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Archae

(46,798 posts)
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 10:23 AM Jan 2015

Astrology really works, doesn't it?



'Even Nostradamus got things wrong', says astrologer who advised Sri Lanka's president to call election "As a defeated Mahinda Rajapaksa slunk out of Sri Lanka’s presidential palace, the astrologer who counselled him to call a disastrous early election was gloomily packing his bags on the other side of town. “Not all of Nostradamus’ predictions have come true either,” said Sumanadasa Abeygunawardena as he reflected both on the fate of his vanquished boss and his own reputation as a seer. “There was only so much I could do to help him win, maybe 5%. But you must have luck to be the president.” The 63-year-old Abeygunawardena has been avoiding the media since last Thursday’s election, his reputation having taken a pounding from veteran leader Rajapaksa’s defeat to his rival Maithripala Sirisena.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/13/nostradamus-wrong-astrologer-advised-sri-lankas-president-election
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Astrology really works, doesn't it? (Original Post) Archae Jan 2015 OP
It sure does! Except when it doesn't. trotsky Jan 2015 #1
Probably too many damned skeptics... Silent3 Jan 2015 #2
Vaccines. trotsky Jan 2015 #3
The mercury in the vaccines was retrograde. n/t Silent3 Jan 2015 #4
*SNORT* trotsky Jan 2015 #5
Guess he could come to the States William Seger Jan 2015 #6
Even Nostradamus got things wrong AlbertCat Jan 2015 #7

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
1. It sure does! Except when it doesn't.
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 10:29 AM
Jan 2015

But what's so cool is that when it doesn't, then there was obviously a reason! Therefore astrology is still true!

 

Silent3

(15,909 posts)
2. Probably too many damned skeptics...
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 10:53 AM
Jan 2015

...sending out their negative vibes and messing things up.

Or maybe GMOs.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
7. Even Nostradamus got things wrong
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 05:32 PM
Jan 2015

.... or at least not murky and vague enough to interpret any way you want every time.....


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