1512: Horoscopes - Revision history

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 |♊ {{w|Gemini (astrology)|Gemini}} <br/>(The Twins)
 |May 21 – June 21
-|August 25 – September 22
+|August 28 – September 28
 |You may have been conceived as the leaves began to change
 |In the northern part of the northern hemisphere the {{w|autumn}} starts at the end of this time period, so the leaves will begin to change color.

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 |♊ {{w|Gemini (astrology)|Gemini}} <br/>(The Twins)
 |May 21 – June 21
-|August 28 – September 28
+|August 25 – September 22
 |You may have been conceived as the leaves began to change
 |In the northern part of the northern hemisphere the {{w|autumn}} starts at the end of this time period, so the leaves will begin to change color.

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 |April 27 – May 25
 |You may have been conceived on Mother's Day
-|{{w|Mother's Day}} in the USA,and some other countries, is on the second Sunday in May, between 8 and 14 May. It's traditional for mothers to receive special recognition and affection on this holiday, and such attention from their partners could potentially lead to sex. (Such recognition generally only happens if a woman is already a mother, which would imply that the person must have older siblings).
+|{{w|Mother's Day}} in the USA, and some other countries, is on the second Sunday in May, between 8 and 14 May. It's traditional for mothers to receive special recognition and affection on this holiday, and such attention from their partners could potentially lead to sex. (Such recognition generally only happens if a woman is already a mother, which would imply that the person must have older siblings).
 |-
 |♓ {{w|Pisces (astrology)|Pisces}} <br/>(The Fish)

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 !{{w|Astrological sign}} <br/> (English name)
 !{{w|Birthday}} <br/> range
-!Expected <br/> conception}}
+!Expected <br/> conception
 !Horoscope prediction
 !Explanation

