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Think about astrology fora minute – what actually is it?

Well, ignoring all the planetary mumbo-jobo for a second, it’s the matching of the time of the year with the time a person is born.

Before clocks existed at least in wide spread fashion, everybody knows (or should know) that the passing of time (especially when talking about extended periods) was simply measured by more empirical means i.e. the moving of the stars in the heavens, the phases of the moon and so on.

At various points in history, (misguidedly, but no one was to know any the wiser) greater significance has been given to the fact that a certain set of stars passes overhead regularly at the same kind of time every year, leading to suggestions that the orientation of the stars actually effects the course of events on earth.

We now know the reason why certain sets of stars pass overhead at certain times so the belief that they actually have any baring on life on Earth should really be laid to bed by those that still hang onto this archaic notion.

If we get back to the core association of time of birth and time of year however we can reason why there may be likenesses, identifiable traits in people born around the same time, or born at opposing times of the year.

Take my case for instance, I was born on September the 13th 1980 which makes me a Virgo.

What does this mean, if anything at all?

Well  it means for a start, in very general terms, that my early life experiences are going to be similar to all other Virgos because, generally the same things happen on a yearly cycle. The end of the summer is upon us and certain events such as harvests and other festivals occur.

I will have more in common with Virgos born in or around my birth year and particularly in my country as the feelings and values of the community around us and the bigger events we witness that may, on subconscious level shape are lives are likely to be very similar.

I do have more to add to this article, but in the interest of getting this out there I’ve decided to let it loose now.

I think there’s enough in there for you to see where I’m going with this - in a nut shell, when we are born does influence our lives; our personalities; our relationships with those around us, but not due to any thing apparently caused by the stars themselves, more because those born at a similar time share similar experiences at valued times in our lives (birthdays, etc) which draws us together, and over years of observation can lead to stereotypical behaviours.

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