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"...when one has a system based on randomness and arbitrary convention, a shuffle, mix-up or derangement of the system is unimportant, because the whole system is just a random word generator, and it continues to generate random words as you mix it further. The puzzle is how any conscious human being could remain unaware of the arbitrariness of the procedure, once he understands it.

Returning to the question of the popularity of astrology, psychologists have no trouble accounting for it. It comes from the uniquely personal aspect of astrology. Every day you pick up the paper, turn to the astrology column, and read about yourself! Not Ronald Reagan, not Madonna, not Elizabeth Taylor … but you, you, you. It's all about you. It's all to do with you. ...."

".....There are more than 10,000 practicing astrologers in the U.S., and Americans spend more than $200 million annually consulting astrologers. In short, millions of Americans, from Ronald Reagan to minimum wage earners, will doubtless continue to regulate some part of their daily schedule in accord with the arbitrary and potentially harmful "advice" generated by the mindless random-advice generator provided by astrology. Ironically, they will therefore continue to pay unknowing lip service to the tenets of an otherwise forgotten religion of ancient Babylon."

I'll state this again, I have seen this issue from both sides of the argument. There is no way, now that I know the facts about the fallacy of astrology, that I would sit back and not provide truthful information when I see people being recruited into such a belief. Harm does not come just from fanatical fringe practitioners. Time, money, and talent is diverted from people's lives into a practice that has no basis in truth. Just think of how better the world would be if all this time, money, talent, and energy were put into practicing something that is truthful and constructive - volunteering in community assistance; creating something in art, music, literature; seeing ourselves, friends, family, associates as UNIQUE and unfathomably individual persons, not subject to the categorizing of a system of symbols.

Alice