Kholzie t1_ja0q126 wrote
Reply to comment by Butterbrotbox in Mysterious marks on Ice Age cave art may have been a form of record keeping. by Rifletree
Speaking as a layman, I think a lot of astral bodies have notably different positions year after year. I think astrology makes sense when you see it as keeping track of the time of year people were born and how nature’s cycles affected them. They say Virgoes are prone to bean counting/organization. This makes some sense for people born around the time of year for the harvest.
It has less to do with stars influencing you and more to do with natural cycles.
I don’t know about chinese astrology though.
EndersGame t1_ja1momo wrote
> This makes some sense for people born around the time of year for the harvest.
No that doesn't make any sense unless an infant is going to start bean counting a few weeks after being born. Otherwise how does it make sense to you?
Astrology is 100% bullcrap and none of it makes sense. The logic you guys use to make it make sense is a little silly.
The time of year you were born has no effect on your personality. How would you even explain that in terms of evolution?
Kholzie t1_ja3bcer wrote
> No that doesn’t make any sense unless an infant is going to start bean counting a few weeks after being born. Otherwise how does it make sense to you?
Correct, that would be absurd. But a baby born that time if year maybe raised to help fulfil that role when they grow up.
I didn’t say birth sign imbued people with magical talent at birth.
HYRY t1_ja2fws4 wrote
I agree, except i believe winter babies vs summer babies could have slightly different personalities based on the mood around their birth and early days
Veless t1_ja1r7nq wrote
When they come of age to work it will be at a certain time of year where particular work is required. So the time of birth would definitely affect what kind of work they would eventually be exposed to first.
The person you're responding to is trying to rationalize why people thought astronomical bodies affected people's personalities, not that they are exactly correct about it. Assuming people in the past were just nonsensical is bad science and a little arrogant. They had an internal logic, which is interesting to think about.
Pyro-sensual t1_ja1mc0y wrote
That's a fun thought, but not supported by anything. When a person is born has no affect on their personality or interests
Kholzie t1_ja3bjv2 wrote
I didn’t propose it was proven by anything. You know, people also say aliens made the nazca lines, and when they do they harp on aliens being the only ones who could see the lines from above. I disagree with that logic, but i don’t harbor vitriol and scorn for people who have ideas and want to ask questions.
We don’t know a lot of stuff about ancient people, what they knew, or what motivated them.
Pyro-sensual t1_ja3u9d1 wrote
>I didn’t propose it was proven by anything.
I didn't say that you did.
> i don’t harbor vitriol and scorn for people who have ideas and want to ask questions.
I 100% agree.
>We don’t know a lot of stuff about ancient people, what they knew, or what motivated them.
Of course, that's true. But it's important not to simply make things up to fill in the gaps and spread misinformation. My comment was only meant as a supplement to yours in case someone reading was confused about whether astrology had any basis in reality or was just a fairy tale.
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Kholzie t1_ja3v6r8 wrote
I’m not spreading misinformation. In fact, I used the words “I am a layman” and “I think”, more than once. Like, it’s a very deliberate effort on my part not to pass myself off as authority.
Don’t attack me. I wonder why people have to use Reddit as a pulpit to put other people down.
Chill.
Pyro-sensual t1_ja3xk2k wrote
I didn't say you were spreading misinformation. No one is attacking you. You're being unnecessarily defensive.
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