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Andrew Fraknoi / Astrology Demystified

Click above to listen to part 2 of Skeptic Check: Astrology Ascending, featuring Andrew Fraknoi, astronomy professor at the Fromm Institute at the University of San Francisco and The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Francisco State University, describing the origins of astrology and its functional failures. His article, “An Astronomer Looks at Astrology”, further explores his arguments.

Skeptic Check: Astrology Ascending:
Part 1:Banu Gular / Astrology Explained
Part 2: Andrew Fraknoi / Astrology Demystified
Part 3: Eric Chudler / Moon Mania

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