Do you read/believe in your horoscope and star sign traits?

SparkyTech

Sometimes they can be fun, sometimes they can just be absurd.

I think you have more of a chance of winning the lotto then having your daily prediction come true, and imo, some of the stuff printed in the morning paper was probably written by drunken students on a night out!

Alas though, While the daily/weekly prediction mystic meg stuff is a load of tosh, Some of the ''typical'' traits for my personality are stereotype Aries ones and generally speaking, the other people I get on with, do tend to correspond with signs an Aries is supposed to gel with in the astro world.....

Do you find your personality is anything like your star sign description? Do you believe in it, are you on the same astro plane as your partner? Or are horoscopes a bit of fun with no relevance at all in the real world....:rolleyes:

chin_grin

You read this BS which are horoscopes and suddenly it throws something like a cold reading out there and you think "Hey, that is like totally me!". No. It's not. It could also be a million others.

Ugh............horoscopes.

FatherLen

no

Hookah

I was a Taurus, with all those Taurean qualities, and then they figured out those miscalculations, and now I'm an Aries, with all those Aryan qualities.

Sieg Heil.

Duggy747

Libra
A new love interest may appear somewhere you haven't looked before in a path that will lead you to the career / place you want to be and may give you a new lease of life. You will also die a slow, painful death today.
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Savage Tyrant

No... And anyone who does is an imbecile.

Asphyxia

I like reading them but forget about it 2 mins later!

krudler

Nope, because its ludicrous. A friend of mine used to work for a newspaper and whoever basically had nothing to do at the end of the day wrote the horoscopes, they even reused the same ones from different signs a few weeks later, its all utter hogwash and I kinda pity people who cant function without reading them.especially people who spend a fortune ringing "psychic" lines, where you're probably talking to some middled aged mother of 4 doing her ironing in her council flat while telling you "luck brings a red door" and other assorted arbitrary nonsense that could vaguely be applied to almost anyone.

SparkyTech

Duggy747 wrote: »

Libra
A new love interest may appear somewhere you haven't looked before in a path that will lead you to the career / place you want to be and may give you a new lease of life. You will also die a slow, painful death today.
For more bullshìt call the Hotline 1850-3832479 (€32.50 per min)

But Susan Miller tells me....:eek:

''You will be moving toward the solar eclipse of June 1. Once you get to June, life will start to stir wildly. We will have three eclipses in a row, each two weeks apart, for they always coincide with a new moon and full moon. The June 1 eclipse will be a solar eclipse in Gemini, the easiest one of the pack. After that, we have the full moon lunar eclipse in Sagittarius on June 15, and after that, the solar eclipse of July 1 in Cancer. Without going into detail, the Gemini-Sagittarius eclipse will accent travel, ideas and attitudes, and interaction with your sister or brother.''

I dont have a sister, cant travel and there aint no full moon. Lies, lies, lies? :O

Frank Black

Nope and when anyone tells me that they believe in it I immediately discount any other opinions they have on any other subject.

Dub Ste

Absolute sh*te,if this astrology guff is real,then surely all the horoscope bits in the papers would be the same??

SparkyTech

Dub Ste wrote: »

Absolute sh*te,if this astrology guff is real,then surely all the horoscope bits in the papers would be the same??

Or maybe its just that some ''Astrologers'' are more insightful then others

LeeHoffmann

no

x 2.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect

LeeHoffmann

Nope and when anyone tells me that they believe in it I immediately discount any other opinions they have on any other subject.

wrong about one thing, wrong about everything. makes sense...:rolleyes:

ScumLord

SparkyTech wrote: »

I think you have more of a chance of winning the lotto then having your daily prediction come true,

Not really, the trick to these things is to make a horoscope that is very general and could apply to anybody. So you do have more chance of your horoscope coming true because they're predicting things that will more than likely happen to you at some stage as long as you not some sort of literate horse or other non human.

Cupcake_Crisis

If I have a paper or magazine that has horoscopes in them I'll give it a quick glance, but id never go out of my way to read them. They're just a bit of silly fun

Biggins

No.

krudler

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

If I have a paper or magazine that has horoscopes in them I'll give it a quick glance, but id never go out of my way to read them. They're just a bit of silly fun

I gotta ask though, if you dont believe them why bother?

Monty Burnz

Two words: Forer Effect.

Also known as 'Barnum Statements'.

In 1948, psychologist Bertram R. Forer gave a personality test to his students. Afterward, he told his students they were each receiving a unique personality analysis that was based on the test's results and to rate their analysis on a scale of 0 (very poor) to 5 (excellent) on how well it applied to themselves. In reality, each received the same analysis:

“ You have a great need for other people to like and admire you. You have a tendency to be critical of yourself. You have a great deal of unused capacity which you have not turned to your advantage. While you have some personality weaknesses, you are generally able to compensate for them. Disciplined and self-controlled outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You pride yourself as an independent thinker and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. You have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. At times you are extroverted, affable, sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be pretty unrealistic. Security is one of your major goals in life. ”

On average, the rating was 4.26, but only after the ratings were turned in was it revealed that each student had received identical copies assembled by Forer from various horoscopes.[2] As can be seen from the profile, there are a number of statements that could apply equally to anyone. These statements later became known as Barnum statements, after P.T. Barnum.

