We
have all heard people ask us what our sign is, and then sit back and watch as
they make some sort of unusual facial expression and have these strangers explain
to us that we are compatible together. Many of us do not view astrology as a
real science. Astrology began when the Babylonians created a chart to predict
celestial events and seasons. However, the term zodiac sign was believed to be
created in Egypt from a word that originally meant circle of life. In fact, the
twelve zodiac signs were created on science. The creators knew that it took
twelve months for the lunar cycles to circle in order for the sun to return to
its original position. Ergo, the twelve constellations were then established. I
personally do not believe in horoscopes which are basically just summaries each
zodiac sign depending on what position they are in such as the Sun, Moon,
planets, and the stars. They use these summaries to describe how you as a
person will behave that day, week, month, or year. A lot of people base their life off of astrology.
They use astrology to determine what their year will be like or even to develop
relationships with people. However, astrology is not a real science because
there is no actual evidence; therefore making astrology a pseudoscience. I
believe that astrology is only to be used as a form of entertainment.
I feel as if people believe in astrology for the same reason
they would believe in anything else that offered them a sense of assurance on
future information. It could make the individual feel a sense of security and
possibly offer better decisions for those who do believe so much in it. Although
some aspects of astrology are interesting to me, I do not take it seriously and
revolve my entire life around it like some people. I personally believe that astrology
is based off of vague assumptions. If an astrologer gave you a horoscope to
read and said it was for your sign would you believe it after reading it even
though after the fact the astrologer lied and said it was for another sign? For
example, how would you know the difference between a passage describing your
zodiac sign and someone else’s if you did not know the sign it was referring to
in the first place?
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In Dr. Berg's lecture referencing Nostradamus and the ability to predict the future, he explains that vagueness is key in being able to sound credible. The same is true in astrology and horoscopes. For example: try reading a daily horoscope for every sign but imagining each one is for your personal sign. You'll find (at least I have) that they all fit reasonably into some aspect of your life.
ReplyDeleteSimilar to what Ryan Harner said, I also have read each horoscope and imagined that it was my sign; every horoscope will always be accurate to each person in some way due to vagueness and generalizations. It's crazy to me how people actually base aspects of their lives, such as relationships, on horoscopes. It is also uncomfortable when someone you first meet asks you what your sign is, and then follows up with "oh! you must be such and such.." making assumptions about your character and personality traits, etc.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, I'm also going to have to agree with Sarah and Ryan. All you have to do is say something vague about a person and all the sudden you're psychic. People want to believe, therefore they do the work for you; but hey if it helps people with their personal lives then whats the problem.
ReplyDeleteI remember as a kid, I took an interest in astrological signs because I thought the creatures and constellations behind each zodiac symbol was pretty fascinating. But I did notice when I read any basic horoscopes for my sign, only a couple traits really matched my personality. So I decided to then look through every sign to see if any had any traits I actually identified with, and realized most of the signs say the same basic things. Whomever decided which signs have what traits was really careful to not put any specific character traits in there.
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