tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094742788006644220.post-31239996227559955752008-01-27T20:28:00.000-08:002008-01-27T20:28:00.000-08:00Elmar wrote:<BR/><BR/>>>the silly idea of the new astrology to produce personal horoscopes is even younger than scientific astronomy and was probably born out of needs for money-making by poor astronomists<<<BR/><BR/>If conning clients were all there were to it, it wouldn't be so bad. At least, the con-artists would be acting rationally. But in fact my experience is that the delusion (actually a form of projective paranoia) infects the astrologers just as much as their clients. In parts of the world (for instance in India) the casting of individual horoscopes is a very deeply rooted and very ancient practice. It is a socially and psychologically embedded meme that even infects otherwise rational scientists. The only good I can see in it is the cover it sometimes provides to people who want to get out of appointments or break off engagements. <BR/><BR/>Peter HookPeter Hooknoreply@blogger.com