I dunno, I've heard many women and gays complaining that Mercury is retrograding them, or something. /s
Astrology has specifically oppressed swaths of women in the Indian subcontinent. Search for "manglik" for starters.
I’ve seen plenty of instances of people being treated unfairly and unjustly due to religious astrology beliefs. Especially women (of Indian descent, also Chinese but my experience is more limited there).
One of the weirdest far-right slurs I've seen flung at Muslims is "Moon Worshiper". Like, someone on AM Radio must have gone on a serious tear, because it comes up in reactionary church sermons and Facebook posts and the occasional Congressional exchange.
Something about having even a casual association with extraterrestrial bodies really sets Christian Conservatives off.
Extremely white bitch. I got it too!
It turns out shit people will use anything as an excuse to be shit. Makes dating hard(er).
Additionally, the stars and moon actually exist.
A belief system that makes claims which are demonstrably untrue is susceptible to being used to oppress people (or elevate them unnecessarily).
Astrology is bunk. Yes I am fun at parties.
It is legit frustrating to see "my superstition never hurt anyone" in the minority very quickly become "we're rounding up all the non-believers" as soon as that same group get an ounce of power.
FFS, waves hand at Israel. Also, the Mormons, the Scientologists, Jonestown...
If the moon doesn't oppress women, then why is the menstrual cycle the same length as the lunar cycle?
Checkmate,
atheistsastrologists!Thats only cis women though.
And also some trans men.
And some genderqueers.
So...
in other news, you're not racist if you only oppress 98% of black people but allow a small number through.
Sorry to go all Godwin's law, but astrology can and has been used as a tool of oppression. Nazi Germany had a state-sponsored astrologer, Karl Ernst Krafft, appointed by Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess and Chief Propagandist Joseph Goebbels. Krafft was employed to write astrological propaganda that justified anti-semitism on the basis of celestial events. He was also tasked with using astrological observations to predict threats to the Führer Adolf Hitler and offer military advice.
Ultimately, it's not the stars and Moon that do the oppression, just whoever is in charge of divining their meaning, which is also pretty much how religious oppression works.
there's one star that is oppressing albino women and gays though
Given the chance, Saturn would remove women's right to vote.
Typical Saturn energy.
Dammit Saturn I thought you were cool
One could argue that they lift people up, since there's a slight canceling of the effect of Earth's gravity when they're over head. Conversely, the opposite is true when they're on the other side of the planet.
The gravitational effect is only meaningful from the Moon and the Sun.
The Moon obviously affects the tides, and is very, very slowly making our days longer.
The Sun is ... you know, the center of the Solar System, defines our entire orbit, our year.
Nothing else is massive enough or close enough to have a meaningful gravitational impact.
That is a good point.
No it's not.
Reagan's astrologer, who was consulted on policy decisions:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Quigley
The best thing you can say for court mystics of any creed is that they're just the convenient excuse for the behavior, not the cause.
It really isn’t. Things can be better than other things and still be bad.
