What Do You Think About Horoscopes?

[One-Way]

I used to think horoscopes were the stupidest thing in the world.

My sister used to read them every now and then, but I just thought they were ridiculous. Recently, at work, I started reading some. Just the daily, based on my sign, horoscopes. And damn, are they interesting!

Not only do I relate to most of them, but it's also something that keeps me occupied. Of course I still don't believe they're REAL, but I do think it has some truth to it.

When the horoscope says my day at work is going to go horribly, it does. When it said I would meet a new love interest, I did. Some were ON POINT. A couple were totally non-related, though. It's interesting.

What do you think about horoscopes?

[jgk3]

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Well, I made a thread about this before and Siggie more or less destroyed the foundations of my belief, lol.

Still, I look for key similarities between people who are of the same age group and try to relate them to the year they were born... Sometimes if I know a close friend's personality well, if I find similarities of it in other people, I guess that they are born in the same Chinese year, and I don't remember being wrong yet because when I feel unsure, I don't guess.

[Jen]

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Those daily horoscopes in the newspaper are very general. My uncle was an astrologer and once he made my zodiac map or whatever it is called. It was based on my birthdate and exact time and that should tell me all about my personality and life based on the position of the planets and stars. It did. It was kinda scary because it described me in such a way that I felt like God had written it himself.

I do like reading my horoscope in the paper on my birthday...it has a little summary of how's my new year going to be...sometimes it helps one look at a situation a different way, if you know what I mean...

Check this website out...they have a lot of info... http://horoscopes.astrology.com/

[One-Way]

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I usually check on MSN.com. I stumbled upon it because that's our default page at work, and one day, I was bored and was like, "Let's read some horoscopes." Althought some are very general, their horoscope's get detailed, too. I remember that one Sunday where it said work was going to be too crazy for me to handle, and it was going to be a real challenge. That day turned out to be Hell. Told me I'd meet someone at a party on some week in October. I did. Pretty interesting.

[armo_origin]

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I don't really believe in horoscopes, but yea once in a while they seem to have some truth to them. But i think the only reason why they seem to be true to some people is because by reading them they are more aware of what happens to them that week or month. So for exmaple, if i prophetized that you will see a red car on sunday, and it happened, you'd probably think it was fate, or whatever you want to call it, but its highly likely that you would have seen a red car anyway... thats the best i can explain it lol

[Sip]

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How can you "believe" or "not believe" in horoscopes? If I come and tell you "oh today some stuff will happen to you and keep your eyes open for a new thing", are you going to believe me or not believe me?

[Jen]

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I won't believe you because you don't have anything to back that up. Astrologers use complex calculation to come up with that stuff...even if most of the times sounds like BS, they have something to back them up...

[ddd]

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My horoscope read that I will eat rice or other food today. HOW THE HELL DID IT KNOW?!?!

[Sip]

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Jen, here's the math I did to come up with that statement:

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[One-Way]

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I don't really believe in horoscopes, but yea once in a while they seem to have some truth to them. But i think the only reason why they seem to be true to some people is because by reading them they are more aware of what happens to them that week or month. So for exmaple, if i prophetized that you will see a red car on sunday, and it happened, you'd probably think it was fate, or whatever you want to call it, but its highly likely that you would have seen a red car anyway... thats the best i can explain it lol

I get what you're saying. I do think a lot of people read it, and when something SIMILIAR comes their way, they refer to the horoscope. For example, mine said I'd have a bad day at work. Let's say I was to have a really horrible customer - I could just blame it all on the horoscope, saying it was true. I don't really take them that way. I read it, keep it in mind, and at the end of the day, see if I related. It's usually 75% accurate. Past few days, it's been off. Talking about marriage. I don't know, lol.