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It’s time to let astrology disappear into the dustbin of history
I find myself repeatedly astonished when scrolling through social media at the number of people who continue to obsess over astrology in the year 2020. Astrology has to be the oldest scam in the book, a belief that somehow star patterns that were drawn into imaginary shapes to represent deities, and the timelines of their appearances in the night sky, somehow influence human behavior and activity on planet Earth. It’s ridiculous even as a surface level idea. And yet, much in the same way psychics find success in their rubes being able to project their own lives onto their vague and generalized “predictions,” astrological personality descriptions and horoscope projections find no shortage of people willing to see themselves reflected in their random and nonsensical fictions.
Think about it this way, the stars and planets chosen to be the influential bodies in the astrological calendar are really no more important than any other stars or planets in the sky. They just happen to be the ones in select constellations that were deemed important to religious beliefs, namely the Greek and Roman gods. Everyone knows the constellation of the Big Dipper for instance. Why isn’t the Big Dipper part of the astrological calendar? It’s part of The Great Bear…
