--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Personally I think that astrology is hogwash, > > > *except* as tricksterism. That is, some people > > > whose intuition and "seeing" skills are present > > > but latent can *trick* themselves into utilizing > > > their latent ability to "see" by gazing a chart > > > of the position of the planets. > > > > > > For other people, it's tarot cards. For still > > > others, reading tea leaves. > > > > Interesting. Here's what I said back in May > > of last year (I'm sure Barry didn't, you know, > > read it or anything): > > > > "My guess: Any sufficiently complex system of > > correspondences, such as astrology (any flavor), > > works as a tool for focusing the intuition-- > > i.e., collecting and integrating all one's > > little intuitional inputs into a coherent whole > > so that a prediction can be generated from it. > > The system's correspondences themselves don't > > 'mean' anything at all, they're just a framework > > to hang the intuition on and organize what the > > intuition knows. > > > > "Tea leaves, in other words, could work just as > > well as astrology for anyone with a highly > > developed intuition." > > I wish to congratulate Judy for having discovered, > in May of last year, a way of looking at astrology > that we California hippies used to laugh about over > joints back in 1966. It shows real progress on her > part.
Nah, sorry, I figured this out back when I first got into astrology (and was talking about it on alt.m.t long before you ever mentioned it).
