Why horoscopes are stupid

A great example comes from the Nov. Gemini asked Smith what her horoscope had planned for the day. Smith pulled up our Study Break section and read the Gemini horoscope as follows:. Discover and express passion, beauty and romance. Reaffirm commitments and share possibilities. The crowd around Smith slowly turned away with embarrassed looks. As it turns out, Gemini had gotten dumped by their long-term boyfriend through a Google Doc the previous day. You can go to separate websites for horoscopes — any popular ones will do.

Brown can be reached at [email protected]. To stay up to date with all your southern Illinois news, follow the Daily Egyptian on Facebook and Twitter. In , when Sandhya was 32 years old, she downloaded the Astrology Zone app, looking for a road map. She felt lonely, and unappreciated at her nonprofit job in Washington, D. She wanted to know when things would get better and Astrology Zone had an answer.

So Sandhya spent the next year making room for Jupiter. She started staying home more often, cooking for herself, applying for jobs, and going on more dates. Jupiter entered Leo on July 16, That same July, Sandhya was offered a new job. That December, Sandhya met the man she would go on to marry. But I followed what the app was saying. So I credit some of it to this Jupiter belief. Humans are narrative creatures , constantly explaining their lives and selves by weaving together the past, present, and future in the form of goals and expectations.

I take such a long time to make decisions because my Mars is in Taurus. My boss will finally recognize all my hard work when Jupiter enters my tenth house. A combination of stress and uncertainty about the future is an ailment for which astrology can seem like the perfect balm.

I have a story in my head. I was just hoping certain things would happen in my life, and I wanted to see if I am lucky enough for them to happen.

People are starting to get sick of a life lived so intensely on the grid. They wish for more anonymity online. Except, perhaps the questions of who you really are, and what life has in store for you. Ruby Warrington is a lifestyle writer whose New Age guidebook Material Girl, Mystical World came out in May —just ahead of the wave of astrology-book sales this summer.

It seems we may be at a similar turning point. Bugbee, the editor-in-chief of The Cut , noticed this shift a couple years ago. They may like to read their horoscope, but not change their behavior based on what it says. View Results. Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Close Menu. RSS Feed. Submit Search. Opinion Horoscopes are Stupid. Email Updates. Enter your email address below to receive our daily email updates.

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