r/montreal • u/AstroMontreal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce • Jul 10 '25

Événement Astrology Meetup in Montreal on July 20th!

Join our friendly and engaging astrology group! We gather once a month on St. Denis to explore all things astrological—everyone is welcome, from beginners to seasoned enthusiasts.

Our meetings take place at Resto Vego, 1720 Saint Denis St, Montreal, Quebec H2X 3K6, just a 5-minute walk north of Metro Berri-UQAM. It's starts at 1pm and lasts until 4pm (and sometimes beyond!).

If you’d like to attend, please RSVP here so we can reserve enough space for everyone.

Looking forward to meeting you!
Richard

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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 10 '25

Astrology should be treated like the scam it is

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u/Gusstave Jul 11 '25

Yup.

Religion too.

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u/MortyMcMorston Jul 10 '25

Who cares. Just let people be happy. There are worst things out there

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u/thebluewalker87 🐿️ Écureuil Jul 10 '25

The lack of critical thinking of those who believe in astrology often flows onto other things, ex. antivaxxers, superstition, voting for idiots, etc.

This is an insult to rational thinking.

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u/Aoae Jul 10 '25

For those curious, check out the wellness to conspiracy theory pipeline. Both prey on and validate people with a distrust for scientific and social institutions.

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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 10 '25

It's a scam that preys on people.

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u/MortyMcMorston Jul 10 '25

Yes it is. But most of the people who do the activity don't take it seriously. For them it's just a fun hobby that allows them to socialize. 

There are MUCH worse scams out there

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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 10 '25

There are MUCH worse scams out there

So what? We should let the astrology scam slide because there are other worse scams?

I guess we should let physical assaults slide too because after all, murder is worse?

Go away.

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u/electrogeek8086 Jul 11 '25

Lol you've written 14 comments on this so far. Obsessed much?

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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 11 '25

Almost all of those are responses.

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u/PommeCannelle Jul 10 '25

So is capitalism

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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 10 '25

Brain rot comment.

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u/queenguin Jul 10 '25

lol there are bigger issues in life...

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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 10 '25

Yeah, and? Still a scam

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u/Halfjack12 Jul 10 '25

Explain

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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 10 '25

Astrologers scam people into paying for "readings" that are completely pseudo scientific nonsense.

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u/Halfjack12 Jul 10 '25

Astrologers charge people who want a reading, in what way is someone paying for a service that they want a scam? You might have a point if astrologers pretended to be something they aren't, or if they misrepresented their services, or if they sought out people and manipulated them into buying services they wouldn't have otherwise.

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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 10 '25

astrologers pretended to be something they aren't,

They do. The whole enterprise of astrology is completely bullshit. The positions of the stars has in no way at all any tangible effect on our day to day lives.

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u/Halfjack12 Jul 10 '25

Actually, most astrologers are typically concerned with just one star. It's mostly about the planets, constellations,moon phases, and Hellenistic deities. It seems like you don't know a lot about astrology, have you cobsidered that might be why you are so mad about it?

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u/GreatLaminator Jul 10 '25

"They are typically concerned with just one star"

"It's mostly about ... constellations..."

Eh? Are we playing semantics between stars and group of stars to prove a point?

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u/Halfjack12 Jul 10 '25

Did you get the point?

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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 10 '25

Lol, I'm not mad about it. It's just a scam, and should be regarded as such.

I have more than enough scientific education to know that I don't need to know any more about astrology to confidently say it's all bullshit.

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u/Halfjack12 Jul 10 '25

What do you know about it?

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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 10 '25

I don't need to be an expert on leprechauns to know leprechauns aren't real. I don't need to be an expert on alchemy to know alchemy is bullshit, and similarly - I don't need to be an expert on astrology to know that the influence of planets, a star or stars, Hellenistic deities (lol) have absolutely no tangible effect on anyone's life at all.

It's pseudo scientific nonsense that anyone in 2025 should be ashamed to believe.

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u/Halfjack12 Jul 10 '25

Uranus in Gemini begs to differ 👻

But seriously no one who has actually studied astrology would say that so im not sure how valuable a ln opinion from ignorance is.

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