Archeron

I once rang the phsycic hotline because I was lost, and I asked the person at the other end if they had any idea where I was.

They hung up on me without a word of advice. The b*stards.

Azureus

Used to glance at my horoscope in the morning papers, not that I really believed it as such but out of curiosity to see if anything came true.

Then one morning at brekkie my boyfriend read his one aloud (a different sign to me) and it was word for word one I had gotten the week before Never bothered after that.

Daegerty

Of course I believe my horror-scope

the culture of deference

Put in a male - female poll.

I would say women pay much more attention to astro than men.

Cupcake_Crisis

Cupcake_Crisis wrote:

They're just a bit of silly fun

Not when so many idiots actually take it seriously and believe it.

Saila

went through a faze of it, co-incidentally this is also the phase where my brain went missing for a while

sensibleken

only the ones from the onion

<LI class=pisces>Pisces You will fall into a pattern of self-destructive behavior this week when you discover how much fun that sort of thing is.

18AD

Meaning doesn't have to come from truth. You don't have to believe in the thing for it to mean something. That's like saying a fictional story is meaningless because it's not true or beacuse you don't "believe in it".

For some reason people find coincidence meaningful.

Hookah

I think Carl Jung was big into it. Something to do with archetypes and the collective unconscious.

Kanoe

there's only one who does it for me, and I read it daily. have to do it, then I do the crossword and read the funnies.

TheBunk1

SparkyTech wrote: »

But Susan Miller tells me....:eek:

''You will be moving toward the solar eclipse of June 1. Once you get to June, life will start to stir wildly. We will have three eclipses in a row, each two weeks apart, for they always coincide with a new moon and full moon. The June 1 eclipse will be a solar eclipse in Gemini, the easiest one of the pack. After that, we have the full moon lunar eclipse in Sagittarius on June 15, and after that, the solar eclipse of July 1 in Cancer. Without going into detail, the Gemini-Sagittarius eclipse will accent travel, ideas and attitudes, and interaction with your sister or brother.''

I dont have a sister, cant travel and there aint no full moon. Lies, lies, lies? :O

Hahaha, how insightful...Travel? In JUNE??? madness

Ideas, attitudes and interaction? Maybe these things are not an everyday occurence for the morons that read this rubbish. Not attacking you OP, just some people actually believe this sh**e and pay €2 a minute to talk to some charlatan scratching her hole on the other end of the phone

sensibleken

of course its real. look at the effect the moon has on the tides. we're 90% water so it must have an effect on us.

Just look at how many fights you see on a full moon

I was kinda bored that everyone was agreeing that its horsepoo so i thought id throw out this old chestnut

Kanoe

SparkyTech wrote: »

But Susan Miller tells me....:eek:

''You will be moving toward the solar eclipse of June 1. Once you get to June, life will start to stir wildly. We will have three eclipses in a row, each two weeks apart, for they always coincide with a new moon and full moon. The June 1 eclipse will be a solar eclipse in Gemini, the easiest one of the pack. After that, we have the full moon lunar eclipse in Sagittarius on June 15, and after that, the solar eclipse of July 1 in Cancer. Without going into detail, the Gemini-Sagittarius eclipse will accent travel, ideas and attitudes, and interaction with your sister or brother.''

I dont have a sister, cant travel and there aint no full moon. Lies, lies, lies? :O

http://www.astrologyzone.com/forecasts/monthly/libra_full.php
Uranus has just moved into my partnership zone and promises to bring lots of excitement..and will stay there for eight years. :cool:

thats actually kinda good

holystungun9

Monty Burnz wrote: »

Two words: Forer Effect.

Also known as 'Barnum Statements'.

Wow! it's like he's after reading my diary. He can he know so much about me?

Ruu_Old

All hail the almighty Fergus Gibson! \o/ /o/

sensibleken

zxy wrote: »

http://www.astrologyzone.com/forecasts/monthly/libra_full.php
Uranus has just moved into my partnership zone and promises to bring lots of excretion..and will stay there for eight years. :cool:

thats actually kinda good

fyp

mcmoustache

LeeHoffmann wrote: »

wrong about one thing, wrong about everything. makes sense...:rolleyes:

The poster had a point. Belief in horoscopes is a sure sign of simple-mindedness. If someone believes in them, I would listen to them up to the point of sports conversation or celeb gossip but in my experience, people who are into horoscopes seem to have difficulties keeping up with anything more high-brow than that.

RichieC

no... it's ridiculous.

