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Old 28-01-2009, 02:22 PM
Enchilada
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Exclamation Astrology for Nitwits : You could have fun for months on end...

Yes, I too have dabbled a little in the "dark side", as when it come to astrology, I've always adopted the rule "Know thy enemy" !!
When I was teaching basic astronomy at the local community college several years, I was presented with about a dozen astrology books as a "guiding" help. These were a good giggle I must say, but I used them to show the difference between astronomy and astrology, then why astrology is misguided.
What is even funnier, is that this same book is in its 4th Edition!
Of course the other classic is "Astrology for Dummies"
However, if you want a really good chuckle, then your source of amusement is the on-line "Astrology Weekly" (The astrologer's equivalent of IIS)
Two truly hilarious articles are;
"Portable Astrology" http://www.astrologyweekly.com/astro...-astrology.php
and the "Astrology of the "First Man on the Moon"", which proves that Neil Armstrong was not the first to land on the Moon, and that his reincarnated self 'proves' he was a liar and a cheat. (See http://www.astrologyweekly.com/astro...t-man-moon.php )
You might also really enjoy reading the "Astrologers' Community" http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/ - especially the section "Fixed stars, asteroids and other cosmic objects" to see just how well informed astrologers are... Just a classic!
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