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Astrology baffles me
Mar. 17th, 2013 06:10 pmNo, this isn't about whether or not it works. just about what people believe.
I got pointed at a short story contest where each story had to be about a specific sign of the zodiac. So I went Googling the meaning of the signs. Different sources seem to have very different ideas, but in no case does Taurus have anything to do with Bulls (it's a feminine sign!), nor does Sagittarius have anything to do with archery or centaurs, nor Scorpio to do with scorpions. Capricorn is nothing to do with goats.
No inspiration ensued, which is probably a good thing, but it did show me just how much I don't know about astrology and the mythology behind it.
Edit: a helpful answer on the Facebook echo points me at the Babylonian calendar, which was apparently the first to divide the year into 12 parts, and the correspondence between Taurus and the Month of the Bull.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_calendar
I got pointed at a short story contest where each story had to be about a specific sign of the zodiac. So I went Googling the meaning of the signs. Different sources seem to have very different ideas, but in no case does Taurus have anything to do with Bulls (it's a feminine sign!), nor does Sagittarius have anything to do with archery or centaurs, nor Scorpio to do with scorpions. Capricorn is nothing to do with goats.
No inspiration ensued, which is probably a good thing, but it did show me just how much I don't know about astrology and the mythology behind it.
Edit: a helpful answer on the Facebook echo points me at the Babylonian calendar, which was apparently the first to divide the year into 12 parts, and the correspondence between Taurus and the Month of the Bull.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_calendar
