Today, I choose to write on something that makes me feel quite conflicted. It’s about time we talk astrology.
I like to consider myself a practical thinker who assesses any situation using logic rather than emotion. Of course, being human doesn’t help the latter part — not letting emotion drive decisions is rather difficult, I agree. But, I pride myself on being pragmatic for the most part. So, you can imagine what opinion I have on astrology. It goes without saying that I don’t believe astrology to be scientific at all. Astrological predictions tap into our emotional beings and boggle our minds momentarily. It gives out the impression that our destinies are pre-written for us and that we have no control over it. It is complete bogus!
That’s what I think of astrology. Up until a psychic or a palm reader (or fortune teller; whatever you wish to call them) tells me something positive about my life. Only positive things. As soon as I hear that this year will be a great year for me, I start thinking if this so called ‘science of the stars’ has some meaning to it. But, if they tell me there is a possibility such and such bad thing will happen to me, my ‘belief’ in their bogus science goes out the window.
So, what’s the deal with positive predictions enticing me to accept astrology? My best guess is that it brings hope. Positive predictions fill you up with hope that things will get better, and in that process of validation, you start to believe that maybe astrology has some sense to it. I mean, if I don’t back up astrology, would it back me up? After all, I really want the positive things to be true.
Through this all, I realize that we are prone to believe what we wish to believe. Sort of in a way to convince ourselves that what we hope to happen will happen if we back it up with evidence. I find this the way faith and spirituality work as well, but that’s a topic for another day. I cannot even begin to comprehend my own standing with faith to write about it — it’s a heavy topic. So, let’s leave it at that.
Anyways, I thought I would reflect to you all my thoughts on astrology and how I interpret my own thoughts. Metacognition-izing here! New word: pretty sure it DNE 😉 Side note: I am keeping at the writing game (at least trying to).
Minks of thoughts 