Date: 9/02/2026 23:40:57
From: dv
ID: 2359046
Subject: Fire Horse superstition

This is the Fire Horse year in the 60 year cycle of Chinese astrology.

There is a superstition in Japan about birth in such a year. In 1966 there was a 25% drop in the number of births.

It will be interesting to see whether there is any effect in 2026.

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Date: 10/02/2026 03:20:01
From: kii
ID: 2359063
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

What?

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Date: 10/02/2026 08:28:51
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2359072
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

dv said:

This is the Fire Horse year in the 60 year cycle of Chinese astrology.

There is a superstition in Japan about birth in such a year. In 1966 there was a 25% drop in the number of births.

It will be interesting to see whether there is any effect in 2026.

well as yous can see there wasn’t any compensatory rush to earlier birthing so much less

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Date: 10/02/2026 08:31:06
From: Bubblecar
ID: 2359074
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

I read this at first as Fire Hose superstition.

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Date: 10/02/2026 08:32:41
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2359076
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

or fire hose suppression / superposition

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Date: 10/02/2026 08:35:33
From: Witty Rejoinder
ID: 2359078
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

SCIENCE said:

dv said:

This is the Fire Horse year in the 60 year cycle of Chinese astrology.

There is a superstition in Japan about birth in such a year. In 1966 there was a 25% drop in the number of births.

It will be interesting to see whether there is any effect in 2026.

well as yous can see there wasn’t any compensatory rush to earlier birthing so much less

Those crazy Japanese and their bizarre appropriation of Chinese culture.

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Date: 10/02/2026 08:44:13
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2359081
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

Witty Rejoinder said:

SCIENCE said:

dv said:

This is the Fire Horse year in the 60 year cycle of Chinese astrology.

There is a superstition in Japan about birth in such a year. In 1966 there was a 25% drop in the number of births.

It will be interesting to see whether there is any effect in 2026.

well as yous can see there wasn’t any compensatory rush to earlier birthing so much less

Those crazy Japanese and their bizarre appropriation of Chinese culture.

is that all they took

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Date: 10/02/2026 09:48:38
From: Witty Rejoinder
ID: 2359092
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

SCIENCE said:


Witty Rejoinder said:

SCIENCE said:

well as yous can see there wasn’t any compensatory rush to earlier birthing so much less

Those crazy Japanese and their bizarre appropriation of Chinese culture.

is that all they took

The only thing the Japanese came with by themselves is an obsession with gates. There I’ve said it!

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Date: 10/02/2026 09:49:42
From: roughbarked
ID: 2359094
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

Witty Rejoinder said:


SCIENCE said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Those crazy Japanese and their bizarre appropriation of Chinese culture.

is that all they took

The only thing the Japanese came with by themselves is an obsession with gates. There I’ve said it!

ref:?

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Date: 10/02/2026 09:55:09
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2359100
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

roughbarked said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

SCIENCE said:

is that all they took

The only thing the Japanese came with by themselves is an obsession with gates. There I’ve said it!

ref:?

portals or bills

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Date: 10/02/2026 09:57:03
From: roughbarked
ID: 2359103
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

SCIENCE said:

roughbarked said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

The only thing the Japanese came with by themselves is an obsession with gates. There I’ve said it!

ref:?

portals or bills

Yes I know what the words mean.

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Date: 10/02/2026 11:31:21
From: dv
ID: 2359159
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

SCIENCE said:

dv said:

This is the Fire Horse year in the 60 year cycle of Chinese astrology.

There is a superstition in Japan about birth in such a year. In 1966 there was a 25% drop in the number of births.

It will be interesting to see whether there is any effect in 2026.

well as yous can see there wasn’t any compensatory rush to earlier birthing so much less

This graph only goes to 2020

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Date: 10/02/2026 11:33:05
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2359160
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

dv said:

SCIENCE said:

dv said:

This is the Fire Horse year in the 60 year cycle of Chinese astrology.

There is a superstition in Japan about birth in such a year. In 1966 there was a 25% drop in the number of births.

It will be interesting to see whether there is any effect in 2026.

well as yous can see there wasn’t any compensatory rush to earlier birthing so much less

This graph only goes to 2020

ok sorry as you can’t see, our bad

but the news has been constantly crying about further falling rates so has it changed

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Date: 10/02/2026 11:34:17
From: dv
ID: 2359161
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

SCIENCE said:

dv said:

SCIENCE said:

well as yous can see there wasn’t any compensatory rush to earlier birthing so much less

This graph only goes to 2020

ok sorry as you can’t see, our bad

but the news has been constantly crying about further falling rates so has it changed

One may hope that people have become less superstitious in the last 60 years anyway.

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Date: 10/02/2026 11:46:31
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2359164
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

dv said:

SCIENCE said:

dv said:

This graph only goes to 2020

ok sorry as you can’t see, our bad

but the news has been constantly crying about further falling rates so has it changed

One may hope that people have become less superstitious in the last 60 years anyway.

Just searched and here’s one

which only gives first semester data apparently.

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Date: 10/02/2026 11:47:00
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 2359166
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

Bubblecar said:


I read this at first as Fire Hose superstition.

Me too.
I’m not sure reading it correctly helps much though.

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Date: 10/02/2026 12:10:09
From: Michael V
ID: 2359176
Subject: re: Fire Horse superstition

Spiny Norman said:


Bubblecar said:

I read this at first as Fire Hose superstition.

Me too.
I’m not sure reading it correctly helps much though.

Morrison, Morrison: disobedience…

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