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/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/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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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 10 '25

Here's an idea. Go pick up a science textbook.

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u/Halfjack12 Jul 10 '25

What if I told you that you can practice astrology and also believe in science, that they aren't mutually exclusive or even contradictory.

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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 10 '25

Id be willing to bet my house you've never taken a science class beyond highschool in your life.

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u/Halfjack12 Jul 10 '25

Well, you'd be wrong. You seem really close-minded. Not just because you have beef with a random spiritual belief system. It seems like your general outlook is pretty closed off and uninterested in new or contradicting information.

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u/No_Calligrapher6912 Jul 10 '25

Oh no, I'm super open minded, it's good to be open minded. Just not so open your brain falls out.

All you have to do for me to change my mind is provide me with some good evidence for the specific claims astrology makes.

So I await your well researched, peer reviewed, preferably published rigorous scientific paper that proves the claims of astrology right.

Oh what's that? You don't have any? Oh ok

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u/Halfjack12 Jul 10 '25

What specific claims are you talking about?

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