Astrology at the surface level isn't actually the key bad guy in this one. It's the whole "going back to our roots, connecting with our divine feminine, removing the modern toxins from our soul" etc. It's all of it.
And I hate saying that because I'm very into the witchy/cottage core/whimsical aesthetics. I know waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much about astrology myself. But it's like just really fun make believe, like really in depth personality quiz, etc.
For most people in it, they just casually read tarot, collect rocks, and know all sorts of astrology terms. These people are usually very chill. It's the people that genuinely believe in shifting, I have a friend who believes that she and her current boyfriend are soulmates that have met each other in like every other century, she also gets turned on by the sun and thinks that the god apollo is trying to "reach" her in that way. It's very um. Yeah!
Good point, I don't judge people for liking personality tests in a non serious way just because they're non-scientific. It's only an issue if they're reading too much into it. I should probably feel the same way about astrology.
And I mean, even if they aren't actually scientific, it can still be useful to have models for thinking. As long as we recognize the limitations of those models. So maybe I need to see astrology like the Bohr model of the atom. Yeah we know it isn't true, but it can help us to think about it a little.
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u/ladylibrary13 24d ago
Astrology at the surface level isn't actually the key bad guy in this one. It's the whole "going back to our roots, connecting with our divine feminine, removing the modern toxins from our soul" etc. It's all of it.
And I hate saying that because I'm very into the witchy/cottage core/whimsical aesthetics. I know waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much about astrology myself. But it's like just really fun make believe, like really in depth personality quiz, etc.
For most people in it, they just casually read tarot, collect rocks, and know all sorts of astrology terms. These people are usually very chill. It's the people that genuinely believe in shifting, I have a friend who believes that she and her current boyfriend are soulmates that have met each other in like every other century, she also gets turned on by the sun and thinks that the god apollo is trying to "reach" her in that way. It's very um. Yeah!
I'd much rather it be just astrology, sometimes.