A lot of people also think that an astrologer can change their life or destiny. This is not possible. Think about it this way: An astrologer has not created your destiny, so he cannot change it.
In life, you get the chance to edit it just a little bit through choices and decisions. You have created it, so you have some power to control it, but you cannot change the whole thing. In this sense, astrology can help by being the guide with which you make choices that will allow you to experience the best case scenario of your own individual destiny. By Sanjeev Verma Published on February 7, Load More. Share Pin Email. Myth 1: Astrology has something to do with magic, the paranormal, or psychic activity.
Myth 2: Astrology is just a fun pastime. Comments 0. The position and orientation of the sun relative to earth does cause seasons. Anyone who has shoveled snow off his walk in January when he would rather be at the beach can tell you that the astronomical bodies definitely affect our lives. Solar flares cause electromagnetic disturbances on earth that can disrupt satellites and even cause blackouts. The position of the moon causes ocean tides.
If you are a fisher, the position of the moon can have a significant effect on your livelihood. The solar wind causes beautiful aurora, and sunlight itself is the main source of energy for our planet.
But all of these effects fall under the umbrella of basic weather; not astrology. Astrology purports that astronomical bodies have influence on people's lives beyond basic weather patterns, depending on their birth date. This claim is scientifically false. Numerous scientific studies have disproven that astronomical bodies affect people's lives according to their birth date. For instance, Peter Hartmann and his collaborators studied over individuals and found no correlation between birth date and personality or intelligence.
In one of the most famous experiments, Shawn Carlson had 28 astrologers make predictions and then tested the accuracy of their predictions. Before conducting the experiment, he fine-tuned the method so that various independent scientists agreed the method was scientifically sound, and also so that all of the astrologers agreed the test was fair. As published in Nature , he found that the astrologers could do no better at predicting the future than random chance.
These results agree with fundamental science. Fundamentally, there are four forces of nature: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, and the weak nuclear force. If an object affects a person, it must do so by interacting through one of these fundamental forces. For instance, strong acid burns your skin because the electromagnetic fields in the acid pull strongly enough on your skin molecules that they rip apart. A falling rock crushes you because gravity pulls it onto you.
A nuclear bomb will vaporize you because of nuclear forces. Each of the fundamental forces can be very strong. Leads to ongoing research? Scientific studies involving astrology have stopped after attempting and failing to establish the validity of astrological ideas.
So far, there are no documented cases of astrology contributing to a new scientific discovery. Researchers behave scientifically? Scientists don't wait for others to do the research to support or contradict the ideas they propose. Instead, they strive to test their ideas, try to come up with counterarguments and alternative hypotheses , and ultimately, give up ideas when warranted by the evidence.
Astrologers, on the other hand, do not seem to rigorously examine the astrological ideas they accept. As reflected by the minimal level of research in the field, they rarely try to test their arguments in fair ways. In addition, the astrological community largely ignores evidence that contradicts its ideas. Science cannot be absolutely defined; however, scientific endeavors have a set of key characteristics, summarized in the Science Checklist.
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