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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Wicked Blue

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6. People turn to things like astrology when they are desperate for hope

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Nov 26, 2021, 08:03 PM

Nov 2021

They're looking for some kind of signs that life makes sense, that there are reasons for events, that things might get better at some point in the future.

I'm skeptical about astrology, but during the past 4 years of hell, I turned to it myself in search of hope.

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Something I've always known about astrology... [View all] Archae Nov 2021 OP

Waiting for LG to come and set you straight ... marble falls Nov 2021 #1

Don't know who LG is but I always enjoy some craziness here on the DU. The characterization.... RussellCattle Nov 2021 #3

If it happens, it will be short but entertaining. marble falls Nov 2021 #4

I think it's human nature to want simple explanations for pretty much everything. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #2

From the same report (which goes on for pages and pages and pages...) fierywoman Nov 2021 #7

One thing I know is that it's not astronomy. Croney Nov 2021 #5

They may share a birthDAY with Hitler but not the same birth YEAR; therefore: not the same chart. fierywoman Nov 2021 #8

On April 20, 1889, there were thousands of births around the world. Croney Nov 2021 #9

Astrology considers the idea that all human beings are unique, they have individual souls, and fierywoman Nov 2021 #10

A decent astrologer looking at a certain part of Hitler's (and then Trump's) chart fierywoman Nov 2021 #11

People turn to things like astrology when they are desperate for hope Wicked Blue Nov 2021 #6

Astrology relies on false assumptions. endinequalitynow Dec 2021 #12

A decade or so back I attended PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2021 #13