If I run across an astrology column I might read it for amusement - I don't take it any more seriously than I take fortune-cookies; usually it reveals more about what mood the astrology columnist was in that day than anything!
Sometimes, people's assumptions about my sign seem (to them) to fit, which can be amusing: I've had people say things like "oh, you -would- be an Aquarius!"
In my one year of teaching 7th and 8th grade science I included astrology in my course as a means to help the students learn about how to differentiate between science and pseudo-science.
I include astrology among the things (religion can be another) that can be useful for making decisions among equally attractive alternatives or (slightly different) alternatives that don't really make a difference to one's life. The world is a complicated, indeterminate place, and spending the time and mental energy required to decide everything according to rational principles is something of a crazy dogma itself.
(Hmmm. This might actually work. Next time we have to randomly decide which of the very few loinfruit-acceptable restaurants in town to patronize, it'll be easier to do it according to the owner's sign. Albeit the eldest is kinda stuck on thai takeout.)
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Sometimes, people's assumptions about my sign seem (to them) to fit, which can be amusing: I've had people say things like "oh, you -would- be an Aquarius!"
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(Hmmm. This might actually work. Next time we have to randomly decide which of the very few loinfruit-acceptable restaurants in town to patronize, it'll be easier to do it according to the owner's sign. Albeit the eldest is kinda stuck on thai takeout.)
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