It's not that we live by our horoscopes, but...we kind of live by our horoscopes.
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With the help of research scientist Janelle Shane, we built a bot to generate monthly horoscopes, trained on about 3,500 extant readings as well as current monthly horoscopes.
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Once I realized that I became really excited about the prospect of writing horoscopes because I really wanted to show people how horoscopes could be more than just fluff.
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I asked Claire Comstock-Gay, the fiction writer behind Madame Clairevoyant, and arguably the first internet writer to popularize horoscopes sans woo, how she feels about the rise in literary horoscopes.
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Think of it as beauty horoscopes — for Hogwarts witches.
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Sunday night is the night Dottie Tweets the horoscopes out.
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Miller has been writing horoscopes professionally since the late '80s.
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The Onion recently started posting surrealist horoscopes on its Snapchat.
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Broadly's horoscopes love nothing more than a lusty goat, Capricorn!
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You can read the rest of our monthly horoscopes here.
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What were you doing before you were writing our horoscopes?
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In addition to compatibility breakdowns between any two signs, insights on how the stars impact your friends and crushes, and freakishly accurate horoscopes, our app also offers self care horoscopes based on your moon sign.
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He's also won over television audiences with his daily video horoscopes.
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And that's when the hosts started questioning him about Chinese horoscopes.
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Randon Rosenbohm is an astrologer writing horoscopes for Vice's Astro Guide.
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What's your favorite part of communicating with our audience through horoscopes?
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In the back pages, I discover horoscopes written by the artists.
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Our weekly lunar horoscopes examine the lunar cycles and give self tips based on astrological aspects in relationship to a given moon sign, while our sun sign horoscopes focus more on the atmosphere for the day.
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Horoscopes are so popular that even David Brooks is talking about them.
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Image: GettyAt times, DNA testing can feel more like horoscopes than science.
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Can lover horoscopes tell me how to make my crush like me?
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Could friend and lover horoscopes be helpful for other types of relationships?
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Its horoscopes program—let's just call it what it is, shall we?
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Whatever its purpose, there's no denying that these "horoscopes" are spectacularly bad.
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Within 15 years, two-thirds of British adults were reading their horoscopes.
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Horoscopes can attract their fair share of side-eye from non-believers.
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People use horoscopes for self-examination, or for contextualizing the real world.
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Daily Horoscopes: Click ahead to see what's in store for you today.
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Read your horoscopes below to see what Libra season holds for you.
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Why were they so reliant on horoscopes and astrology at that time?
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He always liked reading the comics and the horoscopes in The News.
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A new year — and a new month filled with all your Netflix Horoscopes!
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Walter Mercado has influenced generations of people worldwide with his horoscopes and predictions.
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"When we write horoscopes, we imagine scenarios that might happen," she reminds us.
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What's the best way to put horoscopes to use if I like someone?
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We look to our horoscopes for everything from relationship advice to career tips.
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The knowledge regular people have of astrology is no longer limited to horoscopes.
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While sun-sign horoscopes broadened access to astrology, they also reduced its complexity.
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Watch the video above for your weekly overview, with individual weekly horoscopes below.
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If you haven't been checking your 2020 horoscopes, you might want to now.
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"Sometimes I'll joke about horoscopes with my friends," Mr. Yu, a Pisces, admitted.
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Read your horoscopes to find out how this New Moon will influence you!
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Hyperallergic's horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms.
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Claire Comstock-Gay, who writes similarly brief, poetic horoscopes as Madame Clairevoyant for The Cut, has trouble identifying as "a real astrologer," despite the fact that she's been writing horoscopes for sites like The Rumpus and The Toast since 2013.
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This month's horoscopes double as a guide to fall exhibitions in New York City.
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Do you feel like certain positive traits tend to get glossed over in horoscopes?
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If the two sides hit it off, they would exchange copies of their horoscopes.
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So why are astrologers convinced that NASA is suddenly helping them re-calibrate horoscopes?
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Digby indulged in horoscopes and alchemy, and discussed Galileo's new ideas with Florentine academics.
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The recent boom of emotionally-oriented, literary horoscopes suggests I'm not alone in this.
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Read your moon sign horoscopes below for cosmic insights on your week in wellness.
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I've never really been interested in horoscopes, astrological signs, or any kind of readings.
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This month, VICE launched Astro Guide, an astrology app for horoscopes and cosmic wellness.
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In fact, nobody can totally rely on horoscopes to solve his or her problems.
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But you are also your Sun sign — if you're a fan of horoscopes, that is.
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In fact, one infidelity app found a few interesting links between horoscopes and cheating patterns.
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Every month, Hyperallergic's horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms.
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Whether or not horoscopes precisely predict the future, they can offer opportunities for self-reflection.
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She once worked as an engineer, but casts horoscopes and respects astrology as "solid knowledge".
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Some of us can't wait to read our horoscopes every week; others couldn't care less.
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And if that understanding comes in the form of vicious AI horoscopes, so be it.
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The quarterback once sent the wine back.... The players cast their horoscopes in the huddle.
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Hyperallergic's horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
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We don't need to look at our horoscopes to know how our day will go.
