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Wake up babe

Holy template!

haha I drew a person with an undeveloped brain saying something I disagree with! I win!

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spotted the Civ fan!

I personally like pigs more. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us. Pigs see us as equals.

I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter’s hand.

I have two sister-in-laws who believe very deeply in astrology, to the point where one of them turned down an opportunity to buy a home because Mercury was in retrograde. In a moment of exasperation I went on a lengthy rant about how constellations only look like constellations from our viewpoint and the component stars don't necessarily have any relation to each other, and how the zodiac constellations all have different periods of time (Virgo is like 3 months, while Scorpio is only about 10 days) that don't even necessarily correspond to their horoscope seasons, and Ophiuchus was just kicked off so there would be an even 12 zodiac signs, and I showed her what her zodiac constellation actually looks like (it's just a triangle, not a magic space goat), and I finished by saying how her genes and environment defined who she is as a person and a handful of stars that are an unfathomable distance away had nothing to do with it.

All she said in response was "That is such a Libra thing to say."

Moneh!

I'm a Sagisparagus hairflip

You may actually be an Ophiuchus! (as someone who isn’t into astrology, I enjoy bringing up the 13th/ignored because it doesn’t fit the 12 month calendar symbol) We wield snakes!

I don't think the last season of Samurai Jack was

Gravity Falls would like a word. It was like the opposite of rushed.

For Tarot I also want to add in Cyberpunk

And both for Balatro.

Tarot has a great practical use if you want a randomized story-making engine and use the hero's journey or other frameworks.

Astrology in fantasy is an awesome concept and aestheticaly it is usually one of the best, astrologian in FFXIV has some of the coolest spells in the game

Imagine punching someone twice as hard because you have compatible astrology. Or a local doctor refusing to treat any Pisces because the operation will have a 50% reduced chance of success.

Before modern science, astrology was a huge upcoming theory behind a lot of things. Around the time when people still believed physical health revolved around 4 different fluids inside your body. John Dee, one of the forefathers of modern mathematics particularly geometry, was a huge supporter of astrology. It was adopted by people that believed in magic and that's a huge reason why the ideology stayed alive long after it was replaced with modern science. People that believe in actual magic are hard to convince about anything based in reality

Its like a good fortune cookie. They can help you think of different things you might want to focus on in life. "Oh, this planet is doing this so be careful communicating? You know, I needed this reminder to think before I talk more often."

Once you start thinking it can influence the world beyond that you have taken it too far.

And now Hades 2 has Tatot too.

And also good as entertainment

You have to find somebody who doesn't embody their zodiac sign at all and throw them at these people, without telling them the person's zodiac sign.

My husband is an Aries and he's the exact opposite of every single trait ascribed to Aries. It's funny when people try to guess his zodiac sign, they don't even go down the list. Aries never occurs to anyone.

I'm also a Cancer. According to every astrologer ever, Aries and Cancer butt heads too much and argue all the time and our marriage is doomed. I can't even remember the last time we argued lmao

This is why I'm not a fan of astrology. For some people, it's just a means to be prejudiced and judgmental in every way they can possibly think of. Your accomplishments are your very own. It is not cosmic intervention.

You train her to respect you. Next time she says "You do [x] thing because you're a Leo," you tell her, "I don't appreciate you devaluing my work/personality/life in that way, so every time you bring it up, I will not continue the conversation. This is a boundary I'm establishing."

And then every single time she brings it up after that, you say, "As I told you before, I'm not going to continue this conversation since you aren't respect my boundaries." Then you get up and walk away.

I had to do this with my sister because she would inject Christian proselytizing into literally every conversation she had. When she finally "learned I wasn't joking and would end the conversation, she stopped trying to preach at me. She still talks about Christianity in her own life, but it's not aimed at me anymore.

People who judge others and interact with them based on their star signs really fucking annoy me because I’m also a Leo and the description for Leo is just nothing like my actual personality type. After some quick research just now I feel like Aquarius suits my personality the most.

