Astrology Is the Folklore That Arose from Watching Alignments in the Night

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Astrology is the folklore that arose from watching alignments in the night sky and the belief that these "celestial events" controlled human events.A 1960's folk song,"The Age of Aquarius" has numerous astrology references that relate to the positions of objects in the sky.The song has a line: "When the moon is in the 7th house,and Jupiter aligns with Mars,then peace will guide the planet..." From your knowledge of the stellar constellations and the celestial coordinate system,what does this line mean?

• A)When Jupiter and Mars align in the sky,and the moon is in the 7th constellation of the zodiac,then
• B)When Jupiter and Mars align with the sun,and it is the 7th full moon of the year,then peace…
• C)When the moon crosses the zodiac in the 7th month of the year,and Jupiter and Mars align with the moon,then peace…
• D)It is just a nonsense line with no meaning.

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Definitions:

Stomata

Tiny openings or pores often found on the underside of leaves that are involved in gas exchange and transpiration in plants.

Cuticle

A protective and waxy or hard layer covering the epidermis of plants, invertebrates, or other organisms.

Mesophyll

The inner tissue of a leaf, containing many chloroplasts where photosynthesis occurs.

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water, generating oxygen as a byproduct.