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Exciting horoscopes!) and with it, the end of Bad Things from the previous year (Negativity!
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Just about every astrologer will reference these traits when discussing the signs or writing their horoscopes.
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With the help of research scientist Janelle Shane, we built a bot to generate monthly horoscopes.
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With the help of research scientist Janelle Shane, we developed a bot to generate monthly horoscopes.
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The self-published author, a duplicitous Gemini and secret fan of our horoscopes, invited us there.
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I used to read the Sunday comics and I would always read the horoscopes after that.
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If you're into horoscopes, then it's important to point out that Franco is a quintessential Aries.
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When his picks his team ahead of a big game, he apparently checks his players' horoscopes.
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They created an engine that generates natural language horoscopes based on the significance of certain transits.
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If mainstream horoscopes teach us one thing, it's that our lives are hinged upon our sun sign.
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In order to elevate any plant shopping stress, we've designed a shopping guide based off our horoscopes.
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Pang either had to lie through his teeth or admit that he didn't know anything about horoscopes.
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Sun-sign horoscopes quickly became a staple of print media, a fun party trick even for skeptics.
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Sometimes, Kale includes tips in her horoscopes for colors or stones that can help the situation along.
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If you ever find yourself missing my literary style, go check out my horoscopes on Paper Magazine.
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I loved dressing like a witch when I was a kid—and here I am, writing horoscopes!
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She said their horoscopes are "unprecedented" because of the amount of detail their engine takes into account.
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In our monthly horoscopes, we provide a more in depth look at what's happening in the sky.
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This month's horoscopes are all written in the form of press releases for imagined summer group shows.
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The easiest way to know how this full moon will affect you is to check your horoscopes.
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My sisters are way into horoscopes, so I thought that would be off-kilter and fun, which speaks to them being a little bit more ethereal about it, not really realizing that it's much more of a fundamentally wrong relationship rather than just that our horoscopes were incompatible.
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Sure, our horoscopes are interesting to read, but do our signs really reflect our specific habits and proclivities?
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We believe it takes real, human astrologers to write horoscopes that can have real meaning in our lives.
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When I get onto the subject of horoscopes, for instance, she immediately sits up and becomes more animated.
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Sidereal and tropical astrology mainly differ in how their respective horoscopes are created — hence the added Ophiuchus sign.
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For the record, the Astrotwins do not write these Refinery29 horoscopes with septuagenarian dads from Delaware in mind.
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But, that doesn't mean we want to get roasted every time we open our horoscopes for the week.
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We even curated a guide based on your mom's horoscope sign, because, well, we love us some horoscopes.
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The account, which has over 80,000 followers, features comically pessimistic, insulting horoscopes with a heavy focus on doom.
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"I enjoyed the idea of making them funnier and darker than conventional horoscopes," he said in an interview.
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And, if you believe in horoscopes and you're a Libra, then you're more likely to become a billionaire.
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The following horoscopes seek to enliven, empower, and complement everyone — from Capricorns to Cancers — and they're damn fun, too.
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"Those who read and write horoscopes would be entitled to take offence," said reporter Aaron Wherry in CBC News.
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Since we refuse to ask our moms want they really want, we went with the next best method: horoscopes.
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But selecting a candle that suits our sensibilities can be made easy with a little help from our horoscopes.
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It will also have horoscopes tailored to your rising and moon signs, plus those of your friends and lovers.
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As much as we love reading our horoscopes, we recognize that they can't be correct 100% of the time.
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According to Fast Company, the company has been shipping monthly horoscopes to its Prime members in its Insider newsletter.
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If you live and swear by your weekly horoscopes, then maybe you've also explored eating by them as well.
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The forecast predicted an "eventful life" for the royal baby and included other general horoscopes for readers by birthdate.
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Keep up with all of your horoscopes in Astro Guide to see how Mercury retrograde will affect your sign!
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And it's not just random skeptics who look down on horoscopes — even career astrologists can be dismissive of them.
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He appears to have left "a trove of horoscopes ready for future publication" to tide us over for now.
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I had been diligently saving since I landed my first "real job," editing horoscopes for an astrological publishing company.
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When one girl strains to finish her meal, the others distract her with horoscopes, word games and quiet kindnesses.
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We use a complete picture of the sky when and where you were born to generate hyper-personalized horoscopes.
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When I first started writing horoscopes, even Mercury retrograde needed explaining, but now all our Broadly readers have leveled up!
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The same way we read our horoscopes — just in case there's something to that ancient reasoning that science can't explain.
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"Saturn naturally rules boundaries, limits, responsibilities, discipline, and authority," explains Narayana Montúfar Managing Editor, Horoscopes and Premium Content at Horoscope.
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Asking around, I quickly get confirmation that even those too cynical for horoscopes (typical Capricorns) still get superstitious about clothes.
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Throughout the day she will divert them with snippets of news, horoscopes, recipes and, most important, dramatic readings of literature.
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Because if Ophiuchus was truly getting thrown into the orbit of our daily horoscopes, well, it would affect us all.
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Reportedly photos shot by Ocean, an interview with his mom and Lil B, a screenplay written by Ocean, and horoscopes.
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If you and your pal regularly swap learnings from your weekly horoscopes, why not look there for gift-giving inspo?
