I used to discard astrology as complete bullshit (maybe because I have no idea what this science is based on and how it was established).
But out of curiosity I decided to do a simple experiment: have an astrologer do what astrologers do and have everything written down, without any knowledge of it, only to read it decades later.
I haven't read it yet, but my views on astrology have changed nonetheless.
The reason for this is that this sneaky astrologer first told me about my past!
He didn't make a single mistake and got a few things with great precision. I even tried to mislead him by telling him he was wrong on some things (like my number of brothers and sisters) but the guy wouldn't capitulate and gave me reasons why I might be wrong. I was much impressed.
I still have the paper, but like bitcoins, I'm holding, not cashing out!
Anyway, I'd encourage everyone skeptical to do the same, and have their past analysed.
But out of curiosity I decided to do a simple experiment: have an astrologer do what astrologers do and have everything written down, without any knowledge of it, only to read it decades later.
I haven't read it yet, but my views on astrology have changed nonetheless.
The reason for this is that this sneaky astrologer first told me about my past!
He didn't make a single mistake and got a few things with great precision. I even tried to mislead him by telling him he was wrong on some things (like my number of brothers and sisters) but the guy wouldn't capitulate and gave me reasons why I might be wrong. I was much impressed.
I still have the paper, but like bitcoins, I'm holding, not cashing out!
Anyway, I'd encourage everyone skeptical to do the same, and have their past analysed.
Same exact experience, my friend. Changed my life for the better since. Also, look into neutrinos. I'll be abstract since astrology is abstract as all hell, but neutrinos theoretically travel at slightly less than the speed of light because they carry a certain amount of mass, yet are still small enough to pass through the space between atoms. So light from the sun can be seen as "breath from the stars" and can conceivably affect us at a basal level, possibly crystalizing part of our nature (DNA) at the moment of our birth or sometime at or after conception. Also, if subscribing to an As Above, So Below type of viewpoint, abstracting into the fractalized deterministic nature of the Universe can conceivably explain why movements that happen in the stars might reflect what happens here.
http://www.humandesignnw.com/neutrinos.htm
Look into human design as well...wrote this on another forum:
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So the Universe is probably perfect (maybe not as perceivable now but it was, is, and will be) 
According to his Definitive Book of Human Design: The Science of Differentiation, the First Prediction by Ra Uru Hu in 1987 is that neutrinos were capable of leaving an imprint, meaning neutrinos have an infinitesimally small measure of mass i.e. they carry can data from the stars. Apparently scientists proved in 1998 that this was true. They theorized before that neutrinos were just pure energy.
So as these subatomic neutrinos pass through matter, at some level we are affected by this information field. How we are affected i.e. how our epigenetic info, cells, bodies, personalities and experiences differentiate depends on the timing and location of these neutrinos. Makes sense if we subscribe to a deterministic view of the world i.e. every cause is an effect in and of itself; every vibration is connected in this string world. Thus a tentative physical basis for the field of astrology.
http://www.amazon.com/Human-Design-Definitive-Science-Differentiation/dp/0615552145/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391996744&sr=8-1&keywords=human+design
The first few pages of this book, pages 18-24 readable by previewing and going to First Pages explains this a tad bit more eloquently. Super cool synthesis of 4 ancient esoterical systems (Western astrology, I-ching, Hindu-Brahmin Chakra, and the Zohar/Kabbalist Tree of Life) with the modern sciences of neuroscience, genetics, quantum physics, and cosmology.
The 6 lines per hexagram of the 64 hexagrams of I-Ching is eerily reminiscent of the structure of our DNA. We have three nucleotides or letters (either adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine) that make up a codon in DNA. When in double-helical form, each codon bonds with its anticodon and you have six nucleotides. So with every amino acid, you have 6 "bits" of genetic information that go into it. There are 64 possible amino acid combinations because there are 4 different base pairs (A-T, T-A, G-C, and C-G) and a codon is made up of any triple combination of these four (4^3).
Very peculiarly, HD offers some theorization on human evolution. The Cro-Magnons were apparently 5 Chakra centered beings, Homo sapiens until 1781 were 7, and we are now 9, Homo sapiens in transitus, who unlike the 7-centered beings, now have centers for awareness and finding communion through such.
According to his Definitive Book of Human Design: The Science of Differentiation, the First Prediction by Ra Uru Hu in 1987 is that neutrinos were capable of leaving an imprint, meaning neutrinos have an infinitesimally small measure of mass i.e. they carry can data from the stars. Apparently scientists proved in 1998 that this was true. They theorized before that neutrinos were just pure energy.
So as these subatomic neutrinos pass through matter, at some level we are affected by this information field. How we are affected i.e. how our epigenetic info, cells, bodies, personalities and experiences differentiate depends on the timing and location of these neutrinos. Makes sense if we subscribe to a deterministic view of the world i.e. every cause is an effect in and of itself; every vibration is connected in this string world. Thus a tentative physical basis for the field of astrology.
http://www.amazon.com/Human-Design-Definitive-Science-Differentiation/dp/0615552145/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391996744&sr=8-1&keywords=human+design
The first few pages of this book, pages 18-24 readable by previewing and going to First Pages explains this a tad bit more eloquently. Super cool synthesis of 4 ancient esoterical systems (Western astrology, I-ching, Hindu-Brahmin Chakra, and the Zohar/Kabbalist Tree of Life) with the modern sciences of neuroscience, genetics, quantum physics, and cosmology.
The 6 lines per hexagram of the 64 hexagrams of I-Ching is eerily reminiscent of the structure of our DNA. We have three nucleotides or letters (either adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine) that make up a codon in DNA. When in double-helical form, each codon bonds with its anticodon and you have six nucleotides. So with every amino acid, you have 6 "bits" of genetic information that go into it. There are 64 possible amino acid combinations because there are 4 different base pairs (A-T, T-A, G-C, and C-G) and a codon is made up of any triple combination of these four (4^3).
Very peculiarly, HD offers some theorization on human evolution. The Cro-Magnons were apparently 5 Chakra centered beings, Homo sapiens until 1781 were 7, and we are now 9, Homo sapiens in transitus, who unlike the 7-centered beings, now have centers for awareness and finding communion through such.
The neutrinos theory makes sense, after all, we are nothing more that computers (or quantum computers) so like our current PCs, bits can get flipped by solar flares and stuff. No doubt that our much more complex bodies can be influenced in much more radical ways. I love reading about this kind of things but there is just too much information, too many theories, and one can get lost into it.
In the second part of your answer, when you start talking about numbers of Chakras, that's when I start thinking that you lost yourself in the information age, unable to filter all the misinformation that floats around.
Of course this is just my uneducated opinion on "fringe science" and I remain very open to it, curious and eager to learn more about it. I won't forget to check your links later today.