Astrology, like any self-respecting science, has many admirers, and even more opponents. There are no indifferent people to it. The world was divided into two camps. On the one hand, hundreds of millions of people around the globe start their day with astrological forecasts, and along with family doctors, psychologists, trainers and nutritionists, they trust their life to astrological consultants whose advice they do not marry, give birth to children, do not change jobs and do not go to rest.
On the other hand - fierce opponents, in the notion of which astrology is horoscopes-fairy tales, fooling too gullible, near-minded people. And in some ways they are right. Horoscopes, flooding all media space, too generalized and contradictory. And most of the comments under them contain, to put it mildly, unflattering testimonials and frank allegations of lies. Why did horoscopes have such a bad reputation, and what astrological errors generate distrust?
Why can not you trust horoscopes?
Astrology The Great Soviet Encyclopedia called "a false teaching", but this did not prevent her even in those harsh times in half a voice, from the last pages of popular newspapers and magazines to broadcast the influence of the planets on the fate of man. Not that people willingly believed in horoscopes, they just trusted the print media, accordingly, any information on their pages was rarely questioned. However, even today, most people are victims of already massively multiplying horoscopes and loudly declaring themselves as scientific knowledge. The birth horoscope and astrological predictions are not the ultimate truth, but merely an auxiliary tool for obtaining information about the maximum possible ways of realizing a person in their life. Astrological schemes always presuppose the existence of a free will of a person deciding his fate. You can add schemas not only to people, but also to events. For example, one of these schemes can simultaneously be a child's birth card, a rock star concert card, and a pizza purchase horoscope, provided all three stories happen within the city block. But, even with three identical horoscopes, no one will dare to predict one inevitable fate for a newborn baby, a concert, and a pizza.
So is it worth believing that a horoscope for the signs of one zodiac will be exactly the same in the life of all its representatives? Of course not. The maximum accurate horoscope can be made only by a professional astrologer with extensive experience. He will create a personal horoscope, which will take into account the slightest nuances, up to the minutes of birth and place of the position of the maternity hospital on the geographical map. As for the horoscopes of compatibility, the ideal union of lovers is answered not only by their signs of the zodiac, but by the position of the Moon and Venus in the horoscope, which only a specialist can determine. Consequently, universal horoscopes - no more than an entertaining story. Her opportunity to happen depends more on faith, not on heavenly bodies. And yet, horoscopes have the right to life. Most of them promise signs of well-being and tune in a positive way. And since even skeptics cling to one ear or eye for astrological predictions in the media, then willy-nilly, predictions record "on the subcortex" of people positive "programs" and inspire faith in the best. And this is what is called "self-fulfilling prophecy" in psychology, and in the Bible - "Let it be according to your faith!".
5 astrological errors
Astrology is a horoscope for the signs of the zodiac
Popular horoscopes that supposedly determine the character, the behavior and predict the future for the 12 signs of the zodiac - this is not astrology, but just one of the components of mass culture. If you consider astrology only from the horoscope, then the truth with the same success can be found in T-shirts, cups, book covers and magazines, which depict the planet and zodiacal signs. True astrology carries the idea of ​​exclusivity of every person and makes sense only with an individual approach.
Astrology is a religious trend
Even in those distant times, when the worship of Zeus or Jupiter was an integral part of the state religion, astrology remained scientific knowledge, and astrologers - scientists, regardless of their religion. And although in some countries astrology is still a part of the religious-philosophical system, it has never been a cult of religion and did not call for the divine essence to be seen in the heavenly bodies.
Astrology is a type of fortune telling
Call astrology and its predictions of fortune-telling, the same thing, which includes the weather forecasts, medical, economic or political forecasts. Prediction is just an insignificant part of astrology. Many astrologers and even entire astrological schools in principle do not work with predictions.
Astrology is a fatalistic teaching
Astrology does not belong to the statement about the destiny of destiny and the inevitability of the events written by it on the canvas of life. A professional astrologer will never say that little depends on the will of a person. The question of fatality is more relevant to personal and social psychology. The moment of birth, of course, determines the boundaries for which a person, due to his innate characteristics of character, will find it difficult to get out, but he also determines the abilities, talents and opportunities that will help him manage his life.
Birth horoscope gives comprehensive information about a person
Many consider horoscopes as omniscient and open access to any information about a person, up to sex, nationality, family status, religion or political preferences. Such concepts omit astrology to the level of homegrown magic, in which fraud and charlatanism flourish. No esteemed astrologer who respects his profession will drop to a primitive "fortune-telling on the stars", which will tell the fate, and spoil it, and the business will be made to prosper.