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Our horoscopes never mentioned that we'd be blessed with two royal weddings in a calendar year, but we're not complaining.
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Johannes Kepler was not only a great mathematician and astronomer, but also a notable astrologer who earned money casting horoscopes.
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For many people, astrological signs provide spiritual guidance, and daily horoscopes can even serve as a life coach of sorts.
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In contemporary India, it is not unusual to meet people who are scientists at work and read horoscopes at home.
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Zodiac signs have become increasingly popular in recent years, as has the mainstream interest in horoscopes and astrological personality types.
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Apps that write horoscopes for transits, but don't consider which house the transit affects, won't be as accurate, Guler said.
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A reading can be harmless fun, like reading horoscopes, but the incursion of psychics into health care might raise eyebrows.
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In a flashback to the day of her death, Eleanor reads horoscopes while waiting in line at the grocery store.
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Once it figures all that stuff out, Co-Star uses NASA data and its own AI to write personalized horoscopes.
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Now that seemingly every third post on Instagram is a "signs for avocado toast" breakdown, weekly horoscopes are old news.
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"That's science," she laughs when I call and tell her about the eerie accuracy I am finding in her daily horoscopes.
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I don't think there is any better month for hunkering down to study all manner of love-prophesying horoscopes than February.
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Miller's horoscopes are beloved for many reasons, among them her writing style, which is chatty, intimate, idiosyncratic — and always, ultimately, reassuring.
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Lower-caste men these days can check their horoscopes online, instead of having to visit the local Brahmin astrologer, for example.
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This year we decided to get a little more astrological with our aspirations by matching food resolutions with our corresponding horoscopes.
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Lenny's horoscopes are blunt and deeply funny, while The Kind's read like you're talking to a friend, who is actually listening.
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In the meantime, you can revisit your March horoscopes here and reflect on all that has transpired in the past month.
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As you're probably aware, Mercury is currently in retrograde, so horoscopes are definitely on a lot of people's minds right now.
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Her neurotic adaptations to ongoing grief — including strange headaches and a mania for horoscopes — at some point morph into something else.
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Most people base their belief of astrology on the horoscopes people put into their blogs, but that isn't individualized for them.
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If you're the type of person who reads horoscopes, you'll know that the beginning of Libra and Scorpio season signals transformation.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Hyperallergic's horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
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Here's an interesting way to spend a Tuesday morning: reading the Amazon Prime member horoscopes for your friends and loved ones!
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But we're obviously not the only ones tapping into our horoscopes for some inspiration: These shades continue to sell out on Sephora.
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Our conversations frequently involved me reading him excerpts from Cosmopolitan's Guide to Horoscopes, a book I was obsessed with at the time.
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Horoscopes are there to spark your imagination and can be helpful for any kind of relationship that you want more insight into.
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Ahead, we've broken down our favorite throwback dorm decor staples according to horoscopes, making a trip back to the glory days simple.
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Through reading my horoscopes, I was finally able to see that I may not get definitive answers ever — but that that's okay.
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Also, as Chinese astrologer Laura Lau writes in The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes, certain elements are associated with — or "rule" — certain signs.
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We already check our horoscopes for dating, job, and travel advice, so why not turn to the stars for meal inspo, too?
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To anyone paying attention, though, the weirdest part of the story isn't the moving zodiac, it's that NASA is suddenly writing horoscopes.
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Now that that's settled, we can turn our attention to theorizing what the horoscopes are like on these distant, Earth-like exoplanets.
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Broadly horoscopes are one of the greatest things to appear on the internet since Broadly, and Annabelle Gat is Broadly's resident astrologer.
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Astrology has been definitively disproved: astrologers do no better than chance at matching horoscopes with psychological profiles in a double-blind study.
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So you've looked up your birth chart, read your horoscopes faithfully, and are thinking about getting a reading with a professional astrologer.
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We take horoscopes and shopping very seriously at R29 — two things that some consider small potatoes in the grander garden of life.
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" Co-Star's daily horoscopes appear under categories that are only slightly incomprehensible, such as "Mood Facilitating Responsibility" or "Identity Enhancing Emotional Stability.
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Mercado was an icon of Spanish language television, delivering daily horoscopes and his message of "lots and lots of love" for decades.
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"Later in life, Bunny loved to play games, she loved fairy tales and horoscopes and wishes," her lawyer, Alex D. Forger, told Gordon.
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That is, perhaps, the appeal of predictive text memes: As with BuzzFeed quizzes and retweeted horoscopes, the real allure is posting your results.
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Photo: GettyIt appears not even our goddamn horoscopes are free from the targeted marketing of Jeff Bezos and his e-commerce monstrosity Amazon.
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So that's why I decided to spend five days seeking guidance from the brains behind Refinery29's horoscopes: Tali and Ophira Edut, a.k.a.
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The app, designed to be the "Talkspace for astrology," offers free daily horoscopes and, with a $1.53 monthly subscription, astrological readings on demand.
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Horoscopes – mostly written by spiritualised fashion bloggers or kooky stay-at-home magazine columnists – are often little more than counterfeit guides to life.
