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Astrology: Children's intellectual level based on parents' astrological signs[edit]

Quite a while ago (perhaps close to ten years) I read an article in a Russian newspaper that had an interesting astrological view of how the parents' astrological (zodiac) signs determined their children's intellectual level. The article had a table, where the father's sign was along the top and the mother's along the side (or maybe vice versa) and the cells were symbol-coded where each symbol represented the child's intellectual level. In total there were six possible levels, but I only remember the first three and the last one, which (when translated from Russian) were genius - excellent - good - ? - ? - abnormal. I remember there were only two possibilities where the kids were geniuses, one of which was a child born from an Aries father and an Aquarius mother (the other way around the kids were supposed to be just excellent, if I remember correctly).

I recently remembered about that article and wanted to find that table on the internet. However, no matter how hard I googled I could not come across anything that was even close. I was wondering if anyone here on Wikipedia has seen something like that and/or could point me in the right direction. I will appreciate any effort on this. 99.49.23.166 (talk) 01:29, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably this wasn't any kind of scientific study, and not to be taken seriously. You might have more luck if you ask in one of the many astrology forums such as www.astrologersforum.com.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:30, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a blogg about Astrology of intelligence. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 09:18, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Er... instead of recommending astrology forums, wouldn't it be better to point out that this is obvious bunk? One could scientifically investigate the hypothesis that the intelligence (by some measure) of a child is correlated with the birth months of the parents. Probably you would find that there is no correlation. You might find a small correlation. You certainly won't find that some month combinations produce geniuses and others produce idiots. You don't need to be born of an Aries and an Aquarius to see that this table was nonsense. -- BenRG (talk) 22:59, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there are obvious reasons why a person may understand that it is bullshit, but still want to research the trend. There are studies like anthropology and sociology and other legitimate academic studies where one can explore the details of a belief system without actually believing in it ones self. --Jayron32 23:01, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's right. Ben, we're here to help answer questions. The OP didn't say they either believe or disbelieve in astrology, and that's irrelevant to their question. It's not for us to be interpolating our own views on these things. Every time someone asks about a king or a church, it's not our role to be saying that monarchies are anachronistic or religion is bunk. Or, indeed, that they're the best things since sliced bread. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 04:00, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Another interesting trend would be to correlate intelligence level with belief in astrology. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:19, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would be surprise if both variables correlate well. 193.153.125.105 (talk) 21:02, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"This is the excellent foppery of the world" shakespeare.mit.edu/lear/lear.1.2.html --Shirt58 (talk) 12:45, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful words to make one Leary of astrology. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 21:19, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

leopard skin hijab[edit]

is there any types of hijab that comes with an unique design like a leopard skin or tiger skin (fake ones that is) available on the web?

Certainly hijab can be purchased online, and many different varieties are available. Just search for "hijab" on Google and follow the links to merchants selling products. This link or this one in particular might interest you. Marco polo (talk) 15:48, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note that hijab, strictly speaking, means modesty, which is enjoined on both male and female Muslims: modesty in dress, but more generally in wider behaviour. If, as is probable, the OP is referring to the headscarf, then List of types of sartorial hijab may help. I have seen many patterned headscarfs but only monochrome jilbabs, for example. BrainyBabe (talk) 16:21, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Farsala trilogy?[edit]

In the farsala trilogy, is the hrum army based off of the roman army? 70.241.16.91 (talk) 20:15, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]