stars, horoscopes etc

[bayman]

how many out there actually read them, take them seriously, read them for a giggle or never read them etc etc

personally i reckon i've read/saw on tv 4 times in my life & just shook my head that some people could believe in this seriously

[JAS]

Never really bothered with them...maybe that's cos I'm a Taurus born in the Year of the Ox...I try to steer clear of china shops too

I reckon you could take the description of any star sign and read it to someone from a different sign and they'd say it applied to them

Regards
JAS

[mick]

bullshit no other word for it

[Punk Rooster]

I'm a tad superstitious, & don't mind reading them.
However, I don't live my life by them.

[The Big Shrek]

We need a poll bayman!

[hearts on fire]

I'm a tad superstitious, & don't mind reading them.
However, I don't live my life by them.

me too.

[Thiele]

I'm a tad superstitious, & don't mind reading them.
However, I don't live my life by them.

Same here

[bayman]

We need a poll bayman!

i thought that but with so many polls i thought i'd do a 'claytons poll' instead

[Pseudo]

Being born on a cusp (23 July), half of the papers had me as a Leo and the other half as a Cancer. I would read both and pick the one I liked best

I don't take them seriously and rarely read them, but believe that they might have some utility from a Freudian point of view... Most of the daily capsule horoscopes are written in broad, general terms. It is possible that on reading a horoscope, the reader's subconscious would affect his/her interpretation of that horoscope. It thereby acts as a sounding board, allowing thoughts to crystallise and bringing them to the forefront of consciousness. I point out that any such utility, real or imagined, is completely tangential to the intended purpose of the horoscope.

I knew a bloke who was seriously into astrology. After expressing curiosity about exactly what he did, he took down my birth details, and the next time I saw him he produced one of those "natal chart" thingies with all the planets and other bodies in various positions at the time of my birth. He proceeded to explain the whole thing to me. I did gain a better appreciation of the whole astrology thing, and how it might be useful to anyone who was seriously in to it. Again, much of the utility I see is in the fact that the results and interpretation are broad and ill-defined, and what can be learned about an individual is more from his own interpretation of the chart, rather than any inherent property of the chart itself. I don't for a second believe that the positions of astral bodies at the moment of your birth has any influence on you, your personality or your life. One could generate a natal chart completely at random, and it would still work as a sounding board for the subject's own thoughts. Again I stress that this property is entirely tangential to the proclaimed purpose of astrology.

[JK]

bullshit no other word for it

Im with you Mick

[therisingblues]

Being born on a cusp (23 July), half of the papers had me as a Leo and the other half as a Cancer. I would read both and pick the one I liked best

I don't take them seriously and rarely read them, but believe that they might have some utility from a Freudian point of view... Most of the daily capsule horoscopes are written in broad, general terms. It is possible that on reading a horoscope, the reader's subconscious would affect his/her interpretation of that horoscope. It thereby acts as a sounding board, allowing thoughts to crystallise and bringing them to the forefront of consciousness. I point out that any such utility, real or imagined, is completely tangential to the intended purpose of the horoscope.

I knew a bloke who was seriously into astrology. After expressing curiosity about exactly what he did, he took down my birth details, and the next time I saw him he produced one of those "natal chart" thingies with all the planets and other bodies in various positions at the time of my birth. He proceeded to explain the whole thing to me. I did gain a better appreciation of the whole astrology thing, and how it might be useful to anyone who was seriously in to it. Again, much of the utility I see is in the fact that the results and interpretation are broad and ill-defined, and what can be learned about an individual is more from his own interpretation of the chart, rather than any inherent property of the chart itself. I don't for a second believe that the positions of astral bodies at the moment of your birth has any influence on you, your personality or your life. One could generate a natal chart completely at random, and it would still work as a sounding board for the subject's own thoughts. Again I stress that this property is entirely tangential to the proclaimed purpose of astrology.

Huh? You got tanned genitals after reading your horoscope?

[Booney]

bullshit no other word for it

Im with you Mick

Yep.

[Footy Chick]

I'm a Leo, born in the year of the Ox (but I guess some of you might have picked that)

I don't go out of my way to read them and certainly don't live by them but on the odd occasion have noticed some that are eeerily exact to what was going on in my life at the time.

[A Mum]

I'm a Leo

I used to read them all the time when I was in my teens.
But not anymore.

If I hear them on the radio or television I'll 'take note' and if it's good news hope it comes true, if it's bad, hope it doesn't

[Psyber]

Read them occasionally for fun with friends, but don't take them seriously.

[Wedgie]

Im a Virgin, whoops I mean Virgoean.
Id guess a lot of IT workers would be too.

PS I give astrology as much creedence as religion, ie none

[Punk Rooster]

Im a Virgin, whoops I mean Virgoean.
Id guess a lot of IT workers would be too.

PS I give astrology as much creedence as religion, ie none

nah, I give astrology more creedence than religion.

[SABRE]

Astrology is absolutely & perfectly accurate !!!

Mum didn’t quite make it to the hospital and I was born under the sign…

….COOPERS BEST STOUT.

Spooky huh ?