Is astrological fortune telling accurate _ Is astrological fortune telling accurate?
I think it's accurate sometimes. According to a survey, 47.5% people often pay attention to constellations, and 29.7% people think constellations are interesting. Only 1.48% people are "not very interested" in constellations. The basic assumption of the constellation is to predict people and things with astronomical phenomena. As human imagination breaks through the sky, the shapes of stars arranged at different distances are vividly defined as different constellation symbols. Since ancient times, many people believe that these silent constellations in the sky will have an impact on what happens on earth.
I believe in astrology, because it can provide many things people want to know, such as information and expectations about the future, solutions to problems, and how to improve relationships with lovers, family and friends. Astrology believes that nothing in life is coincidence, and everything that happens to us has a specific reason. Astrology can well explain why these things happen to us, and it can also predict these things in advance.
People believe in astrology because it is interesting. Constellation date, constellation, harmless divination tricks and so on. We can almost relate constellations to all aspects of life, and then know that this knowledge is insightful and in line with the facts. Our unique astrology can help us discover and reveal our strengths, weaknesses and nature.
Summed up from psychological principles, constellations meet the following needs of young people: 1) Show yourself and know yourself; 2) Interpersonal communication and understanding of others; 3) Trust and face important events of career development or family feelings.
That is to say, when people say that astrology works, they mean using astrology to explain their own behavior and others' behavior, and they will find these angles very satisfactory. However, the use of astrological knowledge in this way may have nothing to do with the extent to which astrological models are applicable to the real world. Astrology, an explanatory framework, can be very satisfactory, even though its internal model may bear little resemblance to the real world. Therefore, in cultures all over the world, astrology has a certain historical tradition, which shows its scientific nature.
The constellations in the sky were originally used by astronomers to study. For example, the main job of traditional astronomers is to calculate the calendar, which means telling us the time. If you want to know the time, you have to know the positions of the five major planets of the sun, the moon and the moon. Their positions are determined according to the constellations. So the constellation itself is a tool for astronomers to locate the sun, the moon and the five stars in the sky, thus telling us the date and the exact time.
For example, there are 12 months in a year (sometimes with leap months), so astronomers divide the ecliptic into 12 parts, thus creating the zodiac, or 12. The daily position of the sun can be defined according to its position in the constellation or starry sky, and in turn, the time can be known according to its position. This is an important task for traditional astronomers to make calendars.
However, because not everyone can understand the work of astronomers, everyone is curious about the starry sky. When we see astronomers determine the legislative time according to the position of the stars corresponding to the sun, that is, our birthday. First, connect our birthdays with the constellations, and then think about the connection between the mysterious starry sky and our lives. Of course, this is an interesting question, but astrology or astrology gives an absurd answer.
Astrology has played various tricks, such as giving various meanings to the zodiac and giving various meanings to the sun, moon and planets. These so-called meanings are actually attached to the meeting, and have nothing to do with the constellation setting in the astronomical and scientific sense, or the sun, moon and planets. Some look ridiculous, for example, there is a constellation called Leo, which astrology thinks means courage (who doesn't want to be braver). There is a constellation called Gemini. Chen Yingshu thinks this constellation means dual personality (everyone's personality is complex and changeable, because people are not machines).
Astrology is like this. With various astronomical terms, various ambiguous expressions at the meeting have exploded into bowls of chicken soup for the soul. Many people think that the description of astrology is very useful or accurate, precisely because we have not noticed the fuzziness of language itself. Astrology describes the meaning of a constellation or a person's personality, and those specially selected meanings can be interpreted in many ways to cater to people's own expected vocabulary. Therefore, people will mistakenly think that this set of rhetoric is aimed at themselves, but it is actually applicable to almost anyone. If you don't believe me, you can take some expressions about astrology and cover the names of the constellations. You will be surprised to find that the whole paper is about you. Because only in this way will astrology be very popular.