Disclaimer: I am not, and do not claim to be, an expert on astrology. I have done just enough research to determine that there’s no scientific credibility behind it whatsoever, and I’m hard-pressed to see how anyone could claim there is with a straight face.
That said, I can understand how gullible people could easily be sucked in. I think the majority of people who have their horoscopes cast or read them in the paper probably do believe what they’re reading, or at least believe that there’s some shred of meaning to it.
I can not, however, understand how a practitioner (one who casts and writes horoscopes) could believe in them. The act of writing a horoscope requires careful intentional ambiguity, an avoidance of verifiable fact, and a writing style that appeals to the vanity of the reader.
So are there astrologers that truly believe in the science behind what they do, and that truly believe that the charts they cast mean something? Or are all of the professional astrologers scam artists?
If there is a real, live astrologer on the board, I’d love to hear from you. It might help me to understand the other side of the story.