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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Pretty interesting to consider. Astrology involves a lot more than most people know. Birth charts are a huge deal for astrologers, and where they make a lot of their money. It takes some work to compile a proper chart and people pay for them.

A birth chart starts using the precise moment and place of your birth. Then the astrologer does a lot of calculations (well, now they just use computers like everyone else, but there are books to lookup and hand calculate this stuff) to determine what celestial bodies were where at your birth.

This is where your sun sign, moon sign, and all the other detailed stuff comes from. And all of that should still be valid (well as valid as it ever was) in a space faring society. Obviously you'd need to use the local view of the sky for determining which planets and constellations to use, and the local superstitions to determine what those things are supposed to mean, but I don't think its so ridiculous to believe that a Star Trek style humanoid alien race which has religion, language, and culture wouldn't also have superstitions and probably, specifically, astrology.

Like how alchemy leads to chemistry, astrology is the prelude to astronomy, and both start with detailed observations of the sky. Sky watching is the basis for time keeping, and most of our advanced math started as a means of tracking time (in order to keep track of holy days, and more importantly, planting days). So i think some form of astrology could well be inevitable on the path to astronomy, physics, sociology, and other real sciences.

As to the problem of daily horoscopes. Those are based on your birth chart but modified by the current sky. That's how you get "daily outlook for all Virgos." In theory, you could just calculate that for the home planet and call it good.

But, we're in the future! On a spaceship! With computers! Why not do complex, subspatial calculus to compute the exact amount of starlight from Proceon 9 bouncing off Mars and reaching the starship you're on? If we assume Trek has solved the three body problem, so that they could calculate how much Venus' gravity affects you anywhere in the universe, why not apply the same "logic" to whatever elusive energies are believed to power astrology?

Your daily space horroscope could include superstitions from numerous cultures in a powerful, exceedingly complex, syncretic universal astronomy.

"So you're a Pisces? Not good, from our current coordinates, Uranus is occluded by the second sun of Chronos, you'll find it hard to focus on relationships while the Klingon warrior spirit is filtering all your energy. I recommend embracing this, drink a raktajino, and channel the fighter's energy into your work and overcome these obstacles. Q'pla!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Imagine using the power of the Enterprise computer to calculate a daily horoscope for every crewmember...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Guianan uses the incredible power of matter replication and atomic assembly to make chocolate cakes and fake alcohol for people. The holodeck does the same, plus generates 3d holograms with perfectly realistic fidelity, so that people can play racquetball in a pretend arena, or have a pirate adventure. I don't think that "abusing the ship's resources for fun" is a big problem in that era.