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"I always get a little jealous when I see other writers doing horoscopes in such different and interesting and beautiful ways," she says.
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I still feel a sense of free will, using the horoscopes as a jumping off point for whatever I need to be doing.
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After all, as those of us who already regularly check our horoscopes know, your zodiac sign dictates more than just your love life.
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So why, in an age of information overload and in a news-saturated city like New York, are written horoscopes still so popular?
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By explaining why certain things happen, horoscopes can help you cope with the most subjective affairs that are going on in your life.
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However, instead of the usual promo spot, a producer suggested that he share his interest in astrology and do a round of horoscopes.
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Their ideas come rapid-fire as Haber takes notes: pets, couples, cruises, friendship, space, bed, fashion, teachers, horoscopes, Pokémon, God, and taco grease.
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She also knows her audience, and the dialogue is full of Millennial™ references, from Harry Potter house horoscopes to Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird.
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There are a myriad of other lunar or planetary interactions that we discuss in the horoscopes that are helpful tools for relating to others.
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A much more effective application of lover horoscopes is to use them to reflect on yourself in combination with the person you care about.
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As much as we love (and read on the regular) our horoscopes, they're only one part of the puzzle that is our astrological makeup.
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And even though we've tackled recipes tied to our horoscopes before, we haven't entirely branched out into the realm of the weekly grocery shop.
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The debate around how seriously to take horoscopes has been around for nearly as long as people have been poring over their birth charts.
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Many horoscopes are written by seasoned astrologists, who are more than comfortable analyzing a birth chart — Susan Miller, Chani Nicholas, Refinery29's own AstroTwins.
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Back in 1610, horoscopes weren't the kind of thing you'd flick through on your coffee break; they were a regular part of British medicine.
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In 1552, Luca Gaurico, a court adviser to Catherine de Médici, published a book of horoscopes about Popes, cardinals, princes, and other famous men.
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Before I was writing horoscopes for Broadly, I was a consulting astrologer for clients who were interested in learning more about their natal chart.
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But as I started writing more, I realized that there can be immense value to horoscopes if they're written by someone who really cares.
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One97 started as a mobile services platform offering horoscopes to cellular network providers before expanding into other services like voice-based gaming and customized ringtones.
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In the same way that the earliest astrologers found meaning in the stars, we derive our horoscopes and countless astrology memes from these heavenly bodies.
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But eventually the app will bring in stuff like horoscopes and motivational content to give users a moment of zen as they begin their day.
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In my eyes, the ambiguity of horoscopes — often cited as a reason to not take them seriously — is the very thing that makes them appealing.
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In other words, we still have time to lay down some last-minute summer plans — with a little help from our trusty horoscopes, of course.
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They posted short wanderlust-themed horoscopes to Twitter, along with a link to a more detailed list of sponsored recommendations in an Airbnb press release.
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On their Twitter feed, in addition to the horoscopes, lists, and pop-culture references that populate all astrology social media, they quote poets they admire.
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Unlike traditional horoscopes, these provide insights from the tarot deck, plus Banicki's included a song or two from Spotify that will help guide you this month.
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I'd wake up in the mornings and apply for internships and jobs, but to give my days a sense of purpose, I turned to my horoscopes.
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"Unlike Mercury retrograde's effects (which manifest as external forces), Pluto retrograde affects us on a subconscious level," explains Narayana Montúfar, managing editor of horoscopes for Horoscope.com.
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Horoscopes aren't a form known for their literary quality, but each of Mr. Goldschneider's personality profiles is incisive, direct and specific, yet with the necessary mystery.
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Between 2017 and 2018, they enticed users to install malicious browser plugins promising horoscopes or "character and popularity" tests, apparently infecting around 753,000 Facebook users' browsers.
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VICE is launching a brand new astrology app called Astro Guide, featuring the daily, weekly, and monthly horoscopes you already know and love from our website.
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Think of it like you would tarot cards, a palm reading, horoscopes, or a BuzzFeed quiz—a bit of serious fun you shouldn't take too seriously.
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We usually look to our horoscopes to settle matters of the heart or career crises, but astrology can help us better understand our familial bonds, too.
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Astrology fanatics that we are, we read our horoscopes to get a better idea of what's coming up in our lives — our waking lives, that is.
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It uses this info to generate a chart that includes your moon sign, Mars sign, and other aspects of astrology that go way beyond basic horoscopes.
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I don't rely on my intuition too much for the horoscopes because I think what people love about astrology is that it's not a psychic reading.
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Eclipses bring drastic (but much-needed!) changes, and Mercury retrograde is famously annoying, but don't worry—our in-depth monthly horoscopes are here to help you out.
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It also didn't hurt that this was around the same time that horoscopes started being published regularly in daily newspapers, along with sports scores and the weather.
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Woven between each chapter is a variety of other Aquariuses who either fully believe in horoscopes or read it by chance and take the words to heart.
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The people of Twitter read their horoscopes religiously and map their birth charts meticulously, so it's no wonder that zodiac memes are having a moment right now.
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"The sun is a core part of ourselves, so reading your rising sign horoscopes for this planet will still bring you plenty of helpful information," she says.
