# Astrocartography

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrocartography/114524>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 17, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrocartography/114524 "2002-06-17T14:13:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrocartography/114524/1 "2002-06-17T14:13:53Z")

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[http://astrocartography.com](http://astrocartography.com)

What the que pasa?

A friend of mine recently sent along this link. Has anyone heard of this?

I know what Cecil said about the futility of talking logic to an astrology believer, but geez. This is ridiculous.

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**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrocartography/114524/2 "2002-06-17T14:42:52Z")

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Speaking as a professional mapmaker and an amateur astronomer, I think my head is about to explode…

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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrocartography/114524/3 "2002-06-17T15:16:42Z")

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What do you know, I’m also a mapper.

My friend sent the link (in all seriousness) as a way for a mutual friend to decide where to move! I guess it’s best to just ignore it.

But, really, wasn’t astrology originally premised on a flat earth, and/or that the stars rotated around it?

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrocartography/114524/4 "2002-06-17T21:05:26Z")

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What’s everyone’s beef here? Just seems like the usual assortment of new age astrological lunacy. Am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrocartography/114524/5 "2002-06-17T21:14:32Z")

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Am I to take this “Astro_Carto_Graphy” thing to mean it’s pronounced AST-ro-CAR-to-GRAPH-y, not as’-tro-car-TOG-raphy?

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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrocartography/114524/6 "2002-06-19T13:59:15Z")

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No, you’re not missing anything. Just expressing my incredulityand wishing I could take on this friend’s beliefs without losing them.

As for the \*\*\*, I think they’re supposed to be _Stars_. Plus, it gives them the handy acronym ACG.