Do you believe in Horoscopes?

[Sugar Pea 2,682]

Do you believe what a horoscope reading actually tells you about yourself and the future that lies ahead?

 

Like, for example:
My sun sign is Pisces, my ruling planets are Neptune and the Moon, and my gemstones are Aquamarine and the Moonstone. 

 

Thoughts? Opinions to be shared?

Edited November 17, 2013 by Nature Of Fluttershy

[Champion RD92 8,658]

LOL NO

 

When your birthday is doesn't mean anything, and no I definitely don't believe in horoscopes.

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

No.

 

When you first read a horoscope, you probably read your own sign only.

 

But, when you start reading the other signs, you realize something:

 

They're all just generalized statements that would apply to anyone, and usually do happen on a daily basis.

 

Just meant to sell.

[Scootalove 10,689]

I think a horoscope does not determine my future, only my actions can determine my future. A horoscope just shows my birthday, and anything that a person's personality is.

[Champion RD92 8,658]

No.

 

When you first read a horoscope, you probably read your own sign only.

 

But, when you start reading the other signs, you realize something:

 

They're all just generalized statements that would apply to anyone, and usually do happen on a daily basis.

 

Just meant to sell.

 

Exactly. It's just a bunch of random statements. They don't mean anything.

[MelancholicMemory 2,025]

I do not believe in horoscopes, and I have a number of reasons why.

 

First, I'm sure many of us are familiar with the studies/exercises in which an entire group of students are given the same horoscope prediction under different names, and most feel it is accurate anyway. Science doesn't seem to support it.

 

The constellations, positions of planets, etc. were different when these horoscopes were invented.

 

I'm president of my university's magic/mythology club, and every year we do predicting the future. Many of my fellow club members are pretty knowledgeable about this and we all seem to agree this is not accurate.

[SparklingSquirrels 21,341]

Nope. I think the whole idea of planets/stars controlling your life is rather silly. Besides, I don't really act like my star sign says I should.

[Final Rainbow 8]

Definitely not, I've read mine quite frequently when i was a kid but as others have already stated, it's nothing more than generalized things that apply to a lot of people, but as kid i was always happy when something happened what the horoscope predicted, well as kid i also believed in santa claus as probably every kid did.

 

There is a way to predict... no i better call it guess, what might happen to someone in the future if you know the said person very well. I mean nothing like oh in 3 years you'll have an accident or things like that, no, but maybe you know that someone is good at school you can say he'll probably get a good job one day but that has nothing to do with planets or stars and their constellations.

 

Conclusion: I don't believe in such thing as horoscope

[Techite Sparkle 354]

No. Not really ever since my girlfriend had to move to Illinois.

[Fluttershyfan94 5,742]

No, not really but I do sometimes allow myself to believe them. It's because they're for fun, not something I take seriously but still fun.

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

The way they usually work is by being written so vaguely you could go back and match whatever did happen that day up to them and basically squeeze it into the prediction. It's a matter of making statements that could mean ANYTHING so the prediction has a slim chance of being a complete failure. 

 

So in a word, no. I'm not one to discount otherworldly phenomenon, ESP and all that but stuff like mass produced horoscopes and fortunes are usually bullshit, fun bullshit, but bullshit.  

[CrystalRose 636]

The kind of horoscopes that you read I the newspaper magazines, no. They're so vague, I could read any one and find a way to apply it to my life. But that's the point. Because they're sake, they have to be believable.

 

I mus admit I have a lot of new-age beliefs but I don't think the planets tell us about our lives. To be honest my private life is none of Jupiter's damn business.

[DND 2,355]

Yes I do! Mine, at least. I was trying to Horoscope pony characters and decide which birthday they'd most likely have, and I kinda got frustrated, but I think Horoscopes taught me that it's only really applicable to real people… oh well. Speaking of which, I have an ask page on here that I probably should update. It's about Zodiacs and all that jazz...

[TeaWithPinkie 15]

No, but I think sometimes it's fun to pretend to believe in it. 

[Twila Starshimmer 172]

Well, I don't know about daily readings, but I have found that my general profile for Taurus (I'm May 1st) is very accurate.

[Guest]

Not so much horoscopes but I do believe which sign we are. (Ex. I'm a Pisces) affects our personality traits. For sure.

[Twila Starshimmer 172]

@,

 

Agreed. Definitely some sort of correlation, though I don't put much faith in the horoscope controlling my "destiny," especially the daily ones.  Hi, Rae!  

[Doc. Volt 2,561]

science rules.. that's all... i don't believe in those things.. i'm a scorpion if you care about it

[Molecular Kogwheel 37]

Nope. I'm a true example horoscope is inaccurate. I've got a twin brother and according to horoscope, we should be same in personality and same future since we are born in same day. We've got opposite personality, and my brother is artistic while I'm more of a science guy(this is another reason I don't believe in horoscope).

[Envy 6,162]

Nope, not at all. The arrangement of stars means nothing... As if their arrangement as we see them from our solar system, even less, our planet, could possibly mean anything. The horoscope predictions are all intentionally so vague that it makes it easy for people to fall for them, but there's not even an ounce of truth in them having prediction power.