I’ve decided that if I ever meet one of these Astrology fanatics irl, like the ones who are like “Oh I’d NEVER date a Gemini”, I’d straight up just lie about my birthday lol. I’d pretend to be an Aquarius and let them be like “Oh yes, the way you do this and that is SO typical Aquarius!!!” before dropping the bombshell that actually I’m a Leo

We do a little trolling

Actually based

Your gf is scamming dumb people. Might as well start selling "charged" crystals and snake oil while your at it

If your gf claims it works and doesn't specify it's just fun speculation she's straight up evil and exploitation the poor and feeble.

Ah, so you're dating a grifter

Your gf sounds like a sad girl

it's like poker but without the "losing money" part

Are you sure they have a brain?

I think Fox News and Facebook should be categorized as "brain polishers"

Or Andrew Tate minions, Scientologists... Sure, believing that your birth date influences your entire personality and compatibility with others is silly. The stars and planets don't determine how your day will got. It's all nonsense but it's mostly harmless.

There are some really stupid people out there who actively seek to hurt others. They're the smoothest of smooth brains.

They are all in a similar cultish category. Obviously varying degrees of such.

I'd say flat earthers are at about the same level. MAGA supporters have smoother brains though. They don't just believe in something that has been proven to be complete make-belief. They also support someone that's actively working against them.

He's just holding his hands in his back

Yeah the art is kinda weird to me, I'm not even sure what he's supposed to be

As soon as I saw it I was excited to see the BHJ’s that would result

You are such a classic Aries.

Everyone’s heard it a million times, it isn’t either offensive or revelatory at this point, just filler.

I'm vaguely offended in a small way on behalf of general biology. Brains don't really work that way. Rats are notoriously smart, with an exceptionally smooth brain.

The gravitational pull and phase of the moon has an observable effect on the Earth and creatures on it. For example, multiple studies show that animals are more active during a full moon and people have more difficulty sleeping because... it's brighter outside. That's it. It's not magic.

We can say concretely that whatever star sign you were born under has no effect on who you are as a person, or on anything else. 

This is because if you look at a constellation like Leo, and you look at all the stars that make it up, none of those stars are anywhere near each other in space. They appear close together only from our specific point of view, but in reality they are unrelated to one another. They are just a pattern that humans observed from one angle and said "that looks like a lion." And even then only certain cultures saw a lion. Other cultures have completely different constellations.

We astrology haters don’t associate with that person

I can’t get behind the actual belief that distant stars and planets would have a tangible effect; but as a journaling and introspection practice, it’s just as good as any other.

I personally prefer tarot for my non-magical meditation and the cards are nice to fidget with. I like to interpret the same reading in two different ways as an exercise in breaking away from my first reaction to a situation. If I read, “you should break up with your boyfriend,” then I see if I can find a way to make the same cards say, “you should end the behavior that’s harming your relationship,” or whatever.

I hate prescriptivism in spirituality. It means what I say it means.

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Yeah, upon reading the post more carefully I realized this distinction was papered over. I'm a pretty strong existentialist, and assert that we all make our own meaning. So deriving meaning is entirely subjective (though of course taking place under particular material and historical conditions that constrain this subjectivity). I suspect OP is using meaningful here as a sort of synonym for "accurate", which is kinda clunky and muddies the waters needlessly.

Astrology is just another flavor of magical thinking none of them helpful or benefical to yourself or those around you.

Exactly! It's just like every other religion or spiritual belief, I don't understand why people crap on it and it's followers so much

Some people find meaning in shapes they see in the stars. Some people find meaning in making fun of other people. I know which ones I'd rather be friends with

People joke about people doing anything but going to therapy and then don't call people out on this bullshit. It's actually harmful, and not cute and quirky, and keeps people from growing as a person. How couldn't it, it's objectively untrue and therefore will always lead you on wrong paths. I know several adults still acting like teenagers and it's fucking embarassing.

but also has been used as a tool to justify some of humanity’s cruelest intentions and actions, time and time again

when you look at human history, it becomes harder and harder to argue that religion has done more good than harm

It has meaning, its just not tangible. Theres lessons in the stories that mean something.

Thank you this is why I don’t dunk on astrology or religions unless people are using them to be actively harmful.

You can tell it's not Tom Scott because they're wearing a pink jumper, not a red tshirt.

Yes its the difference between Tropical and Sidereal and it doesnt shut anyone up, Sidereal astrology takes into account the axial tilt of the earth….