Fuck, Whatever will I do. Some idiot finally gave scientific proof that western astrology's method of calculation is off by about a month. I find this hilarious. Of course, I have friends who are scrambling to say that they believe in jyotisha/vedic astrology or the chinese zodiac and therefore their star shit still smells like roses.
I mean the other astrological systems seem to be as messed up as well but the magnitude by which it would be messed up is probably different.
OH!! NOES! I'm now a pisces.
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OH!! NOES! I'm now a pisces.
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My astrological sign has not changed, so I don't need to worry about that. 
DSMatticus wrote:Again, look at this fucking map you moron. Take your finger and trace each country's coast, then trace its claim line. Even you - and I say that as someone who could not think less of your intelligence - should be able to tell that one of these things is not like the other.
Kaelik wrote:I invented saying mean things about Tussock.
I'm a Sagitarius in the standard thing.
What does that make me now, I wonder?
What does that make me now, I wonder?
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He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
Look. People who believe in horoscopes do not believe in scientific proofs.
My friend, who's a professional singer, had me give a talk on torsion fields and associated quackery at a party as the resident "scientist". Some time later she caught bronchitis and ate homeopathic crap. I told her point blank "homeopathy doesn't work, get your ass to a real doctor". She got offended (as I knew she would be) and in three days, when her condition improved, she was eager to stuff my face in it: "See, it fucking works, now get me Randi-dude on the phone, I want my million". Of course, five hours later when she was again struggling to even speak, I didn't reply with "NO IT FUCKING DOESN'T". Even then, it took her eight more days to start taking real medicine.
My friend, who's a professional singer, had me give a talk on torsion fields and associated quackery at a party as the resident "scientist". Some time later she caught bronchitis and ate homeopathic crap. I told her point blank "homeopathy doesn't work, get your ass to a real doctor". She got offended (as I knew she would be) and in three days, when her condition improved, she was eager to stuff my face in it: "See, it fucking works, now get me Randi-dude on the phone, I want my million". Of course, five hours later when she was again struggling to even speak, I didn't reply with "NO IT FUCKING DOESN'T". Even then, it took her eight more days to start taking real medicine.
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Either some new sign called Ophiuchus (Nov 19-Dec 17), or still Sagittarius (now Dec 17-Jan 20).Maxus wrote:I'm a Sagitarius in the standard thing.
What does that make me now, I wonder?
Here's the link, if anyone cares.
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Speaking from experience, astrology is an excellent way to get attention/get you laid unless you're talking to someone scientifically minding. Averaging out to a very good way to get laid.
Just something to consider if you're looking for a way to woo people of your preferred sex in lieu of cash, flaunting your good looks, or getting an actual personality. Which is hard.
Just something to consider if you're looking for a way to woo people of your preferred sex in lieu of cash, flaunting your good looks, or getting an actual personality. Which is hard.
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Josh Kablack wrote:Your freedom to make rulings up on the fly is in direct conflict with my freedom to interact with an internally consistent narrative. Your freedom to run/play a game without needing to understand a complex rule system is in direct conflict with my freedom to play a character whose abilities and flaws function as I intended within that ruleset. Your freedom to add and change rules in the middle of the game is in direct conflict with my ability to understand that rules system before I decided whether or not to join your game.
In short, your entire post is dismissive of not merely my intelligence, but my agency. And I don't mean agency as a player within one of your games, I mean my agency as a person. You do not want me to be informed when I make the fundamental decisions of deciding whether to join your game or buying your rules system.
Astrology is an occasionally amusing diversion as long as you don't talk to people who eat the bullshit up like cornflakes. So I was interested when I heard about this change. And disappointed that the new sign is so late in the year because, lets face it, Snake Tamer, is a good bit cooler than bull.
Cuz apparently I gotta break this down for you dense motherfuckers- I'm trans feminine nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them.
Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.
It appears I am the new sign.
That would be neat, if I actually bothered about astrology,
That would be neat, if I actually bothered about astrology,
He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
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I was told it doesn't affect anyone born more than a year ago.
Strangely, I still wonder as a Dec 17th birthday, Sagittarius or Ophiuchus? I'm in the middle.
Strangely, I still wonder as a Dec 17th birthday, Sagittarius or Ophiuchus? I'm in the middle.
The Adventurer's Almanac wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:25 pmNobody gives a flying fuck about Tordek and Regdar.
Yeah, it's for future generations. I guess one is getting phased out too. But, whatever.
Cuz apparently I gotta break this down for you dense motherfuckers- I'm trans feminine nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them.
Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.
Western astrology has actually known about solar precession for a very long time, and so Western astrology isn't based on the sun's relationship to the stars. It's tropical astrology, meaning it's based on a seasonal alignment of the earth to the sun.
Thus, Aries always begins on the vernal equinox, not when the sun actually passes through the constellation of Aries (Cancer begins on summer solstice - when the sun's over the Tropic of Cancer, Libra on the autumnal equinox, and Capricorn on the winter solstice - when the sun's over the Tropic of Capricorn). The year is divided up into twelve houses ruled by constellations that represent the characteristics of their respective season.
Because of that, this "discovery" doesn't matter at all to Western astrology.
On the other hand, sidereal astrology gives a damn about this because the position of the sun in relationship to the stars is considered to be actually important. Unfortunately, the stars are not aligned into equal-sized constellations, so giving each sign the same chunk of days doesn't actually follow the stars.
Thus, Aries always begins on the vernal equinox, not when the sun actually passes through the constellation of Aries (Cancer begins on summer solstice - when the sun's over the Tropic of Cancer, Libra on the autumnal equinox, and Capricorn on the winter solstice - when the sun's over the Tropic of Capricorn). The year is divided up into twelve houses ruled by constellations that represent the characteristics of their respective season.
Because of that, this "discovery" doesn't matter at all to Western astrology.
On the other hand, sidereal astrology gives a damn about this because the position of the sun in relationship to the stars is considered to be actually important. Unfortunately, the stars are not aligned into equal-sized constellations, so giving each sign the same chunk of days doesn't actually follow the stars.
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