Does Your Zodiac Sign Have Any Real Influence in Your Life?

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Does Your Zodiac Sign Have Any Real Influence in Your Life?

Some people put a lot of stake in astrology, but does your zodiac have any real meaning? Could the knowledge of your zodiac sign traits subconsciously influence your behavior?

 

[Henrywrites]

I have not really bothered to check. I mean I work on improving myself on a daily basis and getting to the part where I should begin to check my zodiac sign and what it entails has not crossed my mind as I wouldn't want to live by some theories.

 

[cowcatcher]

I thought the idea was that you wouldn't need to know your sign, it just reveals your personality.
Someone could get to know me and then guess my birthday to within a month.
I know other people are more knowledgeable about this, but also:
"The sun sign represents our ego and motivations; the moon governs our emotional nature, and the ascendant or rising sign speaks to the energy that we put into the world"
so don't forget to calculate the moon and rising signs (or have your close friend predict them) before you try to fully understand yourself.
Tbh it's kind of eerie how close these three align with myself and others I have studied.

 

[Ammi]

…no, none at all…I’m probably the complete opposite in character traits to what my sign would tell me I was…I am glad of that, though because it really does mean that we’re all very individual and unique and that’s a nice thought…

 

[ElegantAura]

I think it is most of the time

 

[MrDawn]

Nope. Zodiac Signs are just more religious superstition. I don't practice Greek Paganism or Taoism. I am an atheist and therefor non-religious and non-superstitious as a result.

 

[cowcatcher]

Zodiac Signs are just more religious superstition

I don't know of any religion that includes zodiac signs. I think it is mysticism, more the hope that there is order and not just chaos, rather than the belief that some specific force created a zodiac system. Some Greek god tossing something or someone's remains up into the sky to create a constellation is not the same as noting a correlation between the moon phase and people's actions.
You may not believe in mysticism, superstition, etc, but I don't think you can pin zodiac mysticism on a religion.

 

[MrDawn]

I don't know of any religion that includes zodiac signs.

Taoism and Greek Paganism are some good examples. Zodiac signs also played a part in with the Babylonian Religion thousands of years ago.

mysticism

The official definition of mysticism is "belief that union with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute"

but I don't think you can pin zodiac mysticism on a religion.

Some Greek god tossing something or someone's remains up into the sky to create a constellation is not the same as noting a correlation between the moon phase and people's actions.

I can agree that Astronomy and Religion are two very different things that often get thrown into the same boat together for the benefits of a person's religious beliefs (confirmation bias).

 

[MamaFrankie]

Not at all. We are shaped by our cultures, upbringing and experiences not some random accident of birth.

 

[cowcatcher]

Taoism and Greek Mythology

Taoism has a similar philosophy that your personality is affected by the year you were born. Kind of odd, an entire year's children having similar personalities, much worse than the discussion above finding fault that everyone born in a specific month-long segment of time would have a similar personality.
Greek mythology of throwing pixie dust into the sky to create constellations, is more like indigenous religions. The fact that the zodiac follows the (mainly) Greek definition of the constellations I think is just convenience.

"Belief" in zodiac I feel is a bit overblown. I consider trying to understand our own personality is a good thing, and astrology is an interesting tool to examine it. Similarly I consider tarot to be an interesting tool to understand situations from a different perspective.

Belief or not: side note. I noted in another thread about living with light pollution. I was in the middle of nowhere in Tennessee once, with the whole sky on display including the Milky Way. I am a Scorpio, and I believe this was the first time I had actually seen that constellation - actually sent kind of a shiver through me. I don't think it was related to astrology, though, just the splendor of the universe.

 

[MrDawn]

"Belief" in zodiac I feel is a bit overblown. I consider trying to understand our own personality is a good thing, and astrology is an interesting tool to examine it. Similarly I consider tarot to be an interesting tool to understand situations from a different perspective.

lol I agree. I don't think we should allow a belief to define who we are as a person. I don't like the idea that an ancient idea that a star sign should define me just because I was born on this month or that month. We have people sitting in prison of all zodiac signs that committed horrible crimes and I'm pretty sure their personality doesn't fit the comforting definition of their zodiac. On another note, I don't have any issues with anyone believing in Zodiacs. It's just not my thing.

 

[Dee]

I don't believe so, no. There are more influential things like life experiences, people, places, etc that shape who you are.

 

[MamaFrankie]

Here is a classic example of how sharing an exact birthdate doesn't make you the same. The American singer Madeline Bell and the British murderess Myra Hindley (a participant in a well documented British case from the 1960s) were both born on 23 July 1942. Miss Bell went on to great success as a singer and actress and made something positive of her life. Miss Hindley, on the other hand, accompanied her boyfriend in murder and was given what you Americans call life without parole (known here as whole life tariff), dying at the age of 60 after 36 years in custody.

 

[DrLeftover]

About five years ago I jousted at that windmill for a Non-Fiction article, killing a lot of perfectly good electrons in the process. The conclusion was less than conclusive.

An online acquaintance of the Desk asked:
"You might be able to answer this: 'One of my relatives' reads their horoscope every day and really believes in it. Is there really anything to it?"
Sure, give us a bit to do some research and we'll see.

And while we're at it, we'll look at the larger worlds of Astrology/Astromancy (all puns at no extra charge) in its Sidereal, Judicial, Tropical, and other forms, as well as whatever else we find in that file drawer. And, of course, there will be however many tangents and side trips and even a look at the ancient science of melothesia in light of the electrical properties of our Solar System and maybe even what happened to the Thirteenth sign of the Zodiac.
And, as is the way of things, we'll drop by our old stomping grounds of Alchemy and tie the two together before moving on again to look at a couple of other applications of the subject, such as the famous Astronomical Town Clocks and other topics that come up as we go. Then later, perhaps toward the very end, we'll look at why some Western religious doctrines categorically condemn it in the same breath they do the practice of witchcraft even while they glorify and sing songs about a small group of its practitioners from long ago.
Then later we'll wonder if it is a case of:

Nisi credideritis, non intelligitis. "Unless you believe, you will not understand."
- Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430), early Christian Theologian. (another quote below)

ASTROLOGY, an in depth, almost exhaustive, or at least, exhausting, Look at the ancient practice, from the Mystery Series.

the Mystery Series and ASTROLOGY

astrology, Desk style

themediadesk.com

 

[Dollhouse]

Sometimes it strangely does, but honestly I only do it for fun

 

[Crys]

Not in the least.

 

[Nebulous]

I don't pay any attention to it. My mom used to be really into this stuff though.

 

[Eden]

No, but it's fun to read about it.
I think it's stupid when people look down on someone for being a certain sign.