Do you believe in horoscopes
By DanaS2011
@DanaS2011 (351)
United States
March 30, 2011 11:35am CST
I read my horoscope daily and sometimes I can relate it to my life and some days I don't know what my horoscope means. I want to believe in the horoscope but if the stars say what will happen to your zodiac sign then why does my horoscope be different on different site. My AOl horoscope is different from my Yahoo horoscope which is different from face book. They don't even have things that are close in them so which one do I go by. I think horoscopes can be real but not accurate all the time or on the day in which you read the horoscope. What do you think? Do you think horoscopes are true or for entertainment purposes only?
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@LovingLife139 (1504)
• United States
30 Mar 11
It definitely depends. As for birth signs and the like, I believe in those because I've never seen one that wasn't mostly spot on about a person. I'm a Leo on the Cancer cusp, and boy, am I! But if I go to a website and look up what Leos and/or Cancers can expect for the day, will it be correct? Most likely not. If it is, it's likely a lucky guess.
HOWever, I have noticed that in a broader spectrum, horoscopes are usually right in a general scope of the areas of your life. For example, if you look at a yearly horoscope for yourself, you'll find that it might mention something being probable around a certain month, and very often that is true. Usually these horoscopes go through finances/career, relationships (both romantic and friend/family), health, etc. I've found that mine is usually right in the yearly horoscope. Once it mentioned that I should be leary of a financial mistake made on someone else's part to my money, and lo and behold, the bank charged me a $10 fee during that time as per a system error, and I had to call customer service to take it off. Coincidence? Maybe. In either case, it was definitely cool to see it happen during the right time, since that has never happened to me before.
If you take a look at scientific studies, they need thousands of subjects to research in order for the study to be considered close to accurate. If you study a case of ten men and women, the study won't be as trustworthy as a wider spectrum of three thousand men and women. The same is true for horoscopes. The wider the "test area", the larger the chances for accuracy. Among a year, you have stars moving, the moon pulling on the earth's gravity, things changing in the sky and the shifting of earth's axis, all of which have been known to affect the life on earth. Do any of these things happen within one day? Hardly ever. Therefore, what in the world is going to make a day's horoscope accurate? The only thing you're left with is an educated guess.
The only other thing I'd suggest is ensuring that the horoscopes aren't just written for entertainment purposes. If you have someone who actually knows astrology and a bit of astronomy, and, at times, geology, you're more likely to get accuracy. Still, I'd highly suggest not getting obsessed with your horoscope...to rely on one religiously is to let control go of your own life and hand it over to a supposed pre-determined schedule...and what fun is that?
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@orang13 (723)
• Philippines
30 Mar 11
I don't believe in it. As what you've said it is not accurate and its not even similar. Its just other people doing it, for their own job and entertainment. You may say that it somewhat reflects your day, its only because of you. When you read it, you get a mind frame of what you think will happen but its you who made it happen. Because it is said in their you do stuffs than can make it happen.
@DanaS2011 (351)
• United States
30 Mar 11
That is what I tell my boyfriend that he speaks it into existance
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
5 Apr 11
hi,
sometimes i read my horoscope and sometimes i can relate it to my life,and there's a time that i cant understand my horoscope what does it mean. and sometimes i think that not horoscope is meant for us,sometimes it not for us.
@mantis36 (4219)
• Philippines
14 Jun 11
horoscope predicted all sorts of future oncoming tragedies...
but none of the horoscopes predicting the tsunami and earthquake that would happened in Japan....
@raineyes (554)
• United States
3 Apr 11
They are for entertainment purposes only. I used to have to write them. You just make vague statements that could relate to anything that will likely happen in anyone's daily life. Read someone else's hororscope and see if you couldn't find a way to relate it to your life.
@sender621 (14893)
• United States
31 Mar 11
I like to spend time reading horoscopes. I do find them interesting but i won't put my faith into believing in them.
@katie0 (5203)
• Japan
1 Apr 11
I do believe that most are scams but there are some websites that actually were okay in the test, when I started to like a particular horoscope website I would then start to read it in the end of the day to see if it actually went through like that or I was being influenced to think so, until now only one website is genuine and good.
Astrology is a science, Nostradamus wasn't a special person, he was maybe an old reincarnated spirit that was ahead of his time, it's a exact science and when someone learn can predict the future indeed.
@cutiechay_143 (32)
• Germany
5 Apr 11
Hello
In my opinion i don't really believe a horoscope...that's only a belief of human that's not true...
Because i believe life is what you make it.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
30 Mar 11
Hello Dana and welcome to myLot. Well there was a time that I at least read it but most off them all read pretty much the same for each sign I never believed in them. Now I know of a minister that said his mother wrote a lot of them back in the 50s and 60s. All they take is some one with a gift of writing.
@junrapmian (2169)
• Philippines
31 Mar 11
I do read my horoscope daily but seldom that I believe and follow what it said. I guess those predictions were presented in general but not specifically applicable to me. It only serve as my guide, I still have the free will to do what is best.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
31 Mar 11
Not usually. Sometimes I see the similarities in some of the readings but hardly ever have I had anything it predicts to come true.
If I ever I read them I only do so for enjoyment and not for decision making purposes.