mars effect, Validity of astrology - Age among peer groups, Validity of astrology - Percy Seymour, Validity of astrology - The thirteenth zodiacal constellation, Validity of astrology - Arguments against astrology, Validity of astrology - Gravitational forces aspect, Validity of astrology - Magnetic influence, Validity of astrology - The question of distance, Validity of astrology - Extra heavenly bodies, Validity of astrology - Inconsistency of effect, Validity of astrology - Astrological and astronomical zodiac differences, Validity of astrology - Arbitrary nature of modern and old zodiac mismatch, Validity of astrology - Time of birth, Validity of astrology - Forer effect, Validity of astrology - Modern solar system bodies discoveries, Validity of astrology - Psychological points, Validity of astrology - Knowing about things which can not be changed. A paradox?, Validity of astrology - Relationship to various sciences

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Astrology (from Greek: αστρολογία = άστρον, astron, "star" + λόγος, logos, "word") refers to 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 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. The ...

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• Astrology - Description
• Astrology - History of astrology
• Astrology - The validity of astrology
• Astrology - Effects on world culture
• Astrology - Astrology as a descriptive language for the mind
• Astrology - Astrology and the classical elements
• Astrology - Astrology and alchemy
• Astrology - The seven liberal arts and astrology
• Astrology - Astrology and the days of the week

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The Benefits of Gem Therapy

The proper stone can bestow fantastic benefits. There should also be a strong meditation by the wearer of the results desired before beginning its use. Even in children, where the parents are the ones devoting all the mental energy, we have seen dramatic improvements. The use of pearls with young children has been shown to be effective in helping to calm hyperactivity. It seems to make them think with more clarity.

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The following is an excerpt from the new book, The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober

What is an Indigo Child? And why do we call them Indigo? First, the definition:

An Indigo child is one who displays a new and unusual set of psychological attributes and shows a pattern of behavior generally undocumented before. This pattern has common unique factors that suggest that those who interact with them (parents, in particular) change their treatment and upbringing of them in order to achieve balance. To ignore these new patterns is to potentially create imbalance and frustration in the mind of this precious new life. The subject of this chapter is to identify, qualify, and validate the attributes of an Indigo Child.

(See also: Indigo Children, What is Indigo Children, Parenting Indigo Children, Adult Indigo, Indigo Children Channeling)

The symbolic images on the Tarot cards activate and speak to a deep intuitive part of ourselves which the logical, conscious mind cannot understand or control. This part of ourselves is known as the subconscious. This subconscious aspect of being represents our inner self, those deep, highly personal feelings and qualities which provide the foundation for our entire being and give us the motivation behind our behavior, thoughts, emotions, etc. This is the realm of instinct, gut reactions, innate knowing, and personal potential. It is the home of our psyche.

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Buddhism in Thailand is largely of the Theravada school. As much as 94% of Thailand's population is Buddhist of the Theravada school, though Buddhism in this country has become integrated with folk beliefs such as ancestor worship as well as Chinese religions from the large Thai-Chinese population. Buddhist temples in Thailand are characterized by tall golden stupas, and the Buddhist architecture of Thailand is influenced heavily by the architecture of other Southeast Asian countries, particularly Cambodia and Laos, with which Thailan ...

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• Buddhism in Thailand - Influences
• Buddhism in Thailand - Ordination and clergy

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Astrology and astronomy were deeply intertwined in the past, and very much one and the same throughout the overwhelming bulk of human history. The two completely separate disciplines as we define them today cannot, in fact, be distinguished, until only the past few hundred years (they split up completely about 1750-1800). Astrology and astronomy - Historical divergence. The primary goal of astronomy is to understand the physics of the universe. Astrologers use astronomical calculations for the posit ...

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• Astrology and astronomy - Historical divergence

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Uranian Astrology is a modern form of astrology based on teachings of German surveyor/astrologer Alfred Witte (1878-1941), founder of the Hamburg School of Astrology. Witte revived and further developed the use of mathematical midpoints for precision astrological analysis and prediction. He was also an avid independent student of astronomy. In his early writings in the 1920s, he experimented with numerous historical astrology techniques, including the astrological houses, planetary formulae similar to 'Arabic parts', and planet ...

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Alfred Witte (2 March 1878, 21:12 LMT, Hamburg -- 4 August 1941, 4:01 MET, Hamburg) was a German astrologer and the founder of the Hamburg School of Astrology. Witte revived and further developed the use of astrological midpoints for precision in astrological analysis and prediction. He was also an avid independent student of astronomy. In his early writings in the 1920s, he experimented with numerous historical astrology techniques, including the astrological houses, planetary formulae similar to 'Arabic parts', and a new sche ...

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In astrology, a horoscope is a chart or diagram representing the positions of the planets, other celestial bodies, and sensitive angles at the time of any event, such as a person's birth. The term horoscope is derived from Greek words meaning, "a look at the hours" [horoskopos, pl. horoskopoi,or "marker(s) of the hour."] Other commonly used names for the horoscope in English include natal chart, natus, birth chart, astrological chart, astro-chart, celestial map, sky-map, nativity, star-chart, cosmogram, Vitasphere, soulprint, radical cha ...

