The fault is in your stars,
or how Gen Z became obsessed with astrology Maria Łusakowska
You’ve probably heard somewhere that Cancers are sensitive, Tauruses stubborn and Pisces always have their heads in the clouds. You’ve maybe even heard that your zodiac sign is compatible with other signs of your element (for the newbies, there are four: earth, fire, water and air). If you were curious, you might have even checked your whole chart. If you’ve been paying attention, you might even know what a Mercury Retrograde is and that it affects your travel plans and temporarily creates a general chaos in your life. And chances are, you take all this astrological information with not a grain, but a handful of salt, turning a blind eye at all the coincidentally accurate descriptions of your personality according to your sign. Or, perhaps, you have no clue what I am talking about and in that case I will happily direct you to my favorite Instagram astrology gurus who very passionately and patiently explain what aspects and houses are, and how they affect your finances and love life.
of the planets, stars and other heavenly bodies may have on our lives.” Contrary to popular belief, it is not a religion, but a study of life cycles, more precisely, planetary and star cycles. From ancient times, people observed the sky, the movement of the planets and the moon through the zodiac constellations, thereby creating elaborate
It seems that astrology is experiencing its heyday, and that it is impossible to go online without some kind of astrology-based articles popping right where you wouldn’t expect them to. Vogue, Cosmopolitan, and other lifestyle magazines participate in this new culture by publishing articles like “What style should you choose based on your zodiac sign” or “Here’s a list of things that you shouldn’t do during this Capricorn season”.
mathematical systems that were to explain human affairs, the past and the future. Though the original forms of astrology were created in 3000 B.C. by the Chaldeans of Babylon (now Iraq), some experts trace that date back even to 5800 B.C. Developed simultaneously on multiple continents, it gained the most ground in Central America, as well as on the other side of the globe, in China. Yet, modern astrology, developed by a Greek mathematician and astronomer
The word astrology comes from Greek astron, which means “star”, and according to Astrology Zone, one of the biggest astrology websites, “Astrology is the ancient science of interpreting what influence the movements 15
