Sigh. No they aren’t.
Sign up to tinder... there are many young girls talking about their signs - and even telling you not to bother if you aren't the right one.
This is new?
Young people are flocking to astrology
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#22Well, there's astrology and astrology. The newspaper astrology that is so broad you can't take it seriously. Then there's the birth horoscope z the natal chart and whatever which is, believe it or not, more accurate. Astrology is also the oldest form of psychology, it's easily accessible and popular because of it. Why would certain planet not represent certain traits? Who has really studied it scientifically? There's…
I was in high school in the early 90s and no young people I knew were into this. Our boomer ex-hippie parents were into it and we made fun of it hard.
Things like this tend to come and go.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sign up to tinder... there are many young girls talking about their signs - and even telling you not to bother if you aren't the right one.
This is new?
I'm not saying it's new, but it's sorta fascinating - some young people have replaced religion with... astronomy.
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#24I think the easy way to look at this is that a certain segment of society will always want to believe in something beyond the observable world with the decline of organised religion amongst Western Europeans, astrology is one way they fill that void if astrology doesn't float your boat, there's always witchcraft and tarot, or crystals and alternative medicine. or if you're less inclined towards new-age horse you can…
60 years too late...
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#25Sigh. No they aren’t.
How do you explain the industry's growth?
> According to Allied Market Research, the global astrology industry was valued at $12.8 billion in 2021, up considerably from $2.2 billion in 2018. By 2031, it’s expected to rise to $22.8 billion.
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#26I think the easy way to look at this is that a certain segment of society will always want to believe in something beyond the observable world with the decline of organised religion amongst Western Europeans, astrology is one way they fill that void if astrology doesn't float your boat, there's always witchcraft and tarot, or crystals and alternative medicine. or if you're less inclined towards new-age horse you can…
60 years too late...
well combine it with the rise of easy access to these ideas through the internet then "..."
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#27Correlated with decline in critical thinking skills unfortunately.
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#28I think the easy way to look at this is that a certain segment of society will always want to believe in something beyond the observable world with the decline of organised religion amongst Western Europeans, astrology is one way they fill that void if astrology doesn't float your boat, there's always witchcraft and tarot, or crystals and alternative medicine. or if you're less inclined towards new-age horse you can…
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#30I always love getting my tarot cards read.
Do I believe it has special knowledge of the universe? Absolutely not.
Does it get my thinking creatively and critically about the personal story that I have with my self? Yes. And that has some value.