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Zodiac signs... scary accurate..?
Im a religious person, and in my opinion, zodiacs, horoscopes and the like are a bunch of malarkey. wel, out of curiosity, I looked it up, and I'm a cancer. The description of a Cancer is almost eniiiirely accurate to how I act, what I feel, who I am, etc.
Does anyone else notice that?? is the Zodiac creepily accurate to anyone else? Just wondering if Im going insane. XD
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I have the same thing as a Taurus. It is just a coincedince (dunno how to spell it) They aren't real. Hope this helped! :^)
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Your first instinct was correct: Total Malarkey.
Zodiac signs are legitimately entertaining, but have no direct relationship with who we are or how we relate to others. Horoscopes are bullshit.
I could go into all the ways that our the modern 'zodiac' in newspapers is a complete bastardization of the actual Hellenistic and Babylonian astronomy, and all the ways horoscopes appear to work, but are simply mind tricks, but it's probably best you just watch this:
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It sums it up nicely. If you want to learn more about the science behind it, google the Barnum and Forer effect.
Horoscopes are an interesting neurological phenomenon, but they don't mean anything. The only 'truth' in them, is the truth you THINK you see in them.
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They're designed to appear accurate using several different psychological techniques and fairly vague wording. Basically, most of the qualities listed are positive, so you want them to apply to you, and on a list of 5-6 adjectives, you can cross off 1 or 2 that don't apply and still say it "mostly" applies. You can easily do this to any zodiac whether it is yours or not if you are motivated to. Also, fun fact, the doctor delivering you has a greater gravitational effect on you than the stars at the time of birth.
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