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 {{w|Horoscopes}} purport to predict someone's personality or future, based on the position of planets and stars at the time of their birth and at present. Horoscopes commonly group people into twelve groups based on {{w|zodiac signs}}. The names of the horoscope Zodiac signs are based on the names of twelve constellations that were the backdrop for the path of the sun in the ancient times when the rules of settings horoscopes were originally developed. Today, due to precession of the Earth's axis of rotation (and to a lesser degree due to the modern formal definitions of constellations), the Zodiac signs do not correspond fully to the names of actual constellations in the path of the Sun. One's zodiac sign is determined by the position of the sun on their birthday, with each sign representing a specific 30.4 day period (1/12th of a year), starting from the {{w|equinox|First point of Aries}}.
-Modern science has found {{w|Astrology and science|no basis for horoscopes}}. As with many unscientific claims and mythologies, [[Randall]] doesn't seem to care for the beliefs, and has more fun gently mocking them. The joke of this strip is that the only thing you can calculate from your astrological sign is the period of the year during which you were {{w|conceived|conception}}. The average human is born 38 weeks after conception. There's enough variation in the length of pregnancies that this can vary by as much as several months, but for the majority of people, the date of their conception can be calculated from their birthday, within a week or two.
+Modern science has found {{w|Astrology and science|no basis for horoscopes}}. As with many unscientific claims and mythologies, [[Randall]] doesn't seem to care for the beliefs, and has more fun gently mocking them. The joke of this strip is that the only thing you can calculate from your astrological sign is the period of the year during which you were {{w|Fertilisation|conceived}}. The average human is born 38 weeks after conception. There's enough variation in the length of pregnancies that this can vary by as much as several months, but for the majority of people, the date of their conception can be calculated from their birthday, within a week or two.
 This can be a slightly uncomfortable topic, because most humans were conceived by their parents having sexual intercourse, which is a topic that many people find uncomfortable to think about. The premise of this strip is that, based on the time you were born, you can make a guess at the circumstances under which you were conceived. Such guesses wouldn't be universally accurate, of course, but the notion that you could make a decent guess of the circumstances of someone's conception feels almost transgressive.
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 The title text mentions that these predictions only apply to the northern hemisphere. This references both an issue with zodiac signs (as constellations are different in the southern hemisphere), and the fact that his 'predictions' are clearly based on an American context (many of the holiday references are exclusive to America). This idea is then lampooned by attributing it to the Coriolis effect (which has nothing to do with birth dates), and claiming that children in the southern hemisphere are born 9 months ''before'' conception (which is obviously impossible).
-The {{w|Coriolis effect}} refers to a phenomenon of motion that occurs relative to a rotating reference frame. Since the Earth is rotating, an apparent force (the Coriolis force) causes objects moving toward the poles to be deflected to right in the northern hemisphere, and to the left in the southern hemisphere. This effect is the reason that {{w|Coriolis_effect#Meteorology|weather systems}} (most clearly seen for {{w|hurricanes}}) which rotate in opposite directions, depending the hemisphere.
+The {{w|Coriolis effect}} refers to a phenomenon of motion that occurs relative to a rotating reference frame. Since the Earth is rotating, an apparent force (the Coriolis force) causes objects moving toward the poles to be deflected to right in the northern hemisphere, and to the left in the southern hemisphere. This effect is the reason that {{w|Coriolis effect#Meteorology|weather systems}} (most clearly seen for {{w|hurricanes}}) which rotate in opposite directions, depending the hemisphere.
 ==Table of Astrological signs==
 Here below is a table with data and explanation of the individual horoscopes:
 {| class="wikitable"
-!{{w|Astrological sign|Astrological sign}} <br/> (English name)
+!{{w|Astrological sign}} <br/> (English name)
 !{{w|Birthday}} <br/> range
-!Expected <br/> {{w|Fertilisation|conception}}
+!Expected <br/> conception}}
 !Horoscope prediction
 !Explanation
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 |January 30 – February&nbsp;29
 |You may have been conceived by people stuck inside after a long winter
-|This period is during the coolest part and towards the end of the {{w|winter}} in the northern hemisphere. People may even be forced to stay at home due to snow. When people have nothing else to do [https://www.google.dk/search?q=babies+9+month+after+snowstorm&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=qzkuVcjAE4qsswGevoC4CQ many babies are born 9 months later]. Interestingly, this period also includes {{w|ValentinesDay}}, which is a famous celebration of love and romance, but isn't mentioned as a potential contributor to potential conceptions.
+|This period is during the coolest part and towards the end of the {{w|winter}} in the northern hemisphere. People may even be forced to stay at home due to snow. When people have nothing else to do [https://www.google.dk/search?q=babies+9+month+after+snowstorm&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=qzkuVcjAE4qsswGevoC4CQ many babies are born 9 months later]. Interestingly, this period also includes {{w|Valentine's Day}}, which is a famous celebration of love and romance, but isn't mentioned as a potential contributor to potential conceptions.
 |-
 |♐ {{w|Sagittarius (astrology)|Sagittarius}} <br/>(The Archer)
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 |February 29 – March 28
 |You may have been conceived during March Madness
-|Originally {{w|European_hare#Mating_and_reproduction|March madness}} referred to the early part of the mating season for the {{w|European Hare}}, in which females fight off male suitors. Today, in a US context, this is an {{w|NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|American college Basketball tournament}} that started in 1939 and is mainly held in March. It is even covered on TV under the name {{w|NCAA March Madness (CBS/Turner)|NCAA March Madness}}.
+|Originally {{w|European hare#Mating and reproduction|March madness}} referred to the early part of the mating season for the {{w|European Hare}}, in which females fight off male suitors. Today, in a US context, this is an {{w|NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|American college Basketball tournament}} that started in 1939 and is mainly held in March. It is even covered on TV under the name {{w|NCAA March Madness (CBS/Turner)|NCAA March Madness}}.
 |-
 |♑ {{w|Capricorn (astrology)|Capricorn}} <br/>(The Goat)

