Society, like an individual organism, must creep before it can walk, and perhaps the Babylonian experiments in astrology and magic, which European civilization was destined to copy for some three or four thousand years, must have been made a part of the necessary evolution of our race in one place or in another. That thought, however, need not blind us to the essential fact, which the historian of science must needs admit, that for the Babylonian, despite his boasted culture, science spelled superstition.英文原著 · 《A History of Science-1》
[1] VALENTINE WEIGEL: "_Astrology Theologised": The Spiritual Hermeneutics of Astrology and Holy Writ_, ed. by ANNA BONUS KINGSFORD (1886), p.英文原著 · 《Bygone Beliefs》
The bloodstone is frequently assigned either to Aries or Scorpio, owing to its symbolical connection with Mars; and the opal to Cancer, which in astrology is the constellation of the moon.英文原著 · 《Bygone Beliefs》
[1] In astrology the zodiacal sign of the scorpion is the "night house" of the planet Mars.英文原著 · 《Bygone Beliefs》
Kepler threw himself with characteristic ardour into even this fantastic phase of the labours of the astronomical professor; he diligently studied the rules of astrology, which the fancies of antiquity had compiled. Believing sincerely as he did in the connection between the aspect of the stars and the state of human affairs, he even thought that he perceived, in the events of his own life, a corroboration of the doctrine which affirmed the influence of the planets upon the fate of individuals.英文原著 · 《Great Astronomers》
My ingenious friend, Doctor Saffold, succeeded my old contemporary, Doctor Lilly, in the studies both of physic and astrology, to which he added that of poetry, as was to be seen both upon the sign where he lived, and in the pills which he distributed. He was succeeded by Doctor Case, who erased the verses of his predecessor out of the sign-post, and substituted in their stead two of his own, which were as follow:--英文原著 · 《Isaac Bickerstaff》
At least look up the difference between astrology and astronomy.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
For the record, "that psychotic rant" was a concise summation Of the research of bertram forer, who in 1948, Proved conclusively through meticulously designed Experiments that astrology is nothing But pseudo-scientific hokum.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
If we poison the critical thinking faculties of children By telling them that rabbits come out of hats, Then we create adults who believe in astrology and homeopathy And that Ryan Reynolds was a better choice For Green Lantern than lovable rogue Nathan Fillion.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》