Who actually believes in their horoscopes?

Question

sure, we all read our horoscope for fun in magazines or the newspaper, but is there anyone who actually believes in that crap? because, you do know that some random person rights whatever they think, right? i could even make one up. lets see.... "today, you will face challenges, but stay strong to overcome them." like all horoscopes are random, good advice, so why do people take them so seriously?

Answer 1

I don't read them but i believe some horoscopes could be true. It's a form of astrology and if u remember in the bible the three "wise men" were actually astrologers. Physcics(forgot how to spell that) also can be true too. All of this is in the bible. However i believe God still speaks today. I believe He can give you dreams, visions, and thoughts. In joel it says in the last days my Spirit will pour out on all flesh and your sons and daughters shall prophecy and your old men will dream dreams. God speaks to me a bunch and i know for a fact im not hallucinating or making it up. I have also given people prophecies to other people that are very detailed and accurate and they were true. Hope this doesn't spook you out or anything. Millions of christians around the world have experianced the same thing. I think this is the first time i have talked to you about my christian beliefs.

Answer 2

I think there are good horoscopes and very bad, generic horoscopes which can be found all over the internet. I'd say that I learn towards being a 60% believer but I also firmly believe that we are creators of our own fate.

At the very least, they do provide uncanny insight about your personality (do some research about the characteristics of your horoscope and i'm sure that the majority of them are true).

Check out the website I've had the most luck with: http://www.astrology.com.au/compatibility/index.asp

i used to be skeptical too and I still am but it can't hurt you so be opened minded...

Answer 3

I think people read horoscopes and even get to "believe" because they need a sort of a preddiction...there is nothing worse than uncertainty...so it's probably better to hear a lot of crap and have the sensation you know a bit of how your future "looks like" that not knowing anything at all...

Answer 4

Here are the concepts of horoscopes in Wikipedia language. I don't belive in them though, but I'll stand up for the ones that do so.
In order to understand and visualize the geometry of the construction of a horoscope, one must be familiar with a number of concepts.

The techniques described here belong to Western astrology.

The native refers to the time and place of the event being charted, and considered to be at the centre of the celestial sphere. This term is a general one that includes not only birth times, but any event for which a horoscope would be drawn.
The celestial sphere is a sphere of arbitrary radius upon which the items appearing on the horoscope are projected without regard to their distance from the native.
The plane of the equator is the plane of the earth's equator projected into space.
The plane of the ecliptic is defined by the orbits of the earth and the sun. For practical purposes the plane of the equator and the plane of the ecliptic maintain a constant inclination to each other of approximately 23.5°.
The plane of the horizon is centred on the native, and is tangential to the earth at that point. In a sphere whose radius is infinitely large this plane may be treated as nearly equivalent to the parallel plane with its centre at the earth's center. This greatly simplifies understanding the geometry of the horoscope. Some writers on astrology have considered the effects of parallax, but most would agree that (apart from that of the moon) they are relatively minor, and are beyond the scope of this article.
The axis of the plane of the horizon has end points above, the zenith, and below, the nadir.
The zodiac refers to the 18° wide band on the celestial sphere containing the signs. It is centered on the ecliptic, and its width is sufficient to allow for the fact that the orbits of the moon and all other planets are not parallel to the plane of the ecliptic.
The medium coeli or midheaven is the point on the ecliptic that is furthest above the plane of the horizon; its opposite point is known as the imum coeli. For events occurring where the planes of the ecliptic and the horizon coincide the limiting position for these points is at 90° from the ascendant.
The ascendant is the eastern point where the ecliptic and horizon intersect. Its opposite point in the west is the descendant. In creating a horoscope the ascendant is traditionally placed as the left-hand side point of the chart. During the course of a day, because of the earth's rotation, the entire circle of the ecliptic will pass through the ascendant and will be advanced by about 1°. This provides us with the term rising sign, which is the sign of the zodiac that was rising in the east at the time.

The symbols used in Western astrology to represent the astrological signsThe sun sign is the sign of the zodiac in which the sun is located for the native. This is the single astrological fact most familiar to people. If an event occurs at sunrise the ascendant and sun sign will be the same; other rising signs can then be estimated at approximately two hour intervals from there.
The houses are a series of twelve divisions of the plane of the ecliptic. Astrologers have devised many systems of calculating these house divisions. In the case of the equal house system the ecliptic is divided into twelve equal houses of 30° each. The first house begins at the ascendant and the others are numbered counterclockwise from that point. The first six are therefore below the horizon, and the other six are above. The positions of these houses remains fixed relative to the native. The signs and planets all move through the twelve houses during the course of a day, and the planets move through the signs over the course of months or years.
An aspect is the relative angle between two heavenly bodies. The more exact the aspect is, the more important it is said to be. The difference between the exact aspect and the actual aspect is called the orb.
Most Western Astrologers use the tropical zodiac in which the astrological year begins with the vernal equinox, when the sun crosses the celestial equator and enters the zodiac sign of Aries. Astrologers in India and some Western astrologers use the more ancient sidereal zodiac. Many students confuse the difference between sidereal constellations and tropical zodiac signs. Because of a "wobble" in the earth's axis of rotation over a period of about 26,000 years the point at which the vernal equinox advances in the sky rate is 0 deg, 0 min, 50.23 secs a year. Precession of the equinox is roughly 5 minutes of a degree every 6 years. Sidereal astrologers use zodiac signs that roughly align with the constellations. Tropical astrologers use zodiac signs that align with the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere and so the signs relate to the seasons and not the stars.
A cusp is the boundary between two signs or houses. For some the cusp includes a small portion of the two signs or houses under consideration.

Construction
The chart thus begins with a framework of 12 houses. Upon this the signs of the zodiac are superimposed. In the equal house system the cusp between any two houses will fall at the same degree for each of the signs. Thus, for a native whose ascendant is at 12° of Leo, the second house will begin at 12° of Virgo, the third at 12° Libra, and so on. In house systems that take into consideration the effects of the angle of intersection between the planes of the horizon and the ecliptic, the calculations are more complicated. For these calculations it is essential to know the latitude of the event. Tables are available for these calculations, but they are now commonly calculated by computer. Most astrology computer programs allow the user to choose from a variety of house systems.

Answer 5

i believe in astrology and use the actual practice to do my own personalized horoscopes. if you take a look at one of my previous answers i explained the process of how some astrologers get to the very generalized version of what you see today. its not completly random.

Answer 6

I do not believe in horoscopes, and I don't read them. I used to. They were never accurate. However, I do believe that astrological signs very often describe people's characteristics well.

Answer 7

Yes I have to believe it because everyone knows theres only twelve types of people in the world, and everyone born round about the same time has exacly the same problems everyday.

What a load of horsesh~t

Answer 8

I don't really believe in horoscopes. I suppose the fact that they give different information in different magazines makes me suspect the information is not true...

Answer 9

the only reason i belive dem is cuz 4 me itz true. like if i need to tell some one some thing it usually tells me wait 4 the right time and thingz wont be so bad or something like dat, my sign is Taurus by the way so yea and there is alwaysdiffrent series of your goroscope but i think i found my series

Answer 10

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it.
Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held.
Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books.
Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin.
Believe nothing just because someone else believes it.
Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true

Love & Blessings
Milly