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 |May 25 – June 27
 |You may have been conceived at someone's wedding
-|June is widely reported as the [http://www.statista.com/statistics/241231/percentage-of-us-weddings-by-month/ most popular month for weddings in the United States], likely due to a preference for being married in warm weather (particularly if the wedding takes place outdoors). A child might be conceived on their parents' wedding night, but weddings are both social gatherings, and are generally built around a celebration of love, which can prime people with a romantic mindset. A married or dating couple attending a wedding might might feel particularly amorous, and single people might use the opportunity to spark new relationships. the specific phrase "'''at''' someone's wedding" implies a couple so overcome with love and/or lust they can't even wait until they've left the event.
+|June is widely reported as the [http://www.statista.com/statistics/241231/percentage-of-us-weddings-by-month/ most popular month for weddings in the United States], likely due to a preference for being married in warm weather (particularly if the wedding takes place outdoors). A child might be conceived on their parents' wedding night, but weddings are often large social gatherings, and are generally built around a celebration of love, which can prime people with a romantic mindset. A married or dating couple attending a wedding might might feel particularly amorous, and single people might use the opportunity to spark new relationships. the specific phrase "'''at''' someone's wedding" implies a couple so overcome with love and/or lust they can't even wait until they've left the event.
 |}

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 Modern science has found {{w|Astrology and science|no basis for horoscopes}}, which is why the comic jokes about the fact that its horoscopes at least ''may'' be true. Actual horoscopes are typically so vague that they could be true for almost anyone regardless of their sign. Note that this horoscope mainly makes sense for people living in the {{w|northern hemisphere}} (as mentioned in the title text) and it is especially tailored for an audience in the {{w|United States}}, as most cultural references are centered on "Western" or even specific "American" culture, several won't even work in Europe, for example. However, with the principle understood, it is easy to apply local traditions for more accuracy in non-Western cultures.
-The 12 category zodiac signs in horoscopes are based on birth dates.  The average length of pregnancy, culturally considered to be nine months, is actually given as the 40 weeks (9.2 months) after the last menstrual period. However, what is relevant here is that it is only '''38 weeks after {{w|Fertilisation|conception}}''' (8.75 month). The first two weeks of the 40 week period is before {{w|Ovulation#Ovulation_in_humans|Ovulation}}, and the conception cannot occur before that.
+The 12 category zodiac signs in horoscopes are based on birth dates.  The average length of pregnancy, culturally considered to be nine months, is actually given as the 40 weeks (9.2 months) after the last menstrual period. However, what is relevant here is that it is only '''38 weeks after {{w|Fertilisation|conception}}''' (8.75 months). The first two weeks of the 40 week period is before {{w|Ovulation#Ovulation_in_humans|Ovulation}}, and the conception cannot occur before that.
 Based on this knowledge [[Randall]] can do some informed guessing about the context of someone's conception (apart from the {{w|Sexual intercourse|obvious}}), depending on the sign. For example, people of the sign {{w|Virgo (astrology)|Virgo}} have been born between August 23 and September 22. This makes it most likely that they are conceived during December the year before. Given contemporary holiday music preferences, Christmas songs were likely to be playing the day they were conceived.  This leads to the guess "You may have been conceived while a Christmas song played". See detailed description of all the signs and explanation of the horoscopes in the [[#Table of Astrological signs|table]] below.

1512: Horoscopes - Revision history

141.101.98.19: Undo revision 331103 by 172.69.203.134 (talk) May be correct (by a given understanding), but you really need to change the neighbours (and all others) to match end-to-end.

172.69.203.134: /* Table of Astrological signs */

172.69.33.97: /* Table of Astrological signs */ ce

172.69.33.96: /* Table of Astrological signs */ ce

172.69.194.245: Noted some *minor* (but some necessary) issues with wikilink usage, old and new. Haven't checked them all, though.

Tromag at 20:48, 9 November 2023

Tromag at 20:46, 9 November 2023

172.70.130.225: Fixed minor typo

108.162.245.175: Undo revision 282363 by Donald Trump (talk)

Donald Trump: Reverted edit by anti-crap user

172.69.194.245: Noted some minor (but some necessary) issues with wikilink usage, old and new. Haven't checked them all, though.