Rubric «astronomy»

Article "Born under the sign of Ophiuchus and ignored by horoscopes: The dilemma of our time" by John Mosley of the Griffith Observatory, which was published in July 1988. In this article, he describes how the signs of the Zodiac differ from the constellations and tells where Ophiuchus came from.

Sooner or later anyone involved with astronomy has contact (or conflict) with astrology or someone interested in astrology. To a great extent the response from the astronomical and planetarium community has been defensive, denying the validity of astrology when asked. There have been some attempts to go on the offensive, such as the recent publication Objections to Astrology (Prometheus Books, 1975). However, such clearly antiastrology publications are probably only read by those who already are nonbelievers.

An article by John Mosley of the Griffith Observatory, which was published in December 1999. It's an update to the article previously published in Planetarian.