Do You Believe in Astrology?

Just as it can be argued that religion and superstitions are scapegoats to explain what science cannot explain, astrology is a way for people to validate why they are the way they are. Most of us, even though it’s an unconscious decision, need to believe in answers to impossible questions just to keep our sanity. Our brain is hardwired to look for the answers to questions we do not know the answer to. Why am I the way I am? Who is in control of my destiny? What/Who created the world? People find comfort in their answer to these questions and we all turn to different places to find them. Whether we turn to the stars, to a faith, or to a science book, we all are just looking for answers. Some of us find it in astrology. All it is a set of answers for people who haven’t found them elsewhere. Whether there is proof or not becomes inconsequential.

Astrology is a trendy way for people to spend hours on the internet learning and doing absolutely nothing. Various apps and websites like Co Star Astrology to twitter accounts posting memes about zodiac signs milk the public’s thirst for validation of their flaws and their triumphs. Having an easy way out for our achilles heels is appealing, for example saying someone is only petty or brazen or quiet because of their sign. I believe that people draw validation from it, and that can be good or bad depending on the extent to which one believes it. Astrology is simply something people can believe in, like religion or fate, and it is up to them how they live their life accordingly.

For starters, I didn’t even know what my zodiac was until I googled it after reading this article. From the information I got, I believe astrology is not something to follow on a daily basis. To be honest, I think life should be lived the way a person wants to live it, not the way a sketchy website says it should. If one day a horoscope website tells me to “get wasted and do something bad,” i’m not going to follow their advice. Personally, I have never even paid much attention to astrology or things like zodiacs as I see astrology as a resort people can turn to when they need something to follow. In some places, leadership is shaky and sometimes an official leader isn’t even established. In a stressful and chaotic time period like right now, the younger generation finds it easier to believe in these zodiacs and forms of astrology, even if they don’t believe it completely. Apparently, believing something your instinct knows isn’t true is better than not believing in anything.

Yes I do believe in Astrology; But some of the places you get information about your Zodiac sign, Horoscope ect. may not be 100% reliable. For example "How Astrology took Over the Internet" by Amanda Hess wrote how she downloaded a new horoscope app through Real-Rime NASA data. But she goes on to say her being a Gemini the blog told her "get wasted and do something bad". Now that is not a very accurate statement; And many articles, magazines, and blogs are just like that. So in doing research pick your sites wisely.

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I find the whole astrology appeal in today's society kind of amusing. To be honest, I am not sure if I believe in astrology. I mean I'd like to, but it just doesn't make much sense to judge someones personality and future interactions just by looking at the stars. My Zodiac is the Leo, and sometimes I like to read my Horoscopes to find out how my life will go. For the most part, they are pretty spot on with details about how I feel and encounters I face, but then again, its all kind of generic things that another Zodiac could be feeling too. How does reading a horoscope even work? Do they look up at the night sky and say if a star to the west shines brighter than one to the east, that I am going to be facing a challenge soon? Or that if the Orion constellation can be seen in the sky, that I am going to have a good month? The predictions, as far as I can understand, have no scientific foundation or explanation to them. It seems very interesting, but it has a bit of a ridiculous appeal. The reason I believe it has become so popular over time is because it inspires us with a positive future, that the stars are aligned in such a way that things will just finally go our way. I think people want to read these inspiring horoscopes to feel better about themselves then to actually want to put forth the effort to make change.

It’s appalling to see a concept as ridiculous as astrology actually making its mark on today's society. In a world where our scientific capabilities are vastly expanding, the last thing that we should be doing is resorting to untestable and unreliable methods for explanation and prediction. I fully understand that astrology might be a fun activity to mess around with, but attempting to apply it in the real world is just plain stupid. As a species, we have evolved past looking at relations between stars for answers to completely unrelated problems. Astrology has proven to be inconsistent in various scientific tests, and it seems that the best defense people have for it is a coincidence here and there. If people want answers they should be looking to a science - a real science - that can give them real answers. My hope is that astrology only continues to gain popularity as an activity for fooling around, and people won’t truly put faith in a completely defenseless practice.

While growing up, I remember looking at the newspaper and seeing a section for horoscopes. It always interested me and I wanted to learn more. I’ve always been into learning more about my personality, taking the Myers-Briggs personality test and looking at my natal chart. The natal chart uses when you were born, what time you were born, and where you were born to show you each house or planet you fall into. It’s more in depth than just finding the zodiac sign of the month your birthday is. I believe in astrology. It helps us better learn about ourselves and the universe we live in. Through analyzing my chart, I was able to understand myself and how I am. The astrology chart was pretty close to what I got on the Myers-Briggs personality test too. Most people base their belief of astrology on the horoscopes people put into their blogs, but that isn’t individualized for them. That’s more of a general belief and that’s not what you should go by. If you take the time to do a natal chart and read your results, you will find that it’s pretty accurate and you may discover some things you didn’t really know about yourself, but it’s true. I will say, astrology and the future it tells you is not set and stone. You can change the future. The choices you make shape who you are and what will happen in your lifetime.

