why some one belive in astrology and why some one not.
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I am a big fan of Cecil Adams, and he responded the following to someone asking if there's anything to astrology:\n\nParaphrased from the link provided in sources:\n\n"The usual objections to astrology boil down to: how the hell could it possibly work? After all, the stars are unthinkably distant, and the planets, an essential part of astrology, revolve around the sun, not the earth. Besides, what's so magical about the time of your birth--wouldn't it make more sense if your personality were determined by the time of your conception? On top of everything else, astrologists don't even agree on how to do charts--check out the difference between tropical and sidereal zodiacs sometime.\n\nBut this is not what astrology buffs want to hear. To them it doesn't matter that there's no plausible basis for astrology; they claim it just "works." By this they mean a skilled astrologer can give you genuine insights into your personality. In this they're undoubtedly correct--but the credit goes not to astrology per se but to the practitioner.\n\nMany experienced astrologers are pretty fair amateur shrinks. In the course of a one or two hour consultation they can usually get a good fix on your problems. Back this up with a lot of BS about Mars conjunct Uranus and the effect is convincing--and what the heck, it may even do you some good.\n\nBut to say astrology can be helpful doesn't mean it has any objective validity. Studies have shown that (1) astrologers trying to deduce someone's personality from his chart do no better than chance; (2) astrologers studying the same chart come to opposite conclusions as often as not; (3) the birth dates of people with occupations linked to certain signs (e.g., politicians, scientists, soldiers) are in fact randomly distributed throughout the zodiac; and (4) couples with "incompatible" signs get married and divorced at the same rate as compatible couples.\n\nThe fact is, people who want to believe in astrology will convince themselves it works no matter what. In one study of 22 astrology buffs, half were presented with their real horoscopes and half were presented with fake charts saying the exact opposite. Both groups said their horoscopes were 96 to 97 percent accurate."
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Astrology is just a game.  It is filled with deep insights like, "You feel under appreciated today," that apply to everyone.  What month you were born in has no effect on who you are.
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I am an astrologer by profession, I know much more than what you know about these Palm Readers..OK,  \n\nStrictly speaking 95 percent of Palm Readers are straight away fooling you---believe me! \n\nYou may think that I am commenting against them out of my jealousy...NO  still I support 5 percent ....\n\nIn fact I learned astrology only after knowing "certain" truth from my Palms but that was way back in 1950s when my father consulted some "genuine" Palm Readers and find out that his eighth son (myself) will be a astrologer in his future, hence I took Adhyyaayan in 1987. \n\nI have personally met around 40 Palm Readers so far in Bombay, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and in Madhya Pradesh.... but every one have backtracked after knowing my astrological knowledge! \n\nI had very very rare and very valuable Naadi books written by hands since my forefather's period..but unfortunately the July 2005 flood in Mumbai damaged all the orginal scripts when the water entered my ground floor flat.
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A fully comprehensive astrological report gives more than general predictions. What most people see are the generic versions (news paper, online, etc.).\nMeteorologists do their best to interpret patterns of atmospheric behavior. The state of Washington, USA has some of the most difficult weather to predict, especially in the Puget Sound region. Yet our local weather reports are pretty much "spot on."
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Yeah horoscopes are really silly. And it's like if you read two different papers and two different magazines then you will have 4 different horoscopes... and people actually believe it...\n\nFor that person above, religion is something totally different.
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I believe in the zodiac signs and their meanings as far as every person that falls up under his/her sign. I don't read my horoscope much, but I do study about the different signs. I think the zodiac sign meanings are right on point. You will probably have some people make comments like it's all a bunch of crap, but it's funny that these same people that don't believe in this stuff are always in the horoscopes section all the time. If a person doesn't believe in this stuff it's kind of stupid to be here looking and posting all the time right???
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If someone did guess correctly, that's all it would be  -  just a guess.  Astrologers/psychics  get forecasts right sometimes simply because they can't guess wrongly all the time!
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Do people actually believe that horoscope B.S.??
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Some scorpios I've met have  wonderful hearts, and interesting personalities. The others embody the qualities you described, plus unfriendliness and insensitivity.But I am a leo, and supposed to be incompatible with scorpios. Astrology has a hell of a lot of truth to it, let me tell you.
