Reading your horoscope for fun can be tempting and fun, but using it as a guide to everyday life wouldn't be right for your personal development. Your destiny is largely determined by the decisions you make, and one of these choices can surely be to no longer believe in the horoscope and to start dealing with the analysis of yourself and your daily routine. Once you have determined that it is time to stop basing your weekly plans on what the stars say or let yourself be influenced by astral compatibility in your love life, you will be free to chart your own path and get to know others thanks to what they do, not to their mark.
Steps
Part 1 of 2: History and Science
Step 1. Read the history of horoscopes
By learning about the origin, development and use of these predictions over the centuries, you can understand that it is only pseudoscience.
Step 2. Remember that the position of the stars has changed over the centuries
The zodiac signs are no longer in the same spot as they used to be.
Step 3. Be aware that the positions of the planets are constantly changing
Since this modification is continuous, the cycles in fact never repeat, so each individual is absolutely unique. Consequently, a single horoscope could never capture the depth of someone's personality and destiny.
Step 4. Traditional astrology and the study of solar signs present considerable limits if science intervenes
For instance:
- The Sun is a star and therefore has a large mass; however, it is not the only astronomical object to exert influence on Earth. Some research on earthquakes and planetary positions has shown that these celestial bodies affect the rate of earth tremors and that the Sun has no greater effect than theirs.
- Considering the relationships that the Sun has with the other planets, the nature of the influences may in fact be the exact opposite of what is traditionally stated by astrology and the study of solar signs.
- The characteristics of a zodiac sign are truly general and can adapt to everyone and anyone. There is no solid statistical or scientific method that would demonstrate the correspondence between the typical traits of a sun sign and the actual character of a person. And the same goes for predictions.
Part 2 of 2: Read the Horoscope for Fun
Step 1. Try to understand that the horoscope only allows you to have fun, it will not tell you what will happen in the future
You can be able to convince yourself of the validity of this statement by trying the following:
- Read the horoscope (maybe this will be the last time).
- Analyze what it says. Then, read the horoscope of another sign. Can both predictions fit your particular case? Afterward, try taking a look at all the other signs. Do you see that they are general? You will surely notice that more than one can be applied to your specific situation, which means that it is not accurate at all.
- If you find yourself thinking that you have to change to accommodate a prediction, you will realize that the horoscope is not accurate. It is not at all unusual to note that one part of the astral prediction is perfect for you, while another has nothing to do with your life. Take advantage of this moment and evaluate it for what it is: your mind is telling you that it's all false, because no horoscope knows who you are. Unfortunately, many people decide to ignore the parts that don't fit them and exaggerate the value of those that do, thus finding meaning where it doesn't.
Step 2. Think about the character and relational traits that distinguish the various signs of the people you know
Do these characteristics really fit the personalities of such individuals? Are people born in the same month as you exactly like you? You will realize that this is not the case at all: everyone has particularly strong personal traits, but they will not necessarily match those of their zodiac sign. If a person decides to manipulate their character to adapt it accordingly, this will be their choice, not an inevitable conclusion.
- You can give it a try to prove it even better. Take a friend of yours and read the characteristics of a zodiac sign at random, the important thing is that it is not his. How many of these aspects fit him? The other signs probably also have traits that describe this person, precisely because the horoscope uses generalizations that can apply equally to everyone. It simply responds to the human desire to select and adapt to what it prefers (this phenomenon is called confirmation bias), which leads us to believe that one set of characteristics describes us better than another and to ignore what we do not. it's convenient.
- The case of twins is one of the dilemmas that has always plagued the validity of horoscopes. Rarely do two people born on the same day to the same mother lead identical lives, and have different personalities and styles. If horoscopes were real, they would behave in the same way and would have identical destinies and love lives. But this is not possible at all!
Step 3. Think about your past relationships and the people you get along well with
Are they all of the same sign as you or signs compatible with yours? Probably not. Horoscopes cannot determine a person's personality and, therefore, they cannot even determine who they will be okay with. Chemistry is much more complex than that, maybe it was enough to find a person of the same sign as you!
Step 4. Whenever you read a horoscope, remember that these are truly unfounded conceptions
People born under the same constellation don't have the same personality, and you certainly don't spark with all people of compatible zodiac signs. A certain day won't go great for you just because you read it in a magazine. Newspapers publish horoscopes for entertainment purposes, but they also leverage people willing to believe the generalizations and conditional hopes they offer.
- Even personalized horoscopes bought online or those made by so-called expert astrologers are generalized. The people who create them are good at reading into the individuals who address them and, consequently, correctly using the different character traits that apply widely to the population. Over the course of a week, everyone is likely to have at least one positive and one negative experience; at this point, it's easy to connect what the horoscope told you to what happened to you. Can't you see that it was you who took the trouble to combine your experience with the possibilities hinted at by the stars? Nothing is more convincing than self-persuasion.
- Horoscopes are mere opinions, like the ones that most humans exchange on a daily basis. Think for a moment on what we are about to tell you: why on earth should the planets, the Sun and the other stars get so deeply involved in matters of little importance to the rest of the universe? They are celestial bodies fixed or revolving on themselves and around a planet or a star, certainly have no power to direct the events of human lives.
Step 5. Stop reading them out of the blue
After reflecting on this article, you may begin to doubt the validity of the horoscopes. It will help you to let them go completely and live life however you like. Have fun and don't worry about what a magazine column says!
Advice
- Most people don't believe in horoscopes. This information could be an incentive to think about the "fool" you will do when you tell everyone that they are important to you.
- Basing your life on horoscopes can be deleterious. If not even this article has led you to reflect and you are obsessed with astral predictions, you may want to consult a psychotherapist to understand why.
- Accept the challenge of people who wonder how a zodiac sign can define a person. Accepting a priori what the horoscope says only reinforces stereotypes that will feed themselves, without accepting that human beings are much more complex than what any horoscope says.