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Typical horoscopes, written to a person's Sun sign and found in the margins of magazines, can be too broad for the astrology-obsessed, the three friends thought.
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After starting to write horoscopes for friends and family, sent via email, Ms. Nicholas started posting them on her Blogspot, then on a website of her own.
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Kimchi, a stalwart of Korean fare, and kombucha have already crossed over into the US. It's written in the stars Astrology isn't all horoscopes and zodiac signs.
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The other thing I've learned is people love being dragged just as much as they love a forecast, and that people become very dependent on their horoscopes.
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Kirsten Gillibrand sits across from me at a coffee-shop-bar-performance-space in Concord, NH, on a crisp May Saturday morning, and we're geeking out about horoscopes.
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But given how varied the reasons for infidelity can be, we think it's safe to say that cheating might be one subject that's equally as confounding as horoscopes.
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If you don't identify with your sun sign, you can use this method to find out your rising sign, which in many instances, will produce more "accurate" horoscopes.
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Horoscopes, no matter which ones you read or how deeply you interpret them, should never be a source of stress — only inspiration (and, we'd hope, a little fun).
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Walter Mercado, the internationally syndicated Puerto Rican astrologer who captivated Latino families around the world with his extravagant televised readings of horoscopes, died on Saturday in San Juan.
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Astrology: Horoscopes — once seen as "shady" — are having a resurgence, with new start-ups tapping into a growing appetite for the mystical, and drawing serious interest from investors.
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You can find all of our February extended horoscopes below: Much of this month will be foreshadowing what's going to go down this spring for you, professionally speaking.
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Apart from our daily, weekly, and monthly horoscopes, below are a few more of our favorite astrology stories from over the years: Stop blaming it on Mercury retrograde.
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Astro Guide, which includes our daily, weekly, and monthly sun sign horoscopes, works as a tool for self-care and self-expression tailored to users' moon and rising signs.
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We look to horoscopes for advice on everything from when to text our crush to how to ask for a promotion, so why not apply it to this dilemma?
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Fast Company reported in April that Amazon Prime's Insider newsletter was sending users monthly "shopping horoscopes," a pretty clear-cut example of spiritual practice being turned to capitalist ends.
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And, if you can't bear to part with your sun sign for good (not that that's what we're suggesting), some astrology enthusiasts recommend reading both sign's horoscopes in tandem.
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You know how astrologers call you cold and uptight all the time, and how you fell in love with Broadly's horoscopes because I highlight your many other wonderful qualities?
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Also, Taylor Swift is once again at the top of the Billboard charts, and Spotify came up with a new way to send horoscopes right to your podcast feed.
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They are all in the finished product, which includes poems, drawings, reviews, recipes, trivia, horoscopes (!), nature writing and service journalism, with contributors ranging in age from 213 to 221.
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Hard to tell, for Pessoa worked under the guises of more than 70 invented characters: not just pseudonyms, but more or less rounded figures, complete with biographies and even horoscopes.
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It's no secret that American millennials love beauty traditions from other, faraway cultures (just look at the recent rise of Japanese beauty here), but perhaps even more, they love horoscopes.
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From ones that deliver straightforward daily horoscopes to ultra-informative apps that can turn a beginner into an expert, there's an app out there for every kind of astrological enthusiast.
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If you accept the core astrological principle that all things, animate and inanimate, have a place in the universe, then it's easier to believe that dogs can have horoscopes too.
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And since we're always one step ahead (and not just in the realm of horoscopes!), we just dropped a whole bunch of fresh pieces that are ripe for the taking.
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Every day, AI-crafted horoscopes are specifically generated for me from Co-Star, the astrology app that's raised $5 million in funding and has probably taken over your Twitter feed.
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So what is it about personality quizzes like the Meyers-Briggs test and the Hogwarts sorting quiz and newspaper horoscopes and BuzzFeed's entire quiz category that are so immensely compelling?
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He puts himself in the hands of lunar fixers, Indian Vedic astrologers, birth-chart readers, and whoever writes horoscopes for the newspaper, to discover his personal destiny as a Scorpio.
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We interviewed Annabel on her three year anniversary of writing our horoscopes, so that you all could get to know the woman behind your beloved daily and monthly astrological predictions.
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Near the boards are two papyri horoscopes written in Greek, both for the same man born early in the first hour of December 4, 137 CE, but made by different astrologers.
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There are also insurance companies, cleaning services, games, and a variety of bots that you can invite to interrupt you throughout the day with news, sports scores, horoscopes, and other information.
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" On the greater purpose of astrology:"The thing about horoscopes is they're so broad that, usually, you can find some characteristic in there that applies to you, and that's the hook.
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And whether it's Star Wars fever influencing our wardrobe, or the rise in popularity of horoscopes and astrology, from designers to fast-fashion, it's going to be a star-spangled season.
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But as we fill our online shopping carts — and our closets say yes — our horoscopes and, you know, bank accounts tell us we should hold back on big purchases this month.
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While horoscopes, tarot readings, or other forms of divination work best when you have a question in mind, a birth chart is much more thorough (and doesn't require any particular query).
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She will serve as the meteorologist, reading the weather instruments and mixing their information with intel from other sources — including the farmer's almanac, horoscopes, and anecdotal news — to deliver unique forecasts.
