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What is astrology?

Astrology is a pseudoscience, which means that scientific Why should we not believe in astrology?
methods cannot prove their statements and beliefs. -Astrology uses general characteristics for signs and
Astrology believes humans and every event on Earth are personal predictions
related to movements of planets and space happenings. Every zodiac sign seems to have different properties;
for cosmopolitan.com, all Aries -650 million people- are
The background of astrology? courageous, competitive, honest, generous and energetic.
Astrology has dated to at least 2000 BC with We can easily say there must be someone who does not fit
calendrical systems. Humans used this technology to in these descriptions. Not only can they not predict unique
make meteorological predictions by communicating characteristics after a moment of thinking, but they are
divine powers. Many cultures have traditions related to also competitive to sustain life. Society must accept us,
astronomical events, such as Indians, Mesopotamians so we must be honest, energetic and generous. That is why
and Chinese. explaining someone’s behaviours with astrology does not
make sense.
What are zodiac signs?
There are 12 different astrological signs according to the -Astrology uses a language of possibilities
date of birth. At the same time, there are other kinds of signs While making predictions, astrologers use very clever
decided by Mars, Venus, Moon and a rising sign. Different language; they never use words to give certainty. “We may
cultures have different signs with different names; they see some fluctuations over Dolar price.” We can start by
were slightly similar but not almost identical for example, looking at the word fluctuations with that word if the
I was born on 1 April, I am an Aries by western horoscope, price of Dollar change astrologers will be correct. There is
for Chinese horoscope, I was born in a Monkey year. another possibility: the price of a Dollar can stay constant
in case this happens. They did not use a word like for sure,
it may be, but it may not be.

-Astronomers says something happens every year
Some predictions become cults: “Every year someone
famous -singer, actor, politicians and sportsmen- will die.
Earthquakes or natural disasters will happen.” They are
not predictions. They must and will realize every year.

-We will remember only the good predictions
Astrologers make thousands of predictions. Most of
them are not predictions; they are saying probable events
when these events realize they take credit from it. For
the past 20 years, most astrologers said Queen Elizabeth
would die, but she is still the monarch of the UK. When
astrologers made false predictions, they did not have to
take responsibility for it. Humans will forget it, and there
will be perception like astrologers always tell the truth.

Efe Kaplan

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