# Do Grown People Really Still Believe In Astrology? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 29, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918 "2004-10-29T20:16:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/21 "2004-10-29T21:22:40Z")
Working in a library can be very depressing in regards to this nonsense. I am frequently asked for books on feng shui, astrology, Sylvia Browne’s latest trash, UFO’s etc. While books on real science and skeptical examinations of the above are requested much less often, and as a result have less shelf space. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/22 "2004-10-29T21:37:19Z")
> [@Zap\_Rowsdower](#): > > Working in a library can be very depressing in regards to this nonsense. I am frequently asked for books on feng shui, astrology, Sylvia Browne’s latest trash, UFO’s etc. While books on real science and skeptical examinations of the above are requested much less often, and as a result have less shelf space. Maybe you should run a promotion: Free Carl Sagan book with every crap psuedo-science book checked out. ---
**Author:** ![Lillith\_Fair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/23 "2004-10-29T21:37:47Z")
I read mine at Starbucks the other day and I fit me very well. So I decided to read them every day. Then I forgot, and I forgot what the one said anyway. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/24 "2004-10-29T21:49:25Z")
Why **Eve** , are you trying to tell me you _don’t_ believe every twelfth person has exactly the same characteristics as you? tsk. tsk. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/25 "2004-10-29T21:52:07Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > No one really takes this balderdash _seriously_, do they? Where’s CK Dexter Haven when you need him? Anyways… You mustn’t show anxiety. Have you heard, it’s in the stars, next July we collide with Mars? ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/26 "2004-10-29T22:14:32Z")
> [@Loopydude](#): > > There are many who would tell you sceptical is the proper spelling. I’ve thought of switching, but when others see it, they call me a pedantic wanker. Well for a start there are 60.000.000 million of us over here. So, you’re a “pedantic wanker”? You must be a Gemini? ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/27 "2004-10-29T22:27:42Z")
> [@Zap\_Rowsdower](#): > > Working in a library can be very depressing in regards to this nonsense. I am frequently asked for books on feng shui, astrology, Sylvia Browne’s latest trash, UFO’s etc. While books on real science and skeptical examinations of the above are requested much less often, and as a result have less shelf space. People looking for books on real science can usually find them on their own, while the pseudoscience types have much more of a tendency to get lost and have to ask for help. Maybe you should keep a supply of forked fruitwood branches handy. Then you can hand them one and let them dowse for the book they want. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/28 "2004-10-29T23:02:35Z")
> [@Early Out](#): > > Guaranteed way to stop such conversations in their tracks: > > “What sign are you?” > > “Feces.” My sign is “Maternity Ward”. I was born under this one. Though it was on the cusp with “Visiting Times 1pm-3pm Only”. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/29 "2004-10-29T23:24:32Z")
I don’t believe in Hinduism, either, but I like to _know_ about it. Boning up on the infinite variety of human belief systems is a fine, ignorance-fighting hobby. Wanna see my collection of Tarot cards? – **Uke** , Sun in Scorpio, Libra rising, Moon in Pisces ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/30 "2004-10-29T23:36:16Z")
Eh, I don’t _believe_-believe in astrology, but I like the idea of it. I know I’m a Scorpio, but as for signs rising, waning, cusping, whatever, I lose interest. Basically I just like to be told, ‘You are an awesome person! Go you good thing!’, which is all star sign guide books ever do. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/31 "2004-10-29T23:50:38Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > Have you heard, it’s in the stars, next July we collide with Mars? Well, did you _ever?_ ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/32 "2004-10-29T23:55:37Z")
> [@Vetch](#): > > So, you’re a “pedantic wanker”? You must be a Gemini? Er…‘pedantic wanker’ is Virgo, thank you very much. Ms Boods, born 13 September 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/33 "2004-10-30T00:01:08Z")
Hm, scorpio of some flavor here - born 3:42 am 27 october 19\ ok, 1961 :eek: Wouldnt mind knowing exactly what flavor of scorpio i am 🙂 I used to have a favorite sleep shirt, but it died years ago - garfield on it, and scorpio, great animal magnetism…so I attract animals and iron filings [or something like that, it was about 15 years ago, but I thought it was really cute=)] ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/34 "2004-10-30T00:01:48Z")
As a libra I see the entire idea as a logical absurdity. Now reading tea leaves, that’s far more realistic an idea ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/35 "2004-10-30T00:18:41Z")
True story: I’m reading through the personals on [match.com](http://match.com), and I see a girl whose opening paragraph includes the line “I’m a cancer through and through”. Now, if she had capitalized it, I might’ve realized right from the start that she was talking about her sign. But nope, I didn’t get that. So I’m left wondering why anyone would want to compare themselves to a wasting disease as a selling point for potential relationships. I was confused. Then I figured it out and it made more sense. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/36 "2004-10-30T00:24:43Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > True story: > > I’m reading through the personals on [match.com](http://match.com), and I see a girl whose opening paragraph includes the line “I’m a cancer through and through”. \ Heh heh. Speaking of [match.com](http://match.com)… I have a friend in her late 30s who was on [match.com](http://match.com) as well. Before she’d agree to go on a date with any of the guys who contacted her, she’d ask their birthdate (and time!). Then she’d analyze them to see if they were a match. This is a college-educated woman who has a good job with a good deal of responsibility. Did I mention she kept this information in an excel spreadsheet? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/37 "2004-10-30T00:48:06Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > – **Uke** , Sun in Scorpio, Libra rising, Moon in Pisces Where I’m from, we don’t talk about what we’re doing with our Libras. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/38 "2004-10-30T01:28:13Z")
[The Planets Have Made Up Their Mind: Kerry Wins](http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=6661781) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/39 "2004-10-30T01:51:34Z")
Mmmmmmm. Let’s have a Scorpio dopefest. Sex and Death rule. _A dreaded sunny day so let’s go where we’re wanted and I meet you at the cemetery gates Keats and Yeats are on your side but you lose because Wilde is on mine_ –The Smiths, “Cemetery Gates” ---
**Author:** ![violacrane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c57346/32.png) [@violacrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/violacrane)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918/40 "2004-10-30T02:03:07Z")
I never believed in astrology but something that happened seven years ago broke me of the habit of reading horoscopes completely. I was travelling home from my mother’s funeral. I’d picked up a magazine from the week before to read on the coach. My stupid horoscope said as how some wonderful news I’d recieved recently was going to like totally change my life for the better. I don’t actually remember it too well because my reaction was to take a black pen from my bag and scribble it out so savagely I destroyed the paper. Since then not only do I ignore horoscopes I refuse to answer if someone asks my “star sign” cos there ain’t no such fucking thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-grown-people-really-still-believe-in-astrology/271918.md?page=3)