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Wealthy people often had their complete horoscopes in writing and zodiacal signs portrayed in ornamental gems, especially if they deemed the cosmic configuration at their conception or birth to be auspicious.
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And Sydney Durner from Wilmington, N.C., who learned a lot about herself through studying the stars: While growing up, I remember looking at the newspaper and seeing a section for horoscopes.
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Instead of just using your sun sign (the one based on your birthday used in newspaper horoscopes), Co-Star asks for more specific information, such as location and time of birth.
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The nomads said they were intimidated by the man who presided over it, a former revenue officer known for his ability to read palms, horoscopes and, some even said, the future.
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When I'm writing my horoscopes, I spend the majority of my time thinking about how much I love [our readers] and that I am sending them blessings as I write it.
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In 2008, an European Journal of Human Genetics article suggested that direct-to-consumer genetic tests are often little better than horoscopes that tell people information they were already predisposed to believe.
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One thing you can do, is to follow your crush as both a friend and lover in Astro Guide, and read both of those horoscopes for them when you're looking for insight.
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Ahead, we consult the work of astrologers Annie Heese and the Astrotwins, who you may know from R29's horoscopes, to get the details on the primary traits of each rising sign.
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When you've become a world famous birdcall artist and they ask you where the idea first came from, tell them a little birdie told you — nobody takes people who read horoscopes seriously.
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The horoscopes have gone out to Prime members for three months now, and use the stars to make suggestions about where they should put their energy and money in the month ahead.
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Which is why we decided to combine the two to come up with "Netflix Horoscopes," mixing all the fun of astrology with the very serious matter of what to stream on TV next.
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I usually don't get so woo-woo and discuss visual meditations in the horoscopes, but sometimes it's needed, and this new moon in Taurus is one of those times for you, dear Libra.
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They're not taking down the horoscopes and quizzes on "what percent hoe are you," Ross noted, but in addition to featuring fun content, the editorial team has plans to do more serious reporting.
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Often in these horoscopes, we talk about things that are happening this month or in the near future or recent past; however, some planets take a very long time to do their work.
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The desire to be known or measured in an objective way can explain parts of a lot of different real-world speculative fiction behaviors, from personality quizzes to horoscopes to DNA ancestry tests.
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Prosecutors said they and others participated in a scheme lasting from 2011 to 2013 that involved causing cell phone users to receive unsolicited text messages for content including horoscopes, celebrity gossip and trivia.
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Mercado would deliver his horoscopes with vivacious theatricality, but also in a way that felt like family giving you heartfelt guidance, always ending his segments by sending an abundance of love to viewers.
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Newspaper astrology columns used to offer different advice in papers catering to working- and middle-class readers, with middle-class horoscopes recommending spending more money, traveling more, and focusing more on their careers.
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There also are Prince Charming frogs, seraphim wings and a customizable option that allows buyers to specify any text, including initials, horoscopes and names — from "Dina to ooh là là," Ms. Yeung said.
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" The company is proud of how it differs from other astrology apps: "Unlike the broad and vague horoscopes you usually read in magazines, we take more than just your sun sign into account.
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As an astrologer and someone who studies birth charts, for much of my astrological life I was like, why would you read horoscopes when you can just look at your entire birth chart?
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I don't remember the first time Ana* read me or sent me my horoscope, but I can remember how the horoscopes she shared with me made me feel: comforted, and at peace with myself.
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But, if you're someone who reads multiple horoscopes every week and can name the current moon phase at a moment's notice, you're probably best off writing all your thoughts down in a moon journal.
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Her monthly horoscopes can clock in at 40,000-plus words, organized into long, winding essays that offer her readers encouragement and advice pegged to the good or bad omens she sees in the planets.
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Ashley Otero, an astrologer who writes lunar horoscopes for VICE's Astro Guide app and also practices acupuncture, said people have fallen silent or seemed surprised when astrology came up in conversation as an acupuncturist.
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Co—Star sets itself apart from its competitors by using "data from NASA" and a proprietary algorithm that spits out unique, slightly robotic horoscopes for users each day, delivered in the form of push notifications.
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So while we shouldn't be trying to make anyone like us, lover horoscopes can help us develop our communication skills and learn about one another's needs and boundaries, which makes all of our relationships better.
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The truth: Ophiuchus has always been at play in terms of horoscopes, but it depends on which interpretation of the zodiac your favorite astrologer tends to use, explains Tali Edut, one half of the Astrotwins.
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More than 6 million people read the horoscopes Susan Miller writes and publishes on her website each month, and the renowned astrologer says there's a habit that's key to her productivity: working on the weekend.
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Many of these beliefs also afford us a sense of control, even if this sense is illusory; for example, astrological horoscopes reassure us that we can forecast the otherwise unpredictable events of the forthcoming day.
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Based on the time and place you're born, your rising sign determines the placement of the 12 divisions in your chart, called houses, which astrologers use to understand areas of your life when writing horoscopes.
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Ahead, find a personal packing guide based on our own horoscopes — there's a Pinterest-worthy jar salad for the luxury-loving Taurus, a collapsible eco-lunch box for the equitable Aquarius, and so much more.
