My secret shame is that I actually owned the Leonard Nimoy album on which he sang 'The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins' as well as 'Desiderada' ("go placidly amid the noise and haste...")
In my defence, it was the early-70s and the dawning of The Age of Aquarius...

Um, Bill Nye? Do you think that astrologers are really unaware of the precession of the equinoxes?

What do you think that whole "Age of Aquarius" thing was about?

As any basic introduction to astrology--heck, the Wikipedia entry on astrology--will tell you, there are two different ways of calculating the signs: tropical and sidereal. Under sidereal astrology, your sign is based on the actual constellation. Most people who think of themselves as a Sagitarrius really will be a Scorpio under sidereal astrology.

Tropical astrology, the most popular form of astrology in the West, is on the other hand based not on the positions of the constellations, but based on the position of the sun at the equinoxes and solstices. The signs are named after the constellations that were present in them back in the day, but it's not as if the equinoxes occur at different points in the year than they used to.

Whether or not you think astrology is bogus or not, it's probably a good idea to at least read the Wikipedia entry on a subject before you criticize it.

Guys, whether you believe astrology is bullshit or not, she's not making predictions. Technically speaking, as far as the orientation of Earth's axis relative to the rest of the universe, she's right. This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius.

@shuac: AND.....S A T U R N .....six letters!

BTW: The Age of Aquarius will satrt in 2150 AD. http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_055.html

Matthew 28:20 "I will be with you until the end of the world"
From the King James version, where the word 'World' was actually 'Aeon' meaning Age but got mistranslated as world. OOPS!

Jesus was merely telling them that he'll be there until his age was over. His is the age of Pisces, Moses was Aires (the Ram). The next age is Aquarius in 2150. When the disciples ask Jesus where the next passover will be when he's gone, he replies in Luke 22:10 "Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you bearing a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house where he entereth in" That's Aquarius.

It's all pagan based mythology like so many religions before and after. Funny how it still spawns such horror in the sheepdom to this very day.

My favorite is still Age Of Aquarius...

Age of Aquarius baby!

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