Reflection About Horoscopes

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Horoscopes have always been an iffy subject throughout my life. From the first time I found out about them and to do this day, I have always been intrigued by them. However, to be completely honest, I couldn’t really tell you that I believe in them all that much. They have always had this confusing, very vague tone to their message (Vague? SHOCKING I know). This always led me to the assumption that there’s literally no way for someone to guess how your day (year, month, or whatever type of horoscope you looked at) will go according to the position of extraterrestrial balls of fire in the sky. I may be oversimplifying the whole process of predicting the future, but on the surface this whole scheme seems a bit fishy…

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What I was trying to get at in the intro paragraph was that horoscopes have a lot and almost everything to do with trying to convince you that they can predict your future and certain events in your life. How you accept and let this information affect you is the reception of the horoscope. According to research done by Magali Colbert, reading positive horoscopes

decreases negative emotions and strengthens cognitive performance and creativity on a daily basis. This clearly makes sense; Because if you were to read a negative horoscope, you would most likely keep that in the back of your mind, and that would create subconscious sadness and cautiousness.

But does whether or not you truly believe in the science of astrology and horoscopes affect how you react to the actual horoscope?

Like I have stated earlier, I don’t think the alignment of stars can really determine what kind of day you are going to have, or the status of your upcoming love life. However, I do believe in the subconscious effects of reading horoscopes. For example: I am a Virgo, and let’s say my horoscope for the week was that my love life would heat up on the weekend, but during the week I would feel extra lonely. I would most likely just disregard the information at first, but subconsciously store it in the back of my mind; Noticing every instance of loneliness throughout

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