Horoscopes - Who Believes In This Drivel ????

[Gizmonster]

Russell Grant came on "This Morning" on ITV earlier and started waffling on about how Saturn's presence was influencing this and that ... blah, blah, blah.

What a load of cr@p. Why do people believe this drivel? It has absolutely no scientific base whatsoever.

How can the position of a celestial body influence a person’s life?

Why would people born under the same star sign, have very similar traits and personalities as each other; yet be different to other people born under a different star sign? Surely this is not a predetermined characteristic and is determined by your upbringing and experiences gained in your early years?

Sorry if you’re a believer, but what a load of twaddle – any believers/non-believers on here?

[jim360]

Like most Virgos, I'm not taken in by such things.

[atalanta]

I write them, but I don't believe in them. Not a word of them.

[Gizmonster]

Haha - I like it Jim :P

[ChillDoubt]

Who Believes In This Drivel ????
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Invariably, insecure females, pretty much 100%.

[Baldric]

"Que Sera Sera!"

[janbee]

If it tells me I'm going to meet and marry George Clooney then, yes, ok, maybe I will but otherwise, no way Jose, no chance Lance... Hokum, drivel, Krapp, twaddle, rubbish. I haven't read them since I was a young teenager and I'm now waaaayyyy past that age ! Likewise with Tarot cards... who believes any of that tripe? I suppose someone must .

[dr b]

My horoscope for today:

"Feed your mind today, Scorpio. While you enjoy being active and social, you do get bored quickly. You'll need to give yourself a constant supply of intriguing, fresh material in order to feel your best. Explore an interesting subject or learn a new hobby. Stimulate your mind and your body will become more energetic. Go online if you can't get away."

So that last sentence is spot on, anyway.

[wolf63]

One of the trashy magazines that I flick through each week has a psychic page. People actually write in and ask if their dead cat/dog/child etc is happy and have they forgiven sins against them.

I know that the people who write in to ask questions are hurting or sad but I can't understand why anyone actually believes the answer that they are given.

[Alston]

I think horoscopes are a lot of rubbish. But mrs_overall is terrific.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1225145.html

Al.

[gness]

Like all others born under Gemini I do and I don't...x

[Alston]

Geminians are a two faced. I should know....I am one. :-)

Al.

[jim360]

One of these days they'll get rid of the Horoscopes in the papers. I'd have thought pretty soon, as Neptune is in the fifth house.

[ck1]

I don't believe in it for a second, but...on the very few occasions that I happen to read one they do always seem to say something very specific and relevant. Talking to people who are into the whole horoscope and starsign thing do have a talent for describing people's personalities from their starsigns

[aelmpvw]

of course some people have personality traits attributed to their sign sign ... so do lots of other people born under the other eleven star signs

[aelmpvw]

^ ^ ^ star sign

[ck1]

aelmpvw - you are exactly right. If I was to look at my kids though, only one year between them, daughter's a Taurus, son is a Gemini and they are both very different but very true to the typical traits associated with their starsigns

[jim360]

That's called coincidence.

[ck1]

I sound like i'm endorsing them now, which I am totally not. I'm not sure coincidence is ever a good explanation for things that happen repeatedly though. Having a baby 9 months after sex could be considered a coincidence if you didn't understand the mechanism for making babies!