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BAD YEAR FOR ASTROLOGERS, Hardly Any Predictions Came True
ASSIST News Service ^ | 12/16/04 | Wolfgang Polzer

Posted on 12/17/2004 7:11:05 AM PST by dukeman

DARMSTADT -- It was a bad year for astrologers. The Society for Scientific Research of Para-Sciences in Rossdorf near Darmstadt, Germany, examined 90 predictions about the year 2004; none of them came true.

One astrologer predicted in 2003 that US-President George W. Bush would be assassinated. Los Angeles was due to be destroyed by asteroids. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder should have handed in his resignation and would have been replaced by opposition leader Angela Merkel according to astrological forecasts.

“Clairvoyants usually turn out to be failures,” says mathematician Michael Kunkel of the Society. He recalls that astrologer Patricia Bahrani predicted a terror attack on Berlin and Anton Tewes even a nuclear attack on New York.

Forecasts about the fate of celebrities also turned out to be false. Astrologers foresaw the death of 84-year-old Pope John Paul II. – he is still alive though in weak health. Others said that Michael Jackson would commit suicide – he is still awaiting his trial for child abuse.

Some predictions are so general that they may be interpreted either way. Others are incomprehensible to normal human beings. Astrologer Rosalinde Haller, for instance, foresaw “serial vibrations in Southern Australia”. She did not even bother to explain what she meant, commented Kunkel.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astrology; predictions
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I predict John kerry still won't win the election.
1 posted on 12/17/2004 7:11:07 AM PST by dukeman
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To: dukeman
I predicted this would happen.

Furthermore - I predict it will happen again NEXT YEAR!!! You can quote me on that.

2 posted on 12/17/2004 7:14:27 AM PST by mbynack
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I predict John kerry still won't win the election.
But over at DU they "believe" he will.
3 posted on 12/17/2004 7:14:28 AM PST by oh8eleven
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To: dukeman
I predict the media and hollywood will never like Bush and the war of terrorism. I also predict that a Clinton will be involved in some sort of scandal.
4 posted on 12/17/2004 7:15:05 AM PST by 2banana (They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
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To: dukeman

“Clairvoyants usually turn out to be failures,” says mathematician Michael Kunkel of the Society.....

I dunno. How are sales on next year's predictions? Does the failure of predictions to come true drive down the gross revenue in the astrology sector?


5 posted on 12/17/2004 7:15:18 AM PST by proxy_user
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But over at DU they "believe" he will.

The difference between DU posters and psychics is that the psychics know when they are making things up.

6 posted on 12/17/2004 7:16:05 AM PST by Joe Bonforte
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The world is full of false prophets. We've got one in town....her name is Psychic Maria. Apparently people are fool enough to give her their money.


7 posted on 12/17/2004 7:16:24 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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How do you do "Scientific Research" on "Para-Sciences"? Shouldn't that group call themselves "The Society for Para-Scientific Research of Para-Sciences"?


8 posted on 12/17/2004 7:17:13 AM PST by COBOL2Java (If this isn't the End Times it certainly is a reasonable facsimile...)
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To: dukeman

Truth is stranger than fiction.

9 posted on 12/17/2004 7:17:57 AM PST by martin_fierro (Let's Droll!)
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To: oh8eleven
I haven't been on-line the past couple of days and I haven't been over to DU today. Are there still some over there holding out hope for the "miracle Kerry election reversal"?
10 posted on 12/17/2004 7:18:33 AM PST by dukeman
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Others said that Michael Jackson would commit suicide – he is still awaiting his trial for child abuse.

Career suicide maybe?

If an Astrologer can concisely encapsulate what is going to happen to you every day in the paper accurately, why is it usually found on the same news paper pages as the 'Daily Jumble' amd Dear Abby?

11 posted on 12/17/2004 7:19:12 AM PST by pikachu (The REAL script)
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Are there still some over there holding out hope for the "miracle Kerry election reversal"?
Does a bear eat in the woods?
13 posted on 12/17/2004 7:20:00 AM PST by oh8eleven
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To: pikachu
My favorite horoscopes are at The Onion

Go give them a try if you haven't before.

14 posted on 12/17/2004 7:21:31 AM PST by Phantom Lord
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LOL. What a record - 0 for 90.

Tom Daschle and his pals at the Psychic Friends Network are very disappointed.
15 posted on 12/17/2004 7:22:18 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Oh yeah - and F the french too!)
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The world is full of false prophets. We've got one in town....her name is Psychic Maria. Apparently people are fool enough to give her their money.

I've always wondered about the Magi. They were from the east and not Jews but they saw signs in the stars that led them to the Messiah. Details of their "faith" are limited.

Know of any good historical resources on these guys?

16 posted on 12/17/2004 7:22:26 AM PST by AreaMan
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God predicted what would happen, thousands of years before it did.

http://www.yfiles.com/y3nf.html


17 posted on 12/17/2004 7:24:50 AM PST by ROTB
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BAD YEAR FOR ASTROLOGERS

Put some ice on it.

18 posted on 12/17/2004 7:25:13 AM PST by beyond the sea (Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.)
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To: dukeman
On Coast to Coast radio last night, a caller made a prediction based on news reports from all over the world (not astrology or psychic predictions).

He sounded very rational, but intense. He predicted a major terror hit somewhere in the Northeast USA between now and the end of the year. Said they want to hit us during our national holiday season. Said it could be a nuclear or chemical plant, not WMD, tho. Said it would be worse than 9/11 and possibly a NEW terrorist group or al-Quaida. The host let him speak and then moved on to the next call.

g

19 posted on 12/17/2004 7:26:23 AM PST by Geezerette (... but young at heart!-)
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To: anniegetyourgun

There's several on TBN - The Blasphemy Network.

Their biggest false prophet-dork of the year was Kim Clement.


20 posted on 12/17/2004 7:26:25 AM PST by fishtank
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