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Eschewing more traditional media outlets, Mr. Andrews reached out to The Onion, the satirical news organization known for outlandish social commentaries, comedic horoscopes and political spoofs, which since 2012 has had an internal ad agency.
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You're probably most familiar with your sun sign, or the sign that the sun happened to be aligned with when you were born; that's the one we identify with — the one we read horoscopes for.
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As I was writing the outline for these horoscopes, I thought to myself how disappointing June's planetary energy could feel—but then I realized that sometimes cancellations, "no" answers, and general confusion can be relieving.
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The horoscopes in every newspaper are a weird hangover from 19th-century mysticism that persist because they're fun, but have absolutely no scientific basis whatsoever (and tabloid astrology is widely discredited by serious astrologers, too).
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About ten years ago, one of Julie's clients told her to list herself on Keen, an online platform for psychic readings, tarot, horoscopes and love advice, and Julie leapt at the chance for greater autonomy.
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But The Daily News, The New York Post and Vice have dedicated astrology writers or daily horoscopes, as do The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Philadelphia Inquirer, to name just a few.
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The New Year, Do You retreat at Haven Riviera Cancun in Mexico will see guests focusing on their mental and physical health while also imbibing drinking delicious cocktails and having their horoscopes read to them.
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Today, we're thrilled to announce our sweet little Gemini baby: Astro Guide, an astrology app that goes beyond your daily horoscopes to give you cosmic insights that enables you to better your life and your relationships.
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Ahead of Monday's highly anticipated celestial event, author and professional astrologer Ophira Edut – one-half of the famed AstroTwins – breaks down the astrological impact of the eclipse, and shares horoscopes for the big day with PEOPLE.
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A relatively popular astrologer named Barbara Goldsmith, who has over 20113,000 YouTube subscribers, made a sideline in predicting natural disasters about eight years ago, but these days confines herself largely to horoscopes for the week ahead.
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And in 20193, many U.S. consumers found their answers in the stars — or, more specifically, in a group of increasingly popular astrology apps offering horoscopes, fortunes, palm-reading and mobile access to psychics, among other things.
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It uses artificial intelligence and NASA data about planet movements to write daily horoscopes, allows users to sync their accounts with friends and compare birth charts, and is currently downloaded close to 300,000 times per month.
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Guler acknowledges that the three-person content team is constantly working on finding the appropriate language to use in their horoscopes, and that sometimes the jokes they make in the office aren't suitable for a wider audience.
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While horoscopes have long been a fun staple in magazines and newspapers, mostly useful just for giggling over, young women are returning astrology to its former glory by placing it at the center of their spiritual lives.
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There are a handful of others, including games and horoscopes, an automated virtual assistant called Ava Zoom, a bot that understands the content of images called CaptionBot, a Foursquare bot, a scheduling assistant from FreeBusy and more.
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The creation story of the inkblots is part of the appeal and much of the problem—that Rorschach drew ten inkblots that seemed preternaturally effective emboldens the faction of the scientific community that view them like horoscopes.
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But recently, as we sat sipping on our usual morning brews, sweater-clad and skimming the week's most recent zodiac predictions, something struck us — what if we used our horoscopes to step outside our fall order box?
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Janina, we learn as she narrates, loves calculating horoscopes (the book's first of many references to a retrograde Mercury comes just a few paragraphs in), suffers from mysterious ailments, and often cries without seeming to understand why.
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When you bring so much fun to so many people around the world—if I find myself feeling sad, it's hard to get too lost in it because I just remember that people fucking love the horoscopes.
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Though it might seem sexier to focus on things like love horoscopes and compatibility, you likely spend most of your waking hours at work, and your performance there can have a big impact on your quality of life.
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Nicholas has been studying astrology since she was 12 years old, but she didn't start publicly writing and sharing horoscopes until six years ago, when she began sending out weekly updates to a list of friends and family.
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Edut says the Astrotwins have zero plans to start including Ophiuchus in their own stellar horoscopes, but if you are curious to see if this version is more your style, we have to admit Ophiuchus sounds pretty cool.
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The startup teamed up with mobile carriers and OEMs for Total, with device makers bundling a tweaked version of Android that makes Hike the default text/call app and loads features like Hike's wallet, cricket news and horoscopes.
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At her lifestyle hub The Midheaven, she works with horoscopes, spells and omens for spiritual seekers; when I reached out to her, she replied with the sort of warm, bright professional compassion one might associate with a therapist.
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Some say that just having a short read every once in awhile can help you benefit from the energy the cosmos are pushing towards you, but I believe that horoscopes can be a waste of money and time.
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Among the top earners in the category, the highest-grossing astrology app is one you might not have heard of: Astrology & Palmistry Coach, an app that offers not just horoscopes, but "real-time palm reading" and numerology analysis.
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Her horoscopes come out on Mondays, but on any given day, you can find her reading Cardi B's chart for the listeners of a hip radio show or explaining why the eclipse was bad news for Trump to Paper.
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"Cusps" have also probably been popularized because people who don't know their exact birth times don't have the information to find out their true sun sign or their natal chart—crucial information that colors one's reading of all horoscopes!
