Quotes About Astrology

Chemist Michael] Polanyi found one other necessary requirement for full initiation into science: Belief. If science has become the orthodoxy of the West, individuals are nevertheless still free to take it or leave it, in whole or in part; believers in astrology, Marxism and virgin birth abound. But "no one can become a scientist unless he presumes that the scientific doctrine and method are fundamentally sound and that their ultimate premises can be unquestionably accepted.

In modern mathematics, information content has a precise numerical value, based on the reverse of the probability that you can predict it in advance. Thus, an astrology column has virtually no information, a great poem has high information, and the ravings of an acute schizophrenic have such enormous information that nobody can predict them or make use of them.

Anyway that's a large part of what economics is—peo-ple arbitrarily, or as a matter of taste, assigning numerical values to non-numerical things. And then pretending that they haven't just made the numbers up, which they have. Economics is like astrology in that sense, except that economics serves to justify the current power structure, and so it has a lot of fervent believers among the powerful.

that's a large part of what economics is—people arbitrarily, or as a matter of taste, assigning numerical values to non-numerical things. And then pretending that they haven't just made the numbers up, which they have. Economics is like astrology in that sense, except that economics serves to justify the current power structure, and so it has a lot of fervent believers among the powerful.

That's a large part of what economics is--people arbitrarily, or as a matter of taste, assigning numerical values to non-numerical things. And then pretending that they haven't just made the numbers up, which they have. Economics is like astrology in that sense, except that economics serves to justify the current power structure, and so it has a lot of fervent believers among the powerful.

I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other.

If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little more enlightened, religion would perish.

The total number of people who understand relativistic time, even after eighty years since the advent of special relativity, is still much smaller than the number of people who believe in horoscopes.

Astrologers are agreed that the squiggles called a horoscope contain some sort of message to be decoded...

Astrology is assured of recognition from psychology, without further restrictions, because astrology represents the summation of all the psychological knowledge of antiquity.

Astrology is like any other branch of knowledge. It can be used for good or for ill, properly or improperly, by skilled and unskilled practitioners alike.

You can either acquire knowledge through a library or just have a Saggitarius friend!

There's only so much one can do with Mercury in retrograde, but…" She let out a long, theatrical breath.

Influenza delle stelle—the influence of the stars.

To wÅ'aÅ›nie znaczy sÅ'owo influenza, inna nazwa grypy. Influenza delle stelle, czyli wpÅ'yw gwiazd. Dla Å›redniowiecznych WÅ'ochów ta choroba byÅ'a dowodem na to, ?e niebiosa sterujÄ… ich losem, ?e niektórzy dosÅ'ownie urodzili siÄ™ pod zÅ'Ä… gwiazdÄ….

I told her, In Italy, they used to blame the influence of the constellations for making them sick—that's where influenza comes from.

That's what influenza means, she said. Influenza delle stelle—the influence of the stars.

Influenza delle stelle—the influence of the stars. Medieval Italians thought the illness proved that the heavens were governing their fates, that people were quite literally star-crossed.

Responsibility: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.

I'm a Libra. That means that I can make a decision, but only after much thought.

I was born during an eclipse. I believe very much in astrology. If you were born on an eclipse it indicates your destiny is chaotic.

I happen to be a Sagittarius. That means we pull back the bow, we aim and fire at our target, and we aim to hit our target.

Taurus and Sagittarius do not get along.

I'm a Taurus. To the bone.