Yes, I do believe in astrology. The horoscopes that tell you you're going to win a million dollars may not be right and sometimes the placement of the planets won't determine whether or not you find your soul mate, however I do believe that astrology has actual meaning. The universe is a vast and unpredictable place, humans have barely scraped the surface of what is the universe is made of, what it looks like, what it's function is, etc. There is no literal knowledge of what the universe is fully capable of because we have not witnessed or tested it all. So, astrology, the study of the planets, the dependence on their patterns, makes sense to me. The planets are a wonderful and almost magical force. The giants in the sky are centers of their own universes of life. They are important and I think incorporating them into your life is valuable to being humble and being knowledgeable about your spiritual and mindful self. The idea that these beasts can tell us why we are sad and why the day is going bad is so nice for humans to hear that we cling to it. It is in our nature to look for why things happen or what causes things. So, if someone believes that the position of mercury explains why they can't communicate properly then that's that. The human race, with all its complexity and differences, is the same at the core with needing to find something comforting to understand. So, astrology works perfectly to explain the inexplicable universe.

Astrology help us pinpoint our personality traits and characteristics, but reading your horoscope can provide you with attracting information when life seems to be at a stand-still. By explaining why certain things happen, horoscopes can help you cope with the most subjective affairs that are going on in your life. Whether you are experiencing great times and fortune, or you are going through dark, and tough times, your horoscope can provide solace when you don’t know where to turn. Life is about decisions, and keeping up with your astrological identity and horoscope can help you fix your mind to what you should do when you make decisions. For example, when believing in your horoscope, you will be able to focus on what you can do easily and can move on quickly. Some say that just having a short read every once in awhile can help you benefit from the energy the cosmos are pushing towards you, but I believe that horoscopes can be a waste of money and time. In fact, nobody can totally rely on horoscopes to dissolve his or her problems. Although the horoscope seems to be a trend(fad) right now, it doesn’t mean reading horoscopes is always beneficial. Rather, consider them as fortune cookies which give momentary pleasure but cannot sustain you forever.

Not only do I believe in astrology, I do find it to be the tool through which we can understand ourselves and the universe in which we live. In fact, you might as well could have asked me if I believed in gravity or in earth being round. For me it’s a hard fact. I started by questioning Astrology many years ago, and had a very skeptic approach. But I would then find things that were not coincidence, that were very specific about me. And is fine when is one or maybe two things. But astrology has taught me that I am more than a combination of circumstances, that the future is not written in stars but is written in you, but within the choices taken in the present and that the reaction, not the event, to what happens in one’s life, is what matter the most. Is not about finding out when you will get a boyfriend or a new car. Is more about if and why you are ready for it. It is not so much a religion as it is a system. Unfortunately, most people exposure to astrology is a section in a newspaper that is referring to a whole group of the population and they believe this is all there is to it. To say that someone is from one sign or the other is obviously simplistic. Is like saying someone is from a country or another. There are dozens of other factors astrology considers. If you haven’t gotten your Birth Chart done by a credited astrologer, I doubt you ever know what the big deal is about it, and why it has not gone anywhere in the over 10,000 years of history on its back.

I do not believe in Astrology. First of all, Astrology is not sciene-based facts and it is not even tested conclusions. Astrology and horoscopes are just an old ways that people in the past used to manipulate the mass of people by telling them to do A B and C becuase thats what they have seen in the signs of the stars and also to make people do whatever without really care about their behaviour because "the zodiac signs said so". For example, the writer of this article wrote that once she had downloaded a new horoscope that solicited a few biographical details, indexed them with real-time NASA data and then advised her to "get wasted and do something bad". It seems like it is just conclusions to allow people to do things that they would not normally do and the zodiac signs app will give it a proper excuse that will seem "science-based" even though it truly not. In conclusion, I do not believe in Astrology, for the reason and the example that I have provided previously in my comment.

I do not believe in Astrology. In fact, I think the whole concept of Astrology is nonsense. In my opinion, to think that the current location of Saturn or any other star dictating whether if I pass or fail a test is mindboggling for me. I understand that Astrology has recently become a "trendy" thing to have fun with, but to fully buy into the concept is a betrayal to the scientists and astronomers that have dedicated time, resources, and effort to explain our universe logically. First off, Astrology is not a science. Astrology is not based on evidence, the conclusions aren't testable, and can't be proven wrong. These qualities are the main foundations of what science is and Astrology fails to meet any of these qualities. Secondly, scientists have put Astrology to the test multiple times in the past and have found Astrology to be inconsistent. A study French study in the 60s which aimed to find if people's careers correlated with the placement of celestial bodies resulted in no correlation. However, despite the debunking of Astrology as a significant amount of Americans believe that Astrology is a type of science. It is concerning that Americans believe in an ancient practice that has no ground or base in science in terms of evidence and testability. To conclude, I think that Astrology can be practiced as a fun activity for family and friend gatherings but not applied to science that is based in reality