I've been looking through horoscopes (I was bored...) and funny enough most of them are quite accurate. The one I'm looking at were mostly those things that describes zodiac. For example, me as a Leo is describe to be prideful, stubborn and frank. Things like that. Maybe it's just me and a tunnel vision sort of phenomenon or maybe it's because they are too general that it fits people one way of another but do you also feel that they are strangely accurate? On that note, I'm actually curious about fortune tellers, anyone who experienced it? How was the experience? I don't believe much in superstitions so I never tried getting my fortune told.
With my friend we use to check how our zodiac sign describe us and It's very accurate too, like im aquarius and she an aries. As an aquarius I'm an original (oftend daydreaming), not stupid and difficult to understand. On the other side she is direct, possesive and fun. Even once they say if it was war I would be the mastermind and she is a tanker.
That's intentional. The vagueness and open to interpretation phrases is how they seem to be accurate by having your own mind interpret it in a way that applies to you. Centuries of fine tuning of horoscopes has made it quite the art of creating self deception in the targets.
It is because they are vague and have general statements/points and everybody relate to it.. Like they say be careful and then something bad happen to you. It is not horoscope was correct but it may be bad luck/oversight by you.
Horoscopes = nonsense! That’s how I see them. I’ve read some every now and then and they’re vague and at most can hint at something. But that’s because when you read a horoscope that feels like it applies you you, you’ll start trying to find links in your mind. And you convince yourself that’s it’s talking about something in particular. But that’s not the case. How could it be? Every person who has the same star sign as you does not have the same life as you. So one horoscope is not really that accurate. It’s impossible for it to be~ ☕️\(•~•)
It actually made me wonder how they managed to fine-tune it to that level. And who are "they" even...
This is stuff i have heard around, i myself never pay attention to horoscope and haven't tried any fortune telling. Apparrently there was a type of fortune telling in ancient rome where the priests would extract plates with fortunes written on it, but they were vague and like, a fortune that says "go to war, you shall return victorious" only needs a comma (that wasn't placed in writing) to say "Don't go to war, you won't return victorious" so the priest could always claim that the fortune was accurate and the person just misunderstood. So i think most horoscopes and similar stuff follow a similar mindset where they are vague or common enough that it will be true, or considered true, for most people. I also heard about fortune tellers that analyse a person based on their appearence, the info they were asked to fill out, etc, to make an educated guess about what that person will go through, saying more or less vague predictions depending on what they can glean. Also heard that palm reading is based off of the creases and calluses that a person has due to lifestyle, thus a palm reader can guess how you use your hands and make predictions off of that. I find most fortune telling such as horoscopes as BS cause, how many people are born within certain months? Do you honestly believe that they are all similar personalities and going through similar experiences? Like "capricorn: be more honest with your love and you will have good results." Bitch i never even had a crush in twenty years of my life, honest to whomst? On the other hand palm readers and similar fortune tellers, while nothing esoteric is going on, can at least be considered decent advice and educated guesses FYI i voted for "at least they are intersting" cause superstitions make life more interesting and it is sometimes interesting to know the origin story of superstitions or make guesses, like i i heard that triangles (ladders leaning on walls) are bad luck and you would think, no duh, a leaning ladder or whats on it could fall on you, but there is also the story of the Romans conquering Egypt and they had pyramids right? So the Romans thought they would be cursed by the Egyptian gods (more or less, just bad luck) so they would put their thumb through their fist and punch towards the triangle side to defy the gods bad luck. And stuff like black cats crossing your road, i would guess that they are bad luck cause they are very hard to notice in the dark and you could trip on them and if that's not unfortunate what is?
fun facts of the day: 1) stars move 2) they're very far away, and light takes time to reach here the constellation you are born under is thus not the one you see! also i'm annoyed how whenever people talk about astronomy they now have to take a 2 second pause to think "are they talking about a guy talking out of his arse, or a scientist?" due to the stupid word astrology
Exactly, I have been looking for this non existent girlfriend of mine for years.Forget about confession.
It's basic psychology. Give vague terms and the victim will fill in the blanks. Scammers use it all the time to sell people stuff. Edit: I myself am guilty of using this in helping a friend (who dabbled into selling items through fortune telling during one summer a few years back) sell a "Miracle Pain and Fatigue killer Massage Oil made using 38 different herbs from the Himalayas" and a "Miracle Problem Avoidance Pendant" to her victims. Edit 2: The "Accident Avoidance Pendant" was pretty fun to sell. I remember her telling her victims to be more careful during the first week or two of wearing it to "let the pendant get to absorb your aura when you're careful and on guard" so it can "use the energy stored in it to project that aura afterwards". I think most clumsy people just got more careful as a habit or something since I didn't hear her receive any complaints.
Also, due to the precession of the earth following the invention of astrology, we’re all one sign behind or forward. I forget which. Basically, I use astrology to gauge the intelligence of a person...if they believe in it, they’re too stupid to have intelligent conversations with.
Ahhh... I still remember how a fortune teller told me I'll have 13 kids with 1 husband. Then she said that my family (kids & hubby) is gonna be rich af but we are a huge spender (not surprising with 13 kids really). My future husband must be rich af because the family I came from isn't
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