RichieC

sensibleken wrote: »

Just look at how many fights you see on a full moon

I read or watched somewhere that the increased activity on a full moon was the result of people actually being out on the full moon because they could see. pre street lights times. so the wives tale stuck.

AckwelFoley

its a load of cock for weak minded plebs that hope fortune will find them rather than themselves finding their fortune

Princess Peach

I was born a Capricorn. quite like the description actually! Hard working and smart and organanised.

Don't believe in those daily horoscopes cause they're way too general.

Pighead

Pighead is a Cancerian. We are well known for our scepticism. So no.

the culture of deference

TheBunk1 wrote: »

Hahaha, how insightful...Travel? In JUNE??? madness

Ideas, attitudes and interaction? Maybe these things are not an everyday occurence for the morons that read this rubbish. Not attacking you OP, just some people actually believe this sh**e and pay €2 a minute to talk to some charlatan scratching her hole on the other end of the phone

Do you remember they had the guy who owns the psychics lines getting interviewed on the the radio, and he said it was for entertainment purposes only.

Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono lost the rights to the beatles music because Ono's astrologer advised her not to. They could have bought them for 50 million.

starlit

Unfortunately I am a believer of horoscopes and star sign traits! They didn't match much to me when I were younger but as I've got older I'm amazed at that a couple of different horoscopes for each day could get it right or almost right for me which can be a bit weird and freaky sometimes there are other days my horoscope does not make sense maybe. I'm more of a follower of it rather than be reading it everyday. If I'm bored or if I read a magazine or paper or just happen to see it online I would have a look.

TheBunk1

the culture of deference wrote: »

Do you remember they had the guy who owns the psychics lines getting interviewed on the the radio, and he said it was for entertainment purposes only.

Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono lost the rights to the beatles music because Ono's astrologer advised her not to. They could have bought them for 50 million.

That was the time Pat Kenny tore into him I think. Ah shur they have to say that to cover their own ass for potential litigation.

He was the guy that wanted to be Ireland's first "Space Tourist" too wasn't he? Shows ya how much he's making. I wish I thought of setting it up first

mcmoustache

doovdela wrote: »

Unfortunately I am a believer of horoscopes and star sign traits! They didn't match much to me when I were younger but as I've got older I'm amazed at that a couple of different horoscopes for each day could get it right or almost right for me which can be a bit weird and freaky sometimes there are other days my horoscope does not make sense maybe. I'm more of a follower of it rather than be reading it everyday. If I'm bored or if I read a magazine or paper or just happen to see it online I would have a look.

How do you think the astrologer does it, out of interest?

Abi

I wouldn't wipe my arse with the stuff they print in papers, I don't believe in horoscopes. But a family member is big into astrology (wouldn't go near that shite in the papers either) and delved further deep into the personality aspect of the whole thing. Apparently a lot of other factors have to be accounted for, such as your exact time of birth - and they tracked down hospital records for the family to find out our exact birth times to see if it would mean a more accurate description of our personalities and lives, I suppose.

I was verrrry critical about the whole thing to begin with, but what came back was something that made me laugh the whole way through - even the bad stuff, if I'm honest is true.

As a Cancerian, the generalized, loose description would be that we are family and home based, emotional, fragile, sensible savers, and insightful amongst other things. Which most of it is a load of bollox. Family-wise, Im close to my parents and siblings - it's my siblings off-spring that I find it difficult to form attachments with because I'm just not maternal in any way, and quite frankly kids are fucking annoying. Home-based yes, because I like to get the hell away from everyone when I feel like it and lock up shop. Emotional and fragile, definitely not - I have a lot of fight in me, and would be the last woman standing in any argument, and I find it almost impossible to cry. I can be very dissociative when it comes to cutting things or people out of my life. And as for insightful?? I'm afraid those super-powers only work on other people, because if I could do the same for myself I mightn't have all the problems I have.

The description given back to me pretty much high-lighted these flaws, and I laughed about them - because they are actually are true. The more in depth description of my personality made some sense, which reversed all of the sentiments of cancerians being home-making super hens, and basically pointed out there was a quirky humoured person that people come to for advice, and a competitive natured, sex obsessed arse-hole that makes a lot of bad choices for herself. Now we're talking.

You still wouldn't catch me reading the bullshit tabloid horoscopes though.

Ickle Magoo

While I find it absurdly fascinating that there are actually people in the world who think a twelfth of the global population share the same day/week/life events, I don't put any stock in them, no - I imagine if you throw out enough generalised personality traits per star sign that there are bound to be a few that people can identify with...

Princess Peach

Here's some star sign traits in excellent musical form.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6_VAiznSTc

decisions

I class them and people who belive in them in the same catagory as religion and religious nuts.

Monty Burnz

18AD wrote: »

For some reason people find coincidence meaningful.

Some people eat toilet paper.

burt_bondy

i spend an hour each morning working on my charts, and it's probably the most productive hour of my day. you can't overestimate the amount of influence the solar system has on our lives.