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I don't care. I'm not going to judge someone on their birthdate. Anyway, this doesn't belong in the Astronomy section. Astrology isn't a science. Far from it.
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Yes and no. When you think about fate I think that some people are fated like say a person born with an incurable disease or being born to your parents. Where is your free will in that? Also, I don't go by day to day astrology but I can tell you that I must be the poster child for my astrological sign. The personality is totally me and I usually don't get along with those they say I'm incompatible with. You have options to shape your own destiny but there is a little bit of fate to even it out.
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Hi I'm a virgo, and I read my horascope everyday. I have read that we are earth-signs and are often perfectionists. We are usually good with money management and can easily be "in charge" of situations or prodjects.
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This is something that I have wondered about myself.  What's even more annoying is how people who follow the horoscopes make generalizations about those that fall into a particular sign.  For example, a friend of mine truly believes that all cancers (like myself) are overly emotional and jealous.  I think that is total crap because 1) personalities are different, and 2) as you mentioned before, you cannot learn/discover much about a person by just knowing their birthdate, and 3) the whole idea is just plain stupid!  Wheew, glad I was able to get that out...(I apologize for the rant)...
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Well, as a fellow Scorpio, I can tell you I get this alot too. People are just superstitious - according to horoscope lore, Scorpios are supposed to be dark, mysterious, and I swear I'm not making this up, the most sexual of all the signs. Needless to say, when one is born really during the calendar year shouldn't be used to make prejudgements about people, other than when you need to get someone a birthday present. :)
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Astrology is a science twisted into an Art. It can tell you where particular stars will be at a particular time in the future. The rest is conjecture built on the basis of data you provide and some cross checking of the Mathematical projection . Don't depend too much on it for accuracy. Modern Psychology and general knowledge can give better results in predicting what will happen to you.
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Hi There, im an Astrologer. I've seen lots of horoscope here in Yahoo Answers Horoscope section and to my surprise, Im 99 % accurate. I've told the looks of people i've never seen, details about them, their careers etc. \n\nSee, there are many things that an astrologer have to see in a horoscope. It takes years to remember those things. its a deep deep knowledge. Even the best of astrologers knows only 10 percent of total astrology.\n\none of my relatives from my brother in law side, knew when he would die, and when he died there was a chit found and it was written in it the day, and time he would die. This is fact. Astrology is Science + Maths. \n\nFor instance, there are 7 visible planets (Sun, Moon, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Mercury, Jupiter) in horoscopes and 2 invisible planets (Rahu and Ketu). There are 7 splits from a sun ray when passed via a PRISM and 2 invisible rays (UV and IR). Now did you get my point ?\n\nSo, i must conclude that astrology is not fake, it's science + maths. Just provide me with ur full birth date (dd/mm/yy), birth time and birth place. i'll give you predictions at onedeepen@yahoo.com.
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I think I understand your question, from reading the explaination as to why you asked it. :)  So let me give my answer, to my best ability, on the subject.:\n\nYes, we are all born under a certain sign.  There are many other Aries, Virgo, and Capricorn people out there.  Tons!  But why are they all so different?  If you were an Aries woman like I was, why aren't we the same?  We born under the same sign, then why is there such uncommon traits about us?  Well, that's actually easy to explain, if you dig  a bit deeper into astrological science.  And yes...it is a complex science going centuries back. ;)\n\nThough we have our sun sign that were born under, we have the planets which represent certain parts of our personalities.  Depending on the numbers of our birthdates, locations, astronomy, and birth time, our planets will be ruled over OTHER signs, probably some that are not even the same sign as the one we were born under!  It's what makes each person unique.\n\nThe sun sign is the canvas, and the planets' ruling signs are the colors of our qualities and personality traits.  Newspaper and other simple daily horoscopes aren't very accurate, in my opinion.  I don't read them, because they're basic and so vague!  I totally agree with you on that aspect.  My suggestion is to not take the time to follow them, and just live one day at a time the best way you can.  At least you can always count on yourself rather than a newspaper prediction saying, "You'll meet the love of your life today!"\n\nYeah...right.  Doesn't work that way.  Anyways, hoped that put some light on astrology for you.  Best wishes.\n\nP.S. And uh...I couldn't guess your sign unless I meet you in person.  I'm not that good. lol