Astrology is fun if you don’t take it seriously. Same with tarot. I’m a 100% atheist but I do a tarot reading every night before bed to help with abstract reflection on the day. It means nothing, but it’s makes me look at things from a different angle.
If she wants to do a star chart for you then just relax and have fun. It’s a way for you two to talk about your lives and a conversation starter. She likes you dude, and if you take the opportunity to lecture about why this is silly then are really doing is sending red flags that you’ll talk down to her whenever you might disagree.
Edit: I see a lot of self reporting for thinking others are inferior for enjoying these things. Y’all should rethink your biases perhaps. But I am walking away and ignoring this thread now, I have reached my daily intake of sodium chloride for the day.
Astrology is fun if you don’t take it seriously.
I agree, but the problem is that a lot of people do take it seriously. It’s perfectly fine to enjoy these things if you just think they’re fun. But actually believing in things that are demonstrably wrong is definitely a huge red flag for me. I’ve also become extremely negative towards astrology in particular because I’ve had to deal with family who used to take it at face value and also because I love astronomy, which, to me, gets tainted by this pseudoscience nonsense that sort of imitates it.
While I agree, and also do the occasional tarot reading for fun, some people actually believe they can deduce divine factual information about you from your date and time of birth. To me that’s a bit of a yellow flag that they might have other dangerous anti-science beliefs.
some people actually believe they can deduce divine factual information about you from your date and time of birth
I mean, I can. And get a baseline expectation on some others.
Of course, the thing I can deduce is your age, and the baseline expectations would be those associated with the generation you belong to. So, less astrology and more basic math.
I mean, by your own reasoning though it’s at least a yellow flag - if she’s just doing it because she thought it might be fun and cute, then yeah knock yourself out - if she looks at you seriously and says shit like “I need to make your star chart so I know if we’re compatible and whether or not we have a future together”, then I’d personally nope out of there
Or you could just talk about your lives like normal people do.
Astrology and any other religion/spirituality stuff itself is a flapping red flag.
I’m a 100% atheist but I do a tarot reading every night before bed to help with abstract reflection on the day.
Why don’t you skip the tarot reading 🃏 and just get straight to the abstract reflection on the day? 🤔
It means nothing, but it’s makes me look at things from a different angle.
Aren’t there other ways to do that? 🫤 Why not just listen to Sam Harris’ Waking up? 🎵 No woo needed. 😀
Edit: Downvotes for asking questions, why? Did I come off harsh? I’ve sprinkled emojis in to help soften the blow. 🤡
Why don’t you skip the tarot reading 🃏 and just get straight to the abstract reflection on the day? 🤔
Because it gives what is essentially a random prompt to start from? Also some tarot decks have neat art, I’m fond of the Crowley Thoth Tarot because it’s just cool looking.
Because its fun to have a prompt? Idk. I suppose there are other ways, but this is the one I enjoy. Mostly for the different art styles.
You do you if Harris works for ya, I won’t judge. But I personally didn’t like the couple of episodes of common sense I listened to. I get the appeal, but wasn’t for me.
Astrology, tarot, etc are essentially just guided meditation. An option to think about yourself deeply for a while, and possibly more accessible and doable for certain types of people. The problems only arise when fraudsters use it for fraud.
100%.
Anyone who wants money for these “services” is absolutely an asshole. But I think the same for anyone who charges for “prayers” or “divine healing”.
If someone starts doing my star chart, that’s a blood red flag that we are going to disagree all the goddammit time and it just isn’t worth it.
As respectfully and nicely as I can say this, I think you are making a lot of assumptions about people who enjoy this things. I don’t mean to be rude or speak with malice, but this sounds like a intolerant opinion based on stereotypes and is a close minded mean spirited thing to assume.
Your approach is so refreshing. My partner is huge into tarot and believes that it allows him to receive guidance from his late husband. I figure it doesn’t harm anything for him to feel that his husband is still close, plus it gives him time to reflect on recent events.
All the ones that were into that shit were fucking boring and awful to me.
Yea, the last girl I was dating was into all of that stuff. I think she thought that because she was into all of that stuff it meant she was automatically kind, open and blah, blah which meant that she didn’t realise when she was being judgemental or mean because it didn’t fit her image of herself.
Oof. I think thats it, self image distracts from the sum of her actions.
I need Peter to explain the joke
In astrology, a bunch of trivia about your life factor into your reading… So like basic newspaper horoscopes are just like “which range of dates does your birthday fall into? Oh okay you’re a Pisces then, so go read the horoscope for all Pisces…” But if you go to a “real” astrologer for a “real” reading, they wanna know other stuff, including what time you were born, and that’ll help personalize the reading.
Mom is making the assumption that the reason for the question is to use her response as input to an astrology reading. Instead of sharing the time of birth, she warns the subject to stay away from “her,” the astrologer, who are stereotypically female.
Thanks for explanation. In my region astrologers are stereotypical male
Really? 👀 Where’s that?
My guess is it’s supposed to imply a potential girlfriend with an interest in astrology more than a professional reader.
Thanks Peter I appreciate it
Short answer: The joke is that astrology girls are crazy.
Context: If you look up your sign according to your date of birth (sun sign) and find that it doesn’t fit your personality at all, well you just need to delve deeper, find out your rising sign and moon sign by having a professional (or algorithm) cross reference your time of birth with the fancy astrology chart. Still doesn’t fit you? Well you probably just got the time wrong because it has to be to the exact minute. Perhaps it’s that your mom doesn’t remember correctly, or that many hospitals will fudge the times a little in your birth records. You must work extensively with a professional astrologer, who will assign your sign based on whichever one sounds the most like you. You need the 3 signs for your reading to really “work”
But here’s the thing, she’ll fuck you til you’re numb if the signs match or whatever.
Meanwhile, dating apps: Let’s add star signs as a profile setting!
Yeah but they let you filter people out based on the fact that they answered the question.
