Horoscopes: For Real Or Really Not

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It has become a common practice for a friend of mine to check her horoscopes daily. In fact, it is the main reason why she buys the paper daily. Knowing about the latest events in the community is second place to knowing about what the day brings to her.

Thousands of years have passed since the first time humans learned to value the signs given by the skies. Ever since then, the wonders of the sky have captivated people of different genders from all races and with various ages. The stars have become a fishbowl of answers to mankind's many questions. However, not everyone believes this. Actually, out of 6 people, five ends up in doubt about astrology and the science behind it.

Actually, it is not hard to believe one's horoscope. It can actually end up revealing a lot about an individual's life and overall existence. At times, it can become highly accurate that one can end up questioning why it cannot be true.

A thorough assessment of the basis of astrology makes it really something to question about. It lacks the necessary scientific background that can support its existence and believability factor. Its ...
... processes are not based on any kinds of science and organized data gathering and analysis.

All these reasons are enough to prove why every person on the face of the Earth should take some time before completely believing and actually acting out based on a specific astrological reading, no matter how good or bad, exciting or dreadful, happy or sad it might be.

In addition to the daily horoscopes in the newspapers or in magazine fillers, there are a lot of websites offering free readings for anyone who is interested. There are also services that send out daily readings to an individual's email. Some people even pay a good amount of money for such.

To some people, whatever their horoscope reading for a specific day actually serves as a guide on what they should and should not act on for that day. Other people even choose to dress according to what their horoscope says. There are those who use their predicted lucky numbers for betting games and gambling opportunities with the hope that the predictions are going to come true.

Another very significant use of a horoscope reading is in terms of one's relationships. Most of the freely published horoscope readings focus on an individual's love life and what might become of it in the nearest future. This might be quite helpful since it keeps a person's hope burning, but it can be debilitating in the way other people tend to strictly follow what the horoscope has to say.

When it comes to the question on how real horoscopes are, it really just depends on the person. Just like any other things, faith in that something is important. Hence, anyone who has faith in his ability to succeed in something is surely going to go a long way when acting upon that faith. There might be certain coincidental occasions when one's reading is highly similar to what happens in real life, but it is actually up to the individual to believe whether that occurrence is a factor of the horoscope or a happening on its own.
Carolyn Clayton works for English Astrologer Patrick Arundell who offers Horoscope readings & Astrology and Live Psychics.