In message , Marcus Fox
writes

"Stargazer" wrote in message
...

up by writing (in the first small paragraph) that this is a very rare
ASTROLOGICAL event!!

Can this really be? Have i been misled by this NG and astrology is really
true?? Please don't say yes!!

But it is one of those too. And probably something rare enough that
their "rules" don't even cover it. I predict that a few folk with eye
damage may result from looking at the sun with unfiltered optical
devices.

Seriously though, don't they ever read their transcripts?

Probably not.

As does this reporter I posted about a few days ago on the 17th. Post title
"Extremely rare "astrological" event..."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ace_venus_dc_2

Spare a thought for the poor hacks though. Astro-logy / -nomy is an
oddball.

They *may* have been trying to get it right - study of most other
subjects is X-logy :
Aerology, Biology, Cytology, Cosmology, Dendrology, Ecology, Geology,
Horology, Immunology, Lithology, Meteorology, Mycology, Neurology,
Ontology, Psychology, Physiology, Petrology, Radiology, Sociology,
Theology, Tribology, Urology, Virology, Vulcanology, Xylology,
Zoology...

F,J,K,Q,W,Y escape a casual alphabetic list - any offers?

Where-as the subjects named X-nomy are very thin on the ground:

Agronomy, Astronomy, Economy, Gastronomy, Physiognomy, Taxonomy

Astronomy is the only exact science lumped in with this motley crew.

FWIW I was once reported to have obtained an astrology O'level too ;-)

Regards,
--
Martin Brown