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The popularity of astrology is one of the few things that makes me feel really despondent about current culture. It seems such low hanging fruit for even a basic amount of self-skepticism. Can any astrology supporters explain why they believe it?

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I stopped believing in astrology and just came to the realization that astrology IS. You can look into it and use it to inform or not. But I’m at the point of no doubt that it plays a roll in all of our lives. If I were you I would get an in-depth reading and see if it resonates

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How would I control for the Barnum effect though?

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Hopefully you could get insight into your whole chart and would extend beyond vague characterizations... and aspects of the reading would ring very true. We are all the signs - I think the problem becomes when people attach too much to the sign when there's so much more at play.

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It doesn't take away your agency but informs on how you came into this world, where you're at now in the stars and what experiences you may have called to you. I think you could have someone walk you through where you've been which could be a metric that's less susceptible to B.E

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I mean if there's a way to control for the Barnum effect then I'd be interested. But also if astrology is treated less as a way to understand reality and more of a meaning-making system then I'm more on board with that

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TBH really good astrologers tend not to traffic in barnum-esque vaguenesses. It's kinda unfortunate but unless you invest in someone who's actually good at it you're gonna have a mediocre experience.