# Horoscopes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554 "2011-12-27T19:31:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/1 "2011-12-27T19:31:58Z")
I often hear the more scientifically literate condemning the concepts of horoscopes and astrology. Of course, we all know they’re nonsense. I guess some people derive a bit of fun from them, and I guess that’s OK. But does anyone actually know anyone personally who _believes_ this stuff? I’m pretty sure I’ve never in my life heard anyone profess any kind of actual belief in astrology, but they must exist - otherwise skeptics wouldn’t feel the need to explain that they’re nonsense. So - anyone know anyone who believes in astrology? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/2 "2011-12-27T20:34:00Z")
Sure. I hear people talking about it at work. “Maybe I shouldn’t ask for a raise because Mercury is in retrograde right now”. Midlevel managers, people that are married and have children. I’m not kidding. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/3 "2011-12-27T20:40:29Z")
I worked with a woman years ago who was always saying crap like “He’s a typical Scorpio!” in all seriousness. What was most interested were the 3 Scorpios - they were as different as any 3 people could be. So which one was typical? I never could figure that out… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/4 "2011-12-27T21:25:28Z")
Yes I do, they’re pretty much all females that I can immediately remember. Never met anyone so bad to mention any planets being in retrograde like **campp** but I hear all the time that “Oh that’s a typical X for you.” Or “Well I _am_ an X and can’t help it.” or some other deluded bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/5 "2011-12-27T21:29:14Z")
My Aunt believes in it enough to have planned her pregnancy so the baby would be born under a specific sign. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/6 "2011-12-27T21:35:36Z")
Supposedly Ronald Reagan was partly guided by astrologer [Joan Quigley.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Quigley) ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/7 "2011-12-28T02:59:54Z")
I believe in astrology to an extent but that’s only because my zodiac sign describes me to a T. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/8 "2011-12-28T03:25:34Z")
> [@slm2955](#): > > I believe in astrology to an extent Really? ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/9 "2011-12-28T03:29:29Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Supposedly Ronald Reagan was partly guided by astrologer [Joan Quigley.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Quigley) Actually, it was Nancy who was a true believer and she would call in her “person” whenever Ronnie had a big decision to make. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/10 "2011-12-28T03:32:34Z")
> [@slm2955](#): > > I believe in astrology to an extent but that’s only because my zodiac sign describes me to a T. Mine does, too – as to about seven other of the twelve signs. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/11 "2011-12-28T03:34:11Z")
I don’t believe in astrology per se, but I’m fairly proud to be a Sagitarius…the Archer…adventerous. And puffed up about the fact that I was born under the planet Jupiter—the “lucky” one. Being born in the Year of the Tiger according to Chinese astrology just makes it even better. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/12 "2011-12-28T03:39:28Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > I don’t believe in astrology per se, but I’m fairly proud to be a Sagitarius…the Archer…adventerous. And puffed up about the fact that I was born under the planet Jupiter—the “lucky” one. Being born in the Year of the Tiger according to Chinese astrology just makes it even better. Again I say… really? You ascribe your own character to the position of a planet? ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/13 "2011-12-28T04:04:24Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > Really? LOL yea, and I like to guess other pols sign’s too to see if they match thier description. Usually not though… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/14 "2011-12-28T04:04:47Z")
> [@slm2955](#): > > I believe in astrology to an extent but that’s only because my zodiac sign describes me to a T. I assume you are joking. I had a friend who believed in horoscopes and visited a psychic once a year. I couldn’t take her seriously. She freaked out about November 29, for some reason. it was some kind of bad date for her. ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/15 "2011-12-28T04:05:28Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Mine does, too – as to about seven other of the twelve signs. You probably have planets and moons in other signs too. ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/16 "2011-12-28T04:07:12Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I assume you are joking. > > I had a friend who believed in horoscopes and visited a psychic once a year. I couldn’t take her seriously. She freaked out about November 29, for some reason. it was some kind of bad date for her. LOL no I’m not, ima a cancer and everything the description says is me inside and out that’s why I believe it. Don’t believe in psychics though… ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/17 "2011-12-28T05:01:59Z")
> [@slm2955](#): > > LOL no I’m not, ima a cancer and everything the description says is me inside and out that’s why I believe it. Don’t believe in psychics though… So you believe there are only 12 personality types in the world, and you’re the same as one twelfth (or about half a billion) of the people on the planet? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/18 "2011-12-28T08:46:06Z")
Well, ya know, it all [changed last year](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/13/horoscope-hang-up-earth-rotation-changes-zodiac-signs/). I think there are now 13 signs. I used to be a cancer, now I’m geminie cricket, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/19 "2011-12-28T10:31:29Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Well, ya know, it all [changed last year](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/13/horoscope-hang-up-earth-rotation-changes-zodiac-signs/). > I think there are now 13 signs. I used to be a cancer, now I’m geminie cricket, I think. lol You’re right! But I prefer not to believe in _that._ ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554/20 "2011-12-28T10:39:21Z")
We have a psychic in East TN. I don’t know what the rules are about giving out specific names and locations, so I won’t here. But he’s been “booked” every day for the last twenty-five years or so. My brother had an appointment with him that was years away. He doesn’t charge for his readings. People come to him from all over. I was afraid to see him for fear of what he might tell me…I prefer to believe that I’m lucky and leave it at that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554.md?page=2)