Intermittently over the years since 14 or 16 years of age, I've been interested in astrology. The main reason for such interest, aside from a natural desire to know one's future, was that such interest was an unwritten TABOO of Mom's. Reminds me of the song with words "My mother she said don't put beans in your ears...."
Today, with the advent of internet and the apparent surging acceptance of checking one's astrology daily on internet or the newspaper, I have indulged (with boredom often) in reading one day's predictions of a large number of astrological signs and sources on the internet. They are written in the mode of only talking to YOU, the reader. Naturally, the reader is lulled into believing that what is read is for them personally (not thousands, even millions of individuals worldwide). Often the messages are similar to cards that contain various messages and are shuffled and redistributed, each message simply scrambled up and used repeatedly.
Conclusion: look for what you want to hear - good or doom - you'll find it under astrology or horoscope on the internet each day. What you want you will probably find, though you may have to read quite a few before you get reassured that "you were right on". Regrettably, the pattern of checking out your horoscope daily can become a habit, morning routine, or an addiction.
Embarrasing - I should say so. In a generation of more educated people, taught to think for themselves, it seems that the abra-cadabra is still a capitivating attention getter. Do not like thinking of our young generation believing they can't start their day without checking out their prediction. Might it influence the individual's behavior on those days? This is actually a valid thought for all ages who catch on to the magic of one's horoscope or their childrens' or their friend or spouse. I so hope my statements here are out of proportion to the reality of real life substance not the abra-cadabra of astrology.
P.S. Reading as many as I do on regular basis, my thought is that our planets seem darn unstable with giant mood swings (according to the cosmos that I'm reading in terms of astrology) -- much like a bi-polar disorder, daily. This also includes the INFLUENCE (so called) of the moon and the sun's position in whichever of the 12 signs it sits.
Am presently ready to quit this examination of the cosmos, having as written, formed my opinion of the validity of the subject. INVALID.
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The appeal of the old abra-cadabra has never waned. It is a part of human psychology so deeply ingrained that it will never fade. People have a need to believe that they are a part of, even if tangentially, something infinite and mysterious -- and thinking about it, I realize that they are: life! Life itself, whether of divine origin, whether possessing supernatural elements, is ancient, mysterious, and unfathomable.
Much as with religion, belief in or dedication to a supernatural system like astrology (or Tarot, or whatever), can be good or bad. On some days it will help you through a terrible tragedy, on others it will give you an excuse for heinous acts.
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