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• Horoscope - Introduction
• Horoscope - How to cast a horoscope

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In astrology, a cosmic cross is an ancient term for the T-Square. A T-Square is an astrological configuration in which two planets or celestial bodies form an opposition, while a third planet forms a square to both planets in the opposition. When looking at the configuration in the chart, it resembles a T, which is why it is called a T-Square. The T-Square is seen in approximately 40% of all horoscopes, so it is a quite common configuration. It tends to put pressure on the native, and this tension is usually what propels the native to take actions to remedy ...

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Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe (December 14, 1546 – October 24, 1601), was a Danish nobleman astrologer and astronomer as well as an alchemist. He was granted an estate on the island of Hven and the funding to build the Uraniborg, an early research institute, where he built large astronomical instruments and took many careful measurements. As an astronomer, Tycho worked to combine what he saw as the geometrical benefits of the Copernican system with the philosophical benefits of the Ptolemaic system into his own model o ...

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• Tycho Brahe - Early years
• Tycho Brahe - Death of his father
• Tycho Brahe - Family life
• Tycho Brahe - Nova
• Tycho Brahe - Heliocentrism
• Tycho Brahe - Uraniborg Stjerneborg and Benátky nad Jizerou
• Tycho Brahe - Tycho and astronomy
• Tycho Brahe - Tycho and Astrology
• Tycho Brahe - Tycho's moose
• Tycho Brahe - Tycho's death
• Tycho Brahe - Named after Tycho

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A prediction is a statement or claim that a particular event will occur in the future. The etymology of this word is Latin (from præ- "before" plus dicere "to say"). Prediction - Informal prediction. Outside the rigorous context of science, prediction is often confused with informed guess or opinion. A prediction of this kind might be valid and useful if the predictor is a knowledgeable person in the field and is employing sound reasoning and accurate data. Pre ...

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• Prediction - Informal prediction
• Prediction - Supernatural
• Prediction - Scientific prediction
• Prediction - Example
• Prediction - Prediction in fiction

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Esotericism refers to knowledge suitable only for the advanced, privileged, or initiated, as opposed to exoteric knowledge, which is public. It is used especially for mystical, occult and spiritual viewpoints. Esotericism - Etymology. Esoteric is an adjective originating in Hellenic Greece under the domain of the Roman Empire; it comes from the Greek esôterikos, from esôtero, the comparative form of esô: "within". Esoteric refers to anything that is inner and occult. It ...

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• Esotericism - Etymology
• Esotericism - Esoteric vs. Esotericism
• Esotericism - Nuances
• Esotericism - Scope
• Esotericism - Historical sketch
• Esotericism - Esoteric themes
• Esotericism - Traditions
• Esotericism - Esotericism in popular culture

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The anthropology of religion involves the study of religious institutions in relation to other social institutions, and the comparison of religious beliefs and practices across cultures. In the 19th century, cultural anthropology was dominated by an interest in cultural evolution; most anthropologists assumed that there was a simple distinction between “primitive” and “modern” religion and tried to provide accounts of how the former evolved into the latter. In the 20th century most anthropologists rejected this approach. Today ...

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• Anthropology of religion - Specific religious practices and beliefs

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Celestial mechanics is a division of astronomy dealing with the motions and gravitational effects of celestial objects. The field applies principles of physics, historically Newtonian mechanics, to astronomical objects such as stars and planets. It is distinguished from astrodynamics, which is the study of the creation of artificial satellite orbits. Celestial mechanics - History of celestial mechanics. Although modern analytic celestial mechanics starts 400 years ago with Isaac Newton, prior studies addres ...

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• Celestial mechanics - History of celestial mechanics
• Celestial mechanics - Ancient Civilizations
• Celestial mechanics - Claudius Ptolemy
• Celestial mechanics - Johannes Kepler
• Celestial mechanics - Isaac Newton
• Celestial mechanics - Albert Einstein
• Celestial mechanics - Open problems
• Celestial mechanics - Examples of problems
• Celestial mechanics - Perturbation theory
• Celestial mechanics - External link

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The author and poet Robert Graves' study of the nature of poetic myth-making, The White Goddess, first published in 1948, and revised, amended and enlarged in 1966, represents a tangential approach to the study of mythology from a decidedly idiosyncratic perspective. It proposed the existence of a European deity, the White Goddess of Birth, Love and Death, represented by the phases of the moon, who he argued lies behind the faces of the diverse goddesses of various European mythologies. In this work, Graves argued that "true po ...

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A biorhythm (or biological rhythm) is a hypothetical cyclic pattern of alterations in physiology, emotions, and/or intellect. "Bio" pertains to life and "rhythm" pertains to the flow with regular movement. Biorhythm - The basic theory. The theory of biorhythms claims one's lifecycle is affected by rhythmic cycles and makes approximate predictions of cycles of physical, mental and emotional characteristics. A rhythm or a cycle is a characteristic that is periodically repeated in a predic ...

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• Biorhythm - The basic theory
• Biorhythm - Related terminology
• Biorhythm - Biological rhythm cycles
• Biorhythm - Plausibility
• Biorhythm - Application
• Biorhythm - History
• Biorhythm - Patents

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