In partiular, nothing posted by you.

Wow Gervase, the perfect accuracy, subtle depth and profound clarity of that particular observation is truly astounding!!

If I were to stumble across this thread as a disinterested observer who had no feelings one way or another about astrology, I would leave it thinking that its adherents were hysterical, foot-stamping shriekers who made Violet Elizabeth Bott look like Ruth Kelly. And I would certainly not consider astrology to be a pursuit for the rationally-minded.

Mm-hmm.

The 'rationally-minded' quite often resort to good ole ad hominems, however incomprehensible, when other less obvious tactics fail.