They deffo don't
They deffo don't
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Astrology has specifically oppressed swaths of women in the Indian subcontinent. Search for "manglik" for starters.
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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.
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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...
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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).
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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).
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my boy andres had a girl reject him just because he's a vigo
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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.
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That is kinda weird, but I don't think it's that much weirder than some random wannabe slur with "cross" in it.
Those morons just have seen the symbols of Islam and don't know what they symbolise or where they come from, or that they in fact aren't the objects of worship.
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I dunno, I've heard many women and gays complaining that Mercury is retrograding them, or something. /s
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Given the chance, Saturn would remove women's right to vote.
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Typical Saturn energy.
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Dammit Saturn I thought you were cool
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If the moon doesn't oppress women, then why is the menstrual cycle the same length as the lunar cycle?
Checkmate,
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Additionally, the stars and moon actually exist.
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Only people can oppress people.
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there's one star that is oppressing albino women and gays though
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A lot of folk religions exalt third genders and women into religious positions. It is the major world religions who put down women and third genders are the problem.
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Hey, if the stars and planets affect people's behaviour... Just saying.
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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.
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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.
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That is a good point.
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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.
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It really isn’t. Things can be better than other things and still be bad.
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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.
It's almost as if certain types of people want to be assholes but want an irrefutable entity to say it's okay.
Never trust someone else's imaginary friend over one's own.
Nancy Reagan had an astrologer.
Does he pack a shovel if she calls him?
Reagan too. Basically his whole second term was just his astrologer.
Religion, as in faith in God, doesn't oppress anyone. Religion, the institution, oppresses people. If astrology had a comparable institution, it would absolutely oppress people.
Faith oppresses the believer himself because it requires a willingness to believe in things without proof. It's like saying AIDS doesn't kill people because it merely weakens their immune system. Astrology believers are primed to believe anything, and often get scammed by their astrologers.
Faith in good doesn’t need organized religion. That’s just being spiritual.