Do you believe in Horoscopes?

Thank you for you response. But is this your only reason for not believing in horoscope?

@LadyDuck Thank you for this response. I understand your views.

@excellence7 Over the years I have noticed that they are most of the times not correct. Anyway I know another woman of my same sign, who has a very different life, the same horoscope cannot apply to both of us, but this is the case of course.

I also feel like this. I smile and hope sometimes they are true. But to be honest, I am still confused whether they make sense or not.

Any specific reason for not believing into it?

@excellence7 I believe that it is purely coincidental. There are billions of people on the planet and only so many signs. If horoscopes were true, they'd be true for everyone, not just a few people every once in a while.

@sacmom Right. Thank you for your response.

Thank you for your response. But, if there are more chances of the predictions going wrong, you also mean that there are chances that they go right? Maybe it will be interesting to know from what you have studied - what are the basis of the predictions?

@excellence7 On a personal level, normally, when dealing with horoscopes, Indian way is to take into account the exact date, time and place of birth. This is then looked up in something called an Almanac which represents the positions of the Stars, Antecedants and other calculations. The Location is used to find the Longitudes and Latitudes to pinpoint how these stars were placed at that location in that time. Then, there are books and interpretations of these positions - in terms of- what can and may/may not happen. The science part is to identify the positions, calculate the locations of these stars during your lifespan and based on them, the results. Problem is that Almanacs are prohibitively expensive and not easily available. So many now use Internet which uses programs and algorithms to generate the basic chart of stars at your given date, time and location of birth. As nothing more is available in this aspect, 90% of predictions will fail eventually. Past events are easier to speak about as there is deductive logic involved. For instance, I might tell you the probable years you will get married and then if you are married, you would say, Okay, I was married in say 2000. So it becomes a little easier to calculate the differences.

@thesids I clearly understand your views. My roots are from India too. So, I somehow know what you mean by positioning of planets, etc. Thank you for your time to comment. It was appreciated.

Just like me.

I asked this question in one of the posts above. Let's hope we have an answer. It will be an opportunity for us to learn as well.

@excellence7 I don't know about others, but for me none of the predictions were ever true.

Thank you for commenting. I certainly agree.

Thank you for your response.

Thank you for commenting.