Do you believe in horoscopes?

[DominiqueBernard]

Are you a textbook Taurus or a classic Cancer? Does your rising sign make a difference? Can you guess people's astrological signs? Do you identify with a famous person who shares your sign or date of birth?

No.

If being a typical Capricorn means thinking it's utter bollocks predicated upon making generic statements that anybody could apply to themselves if they really want to, yes.

Otherwise, it's just bullshit.

It's been a long time since I've met anyone who believes in astrology.

I used to write them.

Not really but I like to read them for entertainment purposes. Astrology has been going a long time.

Of course not. 🙄

I really don't, but I do remember years ago, a teacher in our staffroom talking about birth signs, and how she really believed in them. Half-jokingly, she went round the group of teachers, guessing their birth signs, and to our surprise, she got nearly everyone right. It was odd!

Absolutely not.

No but I still read them.

No.

You are asking the wrong question.

Horoscopes exist in exactly the same way UFO's exist

I’m guessing that’s a no then

It's an obvious no to believing that your personality and future prospects are related to or controlled by the position of constellations at the time of your birth. There's no plausible mechanism as to how that would work nor is there any actual evidence that this is the case.

Of course not. How could 1/12th of the world’s population share the exact same personality traits, experience the same vague problems and want the same random questions answered at the exact same time? Arrant nonsense, and most horoscopes you read don’t even have to good grace not to take themselves seriously.

Anything woo should be treated as entertainment only

I believe in horoscope and astrology OP. But this is because I suffer from severe anxiety and need to know things will be ok for me.
It's all rubbish I bet but it helps me feel a bit prepared. I obviously have issues :(

But supposing your horoscope says something bad is going to happen?

Let me guess, OP. You’re a Taurus with Gemini rising, and have a deadline for the Lazy Journalist Times coming up.

@TheShellBeach Then I panic. Logically I know I should not believe but I suffer from severe anxiety and really struggle.

No. I may as well believe that sudoku is plotting my future

I shouldn't believe in them but I can't help it.

I have guessed everyone correctly who I have came in contact with. Well actually it wasn't a guess, I just knew within minutes of interaction.

I've never been wrong.

All scorpios have similar traits and easily noticeable, as-well as Gemini's

She'd probably seen their dates of birth!

So they don't always make you feel better.

@TheShellBeach I said it helps me feel prepared. I know I have a problem, as I've said. Not sure what your point is? Quite antagonizing. If you don't believe then that's fine, no need to bully someone else.

At one place I worked, we used to sit round in the rest room and take turns each day to read out everyone's horoscopes out of the newspaper. Every time it was my turn, I deliberately read out the wrong ones, and nobody ever twigged.