Isn’t pseudo-science just grand?

The world of the zodiac has been turned upside down, or, at least, tilted on its axis. It apparently was discovered that the constellations have shifted since the signs were originally calculated because the earth has tiled on its axis.

I admit I do not know the intricacies of my sign. Its symbol shows fish chasing themselves in a circle, which it not the way I perceive myself – although others might. Or perhaps it is a schizophrenic trying to reintegrate itself. That may make sense.

I do read my horoscope most days. It’s on the same page as the crossword and Sudoku. If it indicates something positive, “Damn straight! Of course it’s right.” If it indicates something negative, “You telling me some planet or star or handful of cosmic dust imprints me with a personality because of its electromagnetic-gravitational field from hundreds of light years away more than the metal frame of the building?” Although it would be nice to have something to blame. Most of the time though the horoscope just makes no sense to me whatever. Now I have a reason. I’ve been looking at the wrong sign. I ratcheted back one and followed that one for a few days. Unfortunately I got the same result.

But the seers of the zodiac say that they have been aware of the problem and have been using a multidimensional fudge factor in their differential personality predictive equations. Besides, they say the problem is mostly not relevant because we here in the Occident don’t use a ‘sidereal zodiac’ (side + real), but a ‘tropical zodiac.” That explains it. I wasn’t born anywhere the tropics. Isn’t pseudo-science just grand?

Fourth Night

I went again to First Night in Boston and had a delightful time. For less than $20 I saw a several anime cartoons in the afternoon; attended a ‘procession,’ so called I suspect because it is half organized and half sort of not organized, not really a classic parade; had many excellent choices of classical music, contemporary music, jazz, dance performances, storytelling, early fireworks of the younger children, midnight fireworks and standup comedy. There were thousands of well behaved people, likely because there is no alcohol allowed, wandering through Boston, enjoying themselves. Frequently there were multigenerational families and familiar faces from First Nights of the past. It is a terrific way to spend an evening.

So I was thinking this First Night was fairly temperate, previous ones have been quite cold and still well attended, but why wait a year for the next one? Perhaps we can have a Fourth Night in July, when it is warm. It can be held on the third of July so as not to interfere with cookouts and the Pop Esplanade concert. After all First Night is on the last night of the year, so Fourth Night can be on the third night of July. Just thinking.