Astrology at the National Geographic Channel

Last night, I saw a piece on the National Geographic Channel which included a discussion of Astrology. It featured an astrological author and a Cambridge professor of astronomy. As you would expect, it was slanted toward the scientist, although not blatantly so.

The astronomer quite rightly pointed out that the direct influence of the planets are a fraction of the influences of nearby objects. That is not how astrology works, however. As Ryan Aviation found more than 40 years ago, the resonance of the magnetosphere on the ionosphere occurs in the same range as the alpha rhythems of the human brain. Do the planets influence the solar wind and the Sun itself? One would think so - making astrology quite probable scientifically. Regardless, astrology is based on the observation of human behavior and its relation to the motions of the planets. This relationship has been demonstrated over millenia and can be verified by doing one's own natal chart.

Some have criticized the oldest science because of its link to paganism. What is laughable is that they are not very familiar with either. If they were, they would know that paganism is an allegory on human nature (there were no actual pagan gods - duh!). It is most likely that paganism grew out of Astrology, rather than the other way around.