Obamastrology

I was stunned to see a cover story profile on Barack Obama’s Astrological forecast! Has the Phoenix lost its collective mind? While some might dismiss the story as a light, holiday-week piece, I am disturbed by giving any credence at all to the fraud that is Astrology. Let’s be blunt: Astrology is a stupid, discredited pseudoscience that traffics in ignorance and superstition. The very idea that the position of the sun, moon and planets at the time of our birth has ANY affect on determining our personalities or destinies is beyond stupid – it is reckless. We live in a country where a MAJORITY of its citizens believe in angels, biblical literalism (i.e. the earth is only 6,000 years old) and other stupid myths that belong more in the middle ages than in the 21^st century, while denying evolution and science. Why is this a problem? Because an ignorant citizen rarely makes an informed choice. And the Phoenix’s choice to showcase Astrology on its cover is nothing less than endorsing ignorance. I frankly expected more from a quality alternative newspaper like the Phoenix that had provided excellent, in-depth coverage of the 2008 Election from start to its glorious finish. Doug Carr

doug, think about it. look at it.lol. and like most of us are doing, view it as the fading grasp of a decaying society. yuk...

"Informed choice?" Haven't we just had a year of financial leaders making informed choices, all of which were wrong? Maybe if they'd practiced something I see in astrology columns so often (advice to use restraint, be careful, use caution, think again) they and we would all be better off. How can following a random symbolic system that encourages balance and harmony really make things worse?