Astrology--Ditch it, seriously.
Has the core of your life been shaken badly recently?
No, really, it must be something important. It made headlines over the Internet, it found its way to Facebook, it's something that affects most of us, and everyone has, as a result, changed something that they've identified with since they were born.
But really...I don't give a shit whether I'm Leo or not. I don't get this furore over the changing of Zodiac signs--the quality of my life, and the way I'm going to live, will not be changed simply because of the heavens or cosmos or whatnot (it would change when NS strikes though).
I've always thought of astrology as bullshit anyway. When I read the ones on newspapers, they give tips on how to save/earn money, how to climb up the corporate ladder, what to look out for, et cetera. I've tried earning money in Runescape that way, nothing happened. I raked in the same earnings with or without that "help" of divine interpretation into my life, and I've decided to boycott it entirely. It hasn't gotten me laid, and I don't see a point in things which can't get me laid.
My sister once made this comment about behavioural patterns observed in people who are supposedly under the same star or whatever. I am not into astrology or any remotely related subject, but her comment made a lot of sense, and I was quite surprised that she had the ability to formulate such a comment.
She said something along the lines of "I think people are not born into a sign, they read their way into it."
For the slow, she means that people are born without prior knowledge or influence of the cosmos, but when they have read up on the horoscope they are supposedly born into, they feel that it has to be true, and subconsciously adopts the supposed behavioural patterns of the horoscope.
Pretty much a variation of the chicken and egg question, but fits perfectly.
When you read the (supposedly accurate) description of the star you're born under, you'd start off with "hmm, should be true", before reading something vaguely similar to your disposition and going "Hmm, quite true", before reading something that goes slightly more in-depth and going "SPOT ON -JIZZZZZZZ- THAT IS ACCURATE DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNERRR".
Another tactic these astrology sites would use is naming various famous people from the past who are born under the same sign as you and making you go "Wow, I am a Leo, just like Napoleon -JIZZZZZZ-"...
...without knowing that Napoleon is a short man with a slut for a wife. Seriously, famous people are all around, they are born under all sorts of stars and signs (including middle fingers), so what's the point?
All these lies are finally going to be torn down with the advent of the 13th sign. Oh, what's that, you stopped being a whatever-attribute-you-used-to-have simply because some random dude decided that you are no longer a whatever sign you were?
Please. =.=
Oh, talking about birthdays reminds me. Some people love to play the I-was-born-on-the-same-date-as-Celebrity-X. I don't know about you, but some people really love to play that card, and go like "So I'd be a millionaire in future."
Or a rock star.
Or a singer.
Or a football player.
Or an F1 racer.
Or a porn star.
I know a friend who has the same birthday as Eason Chan, and I'm willing to bet good money that she sings well, but F1 racers? Please.
Oh, if you're interested to know, I have the same birthday as this female singer. I guess this means I'm going to be the King of Hats next time, and you can see the similarity between us simply because we share the same birthday. I'm not proud to have the same birthday as her, nor am I ashamed, because it's only a birthday--it doesn't mean anything more or less. Thus my neutrality. I mean no offence to her of course (although I'm guessing you readers are not her fans anyway) but I present to you, the person whom I'd have to identify myself with if I were to subscribe to the same beliefs as the average idiot:
She has many hats--go search on Google. And I'm fashion blind, so I can't relate.
But seriously, people, grow a pair, make your own stand as to who you are. Don't identify yourselves with something or someone you don't even understand/know personally.
As for the answer to the chicken and egg question...
...I guess the egg came first.
You guys read too much into a sign, decided to relate to it, decided to identify with it, and now you're hooked and can't get out of this shit and you're facing denial because you've never been what you've tried to be, and you can never try anymore.
-- 1/18/2011 02:45:00 AM