My first impression of Blogspot was not a good one. In my profile, my "astrological sign" and "zodiac year" seem to be the 3rd and 4th most defining information about me, following my age and gender. They tell more about me than, say, where I live, or what my interests are. Of course, my problem is not if people can make anything from what constellation the Sun was (yeah, right. See below) when I was born, or, for that matter, what the weather was like, or if it was Artillery Day in Greece, or who were Division Two football champions in Iceland. The problem is that exposing my visitors to all this nonsense is somewhat forced, as the only way to get rid of it is to delete my date of birth. Anyway, this is what I did.
This thing with stars and constellations (yes I know the difference between constellation and astrological sign, but it doesn't add any more sense to astrology) made me wonder where the planets really were the day I was born. I used Stellarium, which is a piece of software that simulates the view to the sky from a given place at a given time. And even better, it works when the sky is cloudy, you can see objects very close to the Sun, you can see stars at daytime, and you can see objects which are too dim or too remote for the naked eye to see. Here are the results:
This thing with stars and constellations (yes I know the difference between constellation and astrological sign, but it doesn't add any more sense to astrology) made me wonder where the planets really were the day I was born. I used Stellarium, which is a piece of software that simulates the view to the sky from a given place at a given time. And even better, it works when the sky is cloudy, you can see objects very close to the Sun, you can see stars at daytime, and you can see objects which are too dim or too remote for the naked eye to see. Here are the results:
- The Sun is supposed to be in Sagittarius on 12/4 according to the horoscopes in the newspapers. In fact it is much closer to Ophiuchus, but if you had to choose between Sagittarius and Scorpius, it would be Scorpius.
- The Moon is not a planet, but anyway I checked it too, and it happened to be in Cancer.
- Mercury and Venus are always close to the Sun, because their orbit is inside the orbit of every observer I have ever met (they were all on, or near Earth), so they too were in Scorpius. In fact, Venus was in Ophiuchus, but it is out of contest. Only the twelve signs can claim planets.
- Mars in Libra.
- Jupiter in Aquarius.
- Saturn in Gemini.
- Uranus in Virgo.
- Neptune happened to be on the other side of the Sun at the time, so it too was in Scorpius.
- Non-planet Pluto was in Virgo, moving really slowly.
It seems that now you have all the data you need to find out everything about me! Make a comment about it, and let's see what you got right!
1 comment:
Congratulations on your blog! May it prosper and find readers and commentators worthy of its posts!
On the subject matter: your date of birth shows you to be some kind of Barbarian (if you know what I mean), as was recognized by the Greek Army - which appointed you as responsible for repelling unidentified flying objects attacking Thessaloniki from the East (in all probability).
Go get them! Best of Luck in this endeavor!
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