Originally Posted by Maksutov

Agreed. It's another "Dutch" treat. It becomes apparent in these lengthy posts by Mr. Tulip that numerology can be split into two applicable branches: 1. Numerical pareidolia (seeing patterns in groups of numbers that aren't there) 2. Historical pareidolia (seeing patterns in historical dates that aren't there) On the other hand astrology should not be split into branches. Instead it just needs to be cut down, ground into sawdust and recycled into something useful, which is what Phil does in his article "Astrology = Garbage".