lol as for astronomers, not to be confused with astrology folk, I think they just created this whole mess to make it look like they were doing something more than blowing up 7 people at a time in the atmosphere. =)
All Hail Discordia!iamsquidSeptember 14 2006, 23:34:07 UTC
I was thinking about yoo when I started hearing about the new definition of what qualifies as a planet. Does this effect yor emphasis on Pluto in astrology or any other planets/sattellites/etc?
Re: All Hail Discordia!voronxSeptember 15 2006, 16:08:45 UTC
Only time will tell what the new bodies mean. We've had over 200 years to figure out Uranus, and 150 for Neptune -- even 76 years for Pluto. But only by using them in charts, and seeing what they *actually* correspond to (as opposed to assumptions and wishful thinking) can we use them with any accuracy. e.g. the virgin goddess/asteroid Vesta actually corresponds with the sex industry as vocation as well as with celibacy/virginity.
Do yoo think the planet will represent the Discordian current when interprited astroilogically and if so is this simply because some astronomers named some cold rock way the fuck out there after the goddess Eris?
Have we had a similar conversation before?
BTW, thank yoo for being right about it not offically being called Xena!
No, that's not quite right. Despite the 2003 monicker (date first photographed, or tagged for further inspection) Eris was discovered in January 2005, but not officially announced until that July or so. So it's been a year and a few months
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Yep. I thought about it a little bit and came to the conclusion that it wasn't quite right/ delete/ edit/ repost... of course you get your comments emailed :)
They had to wait to name Eris till they (the IAU) knew whether or not she would be a planet or not. Ironically, the TNOs are supposed to be creation deities, and her name is more classical -- like the other Greco-Roman planets. (Individualistic Uranus having a Romanized Greek ('greek' -- go ahead and laugh) name, instead of Coelus, the Roman name for the sky god.)
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Have we had a similar conversation before?
BTW, thank yoo for being right about it not offically being called Xena!
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of course you get your comments emailed :)
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I guess Pluto was finally outted so they decided to title it so it doesn't sound like a Morning After Pill.
Seriously, I like "Eris".
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They had to wait to name Eris till they (the IAU) knew whether or not she would be a planet or not.
Ironically, the TNOs are supposed to be creation deities, and her name is more classical -- like the other Greco-Roman planets. (Individualistic Uranus having a Romanized Greek ('greek' -- go ahead and laugh) name, instead of Coelus, the Roman name for the sky god.)
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