Just came across this:

From microscopes to telescopes, Clint Taylor’s vision moves out of the labs and into the sky

Here are some excerpts:

“Taylor’s first job in the scientific field was a challenging one. He’d moved to Nashville to do his post-doctoral research and was put on the project of male fertility control. “It was all about attempting to characterize binding proteins,” Taylor remembered. “The thing about the human body is that almost nothing floats by itself. My job was to create markers that would trace how certain proteins go through our systems. The ultimate goal on the program was to come up with an effective male fertility control…”

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“Now retired, Taylor bought a house in Pioneer in 2005. He still works part-time for the state, but most of his energy these days goes into his two biggest hobbies - astrology and outdoor photography. Taylor has two powerful telescopes designed for scientifically-minded star-gazing, and thinks his Upcountry homestead is the perfect place for observing Jupiter or the moon. “One of the reasons I moved here is because in order to get involved with the astrology community, you need to live some place where there are dark skies…”

Read the rest at the Ledger Dispatch…

Do you admit to being an astrologer or to having an interest in astrology? If so, how do people react and how do you react to their reaction?

I am challenged only very rarely and I don’t react at all. In fact, the last time I was challenged was in 2000. I remember this because it started me writing! I posted a link to an article on a study by British Telephone that found people did talk more when the Moon was full and a science-minded guy (codasaurus) came on the board to flame me.

I told him I could care less what he thought of astrology but added that astrologer, Dennis Elwell cared very deeply what people like him thought and perhaps he should read his book, Cosmic Loom: The New Science of Astrology.

“It is written for people like you,” I said. “He is addressing the scientific community, he likes to do this but I do not. What do you think? You think just because you see a passing-by astrologer, they are going to want to stop and argue with you? You’re out of your mind…”

But unable to comprehend the fact you cannot make someone be interested in something (arguing with skeptics) they find boring, codasaurus kept coming. And he came back and back and back until he launched my writing and the rest is history. I have been writing daily for nearly 8 years now.

If you cop to an interest in astrology, what are your experiences with skeptics?

The soldier was on a rant which is a very common thing. I listen to him with half an ear except for when I decide to pay attention. I can’t do this all the time because the rants are so frequent they threaten my coveted good mood if I don’t filter. But he is genius-like if you do pay attention which for me is another reason not to. Because there is only so much I want to learn on a Saturday.

But sometimes he pops off with something that utterly fascinates me and this happened over the weekend. And I don’t even remember what he was talking about. I wasn’t listening right up until he said how stupid people are which are pretty much code words for me. I am always interested in how stupid people are, aren’t you? Continue reading The Soldier’s Ways Of The Universe = Elsa’s Outer Planet Transits

The Soldier and I were talking. The current Saturn Neptune opposition is lying across the Asc/Desc axis of our composite chart so the Hall of Mirrors rules.

“We’re opposites, P,” he said.

“You think that? I don’t really think that. I think we’re very similar. How are we opposites?”

“Oh, well you’re abstract. And I’m… I don’t know the word for it. I’m scientifically-based I guess you’d say.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah. I’m a scientist and you are a spiritual person.”

I didn’t say anything because I thought he had it backwards. But then again…?

Are you abstract or scientific?
Are you sure?