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From: sutin@astrovax.UUCP (Brian M. Sutin)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Re: Occultations, conjunctions, and the like
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Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 13:02:31 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 19 13:02:31 1985
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> Why does there seem to be so much interest among astronomy popularizers or
> amateur skygazers regarding the common and inevitable patterns that
> appear to us on the Earth's surface from the various positions of
> astronomical bodies? ...

I believe the interest has nothing to do with astronomy at all, but
astrology.  The age of Aquarius coming when Mars wraps around Jupiter, and
all that malarky.


Brian Sutin
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