athenian200
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This was something I've been thinking about recently.
Astrology is based in large part on the seasons, as well as the rising/setting of the sun. But in many polar regions... not only does the sun not rise or set that often, but the temperature is always freezing. Shouldn't that make anyone born in such a place more like a Capricorn or Aquarius?
Also, in the Southern Hemisphere, the seasons are reversed. Christmas happens in the summer for them. Should the signs be interpreted the same way, given that the seasonal influences are a part of why they are interpreted as they are in the first place?
My thinking is that Astrology (at least, unrevised Astrology) really only works in the Northern Hemisphere below the polar latitudes. I mean, if you think about it... all the ancient knowledge we've been handed down is from people who really had little experience with these places. They lived entirely in the Northern Hemisphere below polar latitudes.
Therefore, I have my doubts that Astrology can describe the reality of a person born living in a place with no seasons and no sunsets.... or even a place with reversed seasons unless the signs are "flipped" somehow.
I know a lot of people will insist that it works for them, but I just don't see any logical way that it could. I'm curious what other people think on this issue.
Astrology is based in large part on the seasons, as well as the rising/setting of the sun. But in many polar regions... not only does the sun not rise or set that often, but the temperature is always freezing. Shouldn't that make anyone born in such a place more like a Capricorn or Aquarius?
Also, in the Southern Hemisphere, the seasons are reversed. Christmas happens in the summer for them. Should the signs be interpreted the same way, given that the seasonal influences are a part of why they are interpreted as they are in the first place?
My thinking is that Astrology (at least, unrevised Astrology) really only works in the Northern Hemisphere below the polar latitudes. I mean, if you think about it... all the ancient knowledge we've been handed down is from people who really had little experience with these places. They lived entirely in the Northern Hemisphere below polar latitudes.
Therefore, I have my doubts that Astrology can describe the reality of a person born living in a place with no seasons and no sunsets.... or even a place with reversed seasons unless the signs are "flipped" somehow.
I know a lot of people will insist that it works for them, but I just don't see any logical way that it could. I'm curious what other people think on this issue.
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