COSMIC BASEBALL ASSOCIATION Signs @ Planets Cosmic Baseball Game

Sun City Signs @ Solar City Planets

Astrology:Astronomy

The twelve conventional signs that comprise the conventional horoscope played a cosmic baseball game against the nine known and verified planets plus the sun and the moon and including the newest observed planet, yet unnamed and identified as 2003UB313. (There is speculation in the planetary naming community that suggests the name of the new planet will be "Xena.")

The science of astronomy is interested in the travels of celestial objects such as planets and their moons. Astronomers measure density, volume, and the mass of various objects in the sky. Astrology attempts to relate celestial objects and movements with human activities. Astrology is a metaphysical science, if it is a science at all. Astronomy is a natural or physical science.
The Law of Correspondences ("as above, so below") is the basis for much of the inter-relationships between the science of astrophysics and the metaphysics of astrology. The direct purpose of this cosmic baseball contest was to determine if, on a level playing field, the astrological signs could compete with the astronomical planets.

Controversy
The results of this cosmic game suggest that astrology and its occult brethren are no more than a variety of pseudoscience.

Astrology is not a science. Astrology is not based upon collected data and carefully controlled, objective observations...Astrology has not discovered any celestial objects - indeed, it is not clear that astrology has discovered or revealed anything at all about our universe. (Austin Cline, Your Guide to Agnosticism / Atheism)
In recent years properly controlled experiments have failed to sustain many of astrology's claims, and have shown beyond doubt that much of its apparent validity can be explained by the demonstrable gullibility of practitioners and clients alike. (History of Astrology- "Into the Twentieth Century")
However, The Law of Correspondences is one of the foundations of astrology, and one of the reasons why astrology is supposed to work. The law states, "As above, so below. As within, so without. As the universe, so the soul."
Astrology is the study of the cycles of the planets. Astrology does not claim that the planets have any direct impact on individuals in any way, shape, or form. Where the planet Jupiter is today in the sky has absolutely no effect on our existence. So why does astrology work? It works because the same force that moves the planets also moves us. We are all part of the universe, and we all follow the same cycles and patterns. It is difficult, however, to discover the patterns in our lives directly; but by observing the regular cycles of the planets, we can understand the nature of the cycles, and learn how we, too, are a part of those universal cycles. This is a demonstration of the Law of Correspondences. (The Laws of Astrology, New Worlds Issue: NW012)

Names of the Planets

When the Greeks first recognized [the planets] they called them Herald of the Dawn (Venus, noted even by Homer for its brightness, although sometimes it was called Vespertine, as the star of the evening), the Twinkling Star (Mercury), the Fiery Star (Mars), the Luminous Star (Jupiter), and the Brilliant Star (Saturn). But after the 4th century, these names begin to disappear, and others take their place - Aphrodite, Hermes, Ares, Zeus and Cronos. It seems almost certain that the reason is that by then the Chaldeans had arrived with their barbaric names for the planets - Nebo, Ishtar, Nergal, Marduk and Ninib. The Greeks simply substituted their own deities' names for the foreign ones - so today we call the planets by names that are English renderings of Latin translations of Greek translations of the original Babylonian ones! (History of Astrology- "Through the Doors of Greece")

New Planets

Nineteenth Century astrology had to assimilate the newly encountered/discovered planets. No longer would the five old known planets be exclusive or dominant in matters astrological. . Uranus was discovered in 1781 and Neptune in 1846 (Pluto was added in 1930.) The discovery of these planets was another handy weapon for the anti-astrological camp - but astrologers replied that rather than creating new problems, they solved old ones. Looking at a horoscope of, say, Queen Elizabeth I or one of the Caesars, it was clear that there were some elements of the character which were not to be accounted for by the positions of the planets known to ancient astrologers. These were obviously the result of the influence of those planets recently discovered, and if they were filled into the old birth charts, the picture was much more complete. (History of Astrology- "Towards the Dark")

The Planets at the Cosmic Baseball Association

In 1998 the Solar City Planets defeated the Apollowtown Muses, 4-2, in a personal cosmic baseball game. At that time the planets consisted of the nine then-known planets and the Sun and the Moon. Although these two latter entities are not planets they are important celestial objects in our solar system.

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Inn. 1: Signs [Starter] Neptune Virgo 7 . . . Sagittarius 1B . . X Scorpio K . . X Cancer 8 . . X Inn. 1: Planets [Starter] Pisces Pluto 1B . . X Saturn 2B X X . Mercury 6-3 X X . Venus 4-3 X . . 1 Uranus K X . . Inn. 2: Signs Leo BB . . X WP . X . Libra BB . X X Capricorn BB X X X Aries 8 SACF . X X 1 Pisces 5-3 SAC X X . Virgo 4-3 X X . Inn. 2: Planets 2003UB313 2B . X . Jupiter 3B X . . 1 Mars E-1 . . X 1 Neptune 1-3 SAC . X . Pluto 1-3 . X . Saturn K . X . Inn. 3: Signs Sagittarius 1B . . X Scorpio 1B . X X Cancer 3-6 F X . X Leo 5-4-3 DP . . . Inn. 3: Planets Mercury 2B . X . Venus 6-3 . X . Uranus 8 . X . 2003UB313 6-3 . X . Inn. 4: Signs Libra 2B . X . *EX:Capricorn (for PH) *PH:Taurus 1B . . X 1 Aries 3-6-3 DP . . . Pisces 4-3 . . . Inn. 4: Planets Jupiter 2B . X . Mars BB . X X Neptune BB X X X Pluto 9 SACF . X X 1 Saturn 4 . X X Mercury 4-3 X X . Inn. 5: Signs Virgo E-6 . . X X@2:Virgo CS 2-4 . . . Sagittarius 8 . . . Scorpio 5-3 . . . Inn. 5: Planets Venus 9 . . . Uranus BB . . X 2003UB313 1B . X X Jupiter 2B X X . 1 Mars 1B X . X 1 Neptune K X . X Pluto 6 X . X Inn. 6: Signs Cancer K . . . Leo 4-3 . . . Libra 1B . . X Taurus 1B X . X Aries 2B . X . 2 Pisces 2B . X . 1 Virgo 3B X . . 1 Sagittarius BB X . X [Relief] Sun Scorpio 8 X . X Inn. 6: Planets Saturn K . . . Mercury K . . . Venus 8 . . . Inn. 7: Signs Cancer 8 . . . Leo 6-3 . . . Libra K . . . Inn. 7: Planets Uranus 1B . . X 2003UB313 3-4 FO . . X Jupiter 2B X X . Mars BB X X X *EX:Sun (for PH) *PH:Moon 1B X X X 1 WP X X . 1 Pluto K X X . Saturn K X X . Inn. 8: Signs [Relief] Earth Taurus 7 . . . Aries BB . . X Pisces K . . X Virgo 6-3 . X . Inn. 8: Planets Mercury 7 . . . Venus K . . . Uranus E-1 . . X 2003UB313 7 . . X Inn. 9: Signs Sagittarius 7 . . . Scorpio 9 . . . Cancer 5-3 . . .