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Or if you're a musician and not some entry-level hippy who has bought too many incense sticks from Urban Outfitters and studied a life-threatening amount of horoscopes, night time is when all the best music gets made.
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And since we ourselves have been known to use this word for everything from horoscopes to Catholicism, we decided to put this question to our readers: What do you really mean when you say you're "spiritual" but not "religious"?
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You can find all of our March extended horoscopes below: March will definitely bring a turning point for you this year around super important themes in your life, like money and relationships, and, most importantly, your relationship to yourself.
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And on a much smaller level, the same utopian fantasy is what leads us to indulge in games like the Hogwarts sorting quizzes and the Meyers-Briggs test and newspaper horoscopes, even when we know them to be fake.
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But the focus on sun signs both as determinants of personality and as the organizing rubric for horoscopes didn't come into fashion until the early 43th century, spurred in part by French astrologer Dane Rudhyar's 1936 book The Astrology of Personality.
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While many individual astrologers and websites have developed their own apps for sharing horoscopes and spiritual guidance, The Pattern and Co—Star are two that have become increasingly popular as social networks, tying together folks interested in astrology and online community.
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A person's sun sign might speak to their general personality and ego, but healthy and happy relationships don't stem from using someone's horoscopes to make them like you, or from interacting with them based on what you think they will enjoy.
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To coincide with the release of the "Reasons" music video, and in anticipation of Jacqueline's late night debut, which will happen January 15 on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Refinery29 chatted with Jacqueline about breakups, the future of country, and horoscopes.
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Western horoscopes give you the low-down on your sun sign, but they usually gloss over what's going on with your other signs, which are determined by where the moon and planets were in the sky when you were born.
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Astrology calls for self-reflection, and I often suggest journaling in the horoscopes I write because it's one of the best and most accessible tools to examine and strengthen your relationship with planets, zodiac signs, and most importantly, with yourself.
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When the new year approached, Walter recommended rituals in the extensive special editions of his horoscopes that ran in newspapers, magazines and on TV all across Latin America, and following them became a tradition that transcended generations, creeds or faiths.
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Dee had a copy of a treatise by the Italian astrologer and physician Cardano, with horoscopes alongside biographical information about himself, his family, and a patron, yet it was the 1555 horoscope calculation for Mary I that got him arrested.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Detail of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres's "The Spring" (1820–56) (Musée d'Orsay; via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons, PD-Art [PD-old-100])Hyperallergic's horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
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Calling one of the features on its site a "smart address book," PlanetAll allowed users to connect with other groups around particular interests, offered news updates, horoscopes, and offered a calendar reminder service that worked with the then popular Palm Pilot mobile organizer.
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Traditionally, we may have read their personal horoscopes to do that, but we can take that a step further and show people how to apply that astrological knowledge to real actions we can take to help our loved ones through their days.
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Horoscopes are a ubiquitous fixture of the internet today, and as The New York Times explained back in 1998, the field owes a lot to online astrology queen Susan Miller — a "personal computer devotee" who created the incredibly successful Astrology Zone website.
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Since most horoscopes are based solely on your sun sign, they focus exclusively on the position of the sun at the time of your birth, while a full birth chart reading examines the positioning of the sun, moon, houses, planets, and more.
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The trend started in 2012 with The Rumblr's Madame Clairevoyant column (which now appears on The Toast), gained traction with KOOL A.D.'s horoscopes for Paper Mag, continues with Lena Dunham's Lenny newsletter, and even shows up on cannabis lifestyle site The Kind.
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The horoscopes that tell you you're going to win a million dollars may not be right and sometimes the placement of the planets won't determine whether or not you find your soul mate, however I do believe that astrology has actual meaning.
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Though these horoscopes are based on your sun sign (which is most likely the sign you already know, as it corresponds to the month-long timeframe within which you were born), it wouldn't hurt to check out your moon sign and rising sign, too.
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There's nothing wrong with a reminder that it matters how we spend our time and attention, or that our feelings are irrational and still valid, but without explicit grounding in star charts, these pieces do not necessarily qualify as horoscopes in the traditional sense.
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"I don't think there are 12 types of humans on the planet," says Banu Guler, the cofounder and CEO of Co-Star, an app that takes users' birth day, time, and city to generate a full natal chart, then creates individualized horoscopes with machine learning.
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Astro Guide's (VICE's astrology app for cosmic wellness) rising horoscopes take all of these factors into account to give you tips on how to put your best-self forward, including how to dress for the day's cosmic weather, and when to watch your words.
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The thing is, horoscopes should be a guide about what's going on in the cosmos tailored to a sign, and there are so many ways to do that while still respecting that there's more to a person's birth chart than just their sun sign.
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What does it signify that a culture, particularly a young, American one, is so thirsty for help that it'll not only drink enough Sonic Limeades a year to allegedly fill 50 Olympic-size swimming pools, but that it'll also seek them out for information on their horoscopes?
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We sat down with VICE senior astrologer Annabel Gat to get some pro tips on putting those horoscopes to use, whether to get attention from your crush at the gym, or knowing when to be a little extra supportive of your significant other, based on their sign.
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It had software that could store phone numbers and addresses, report local times from across the world, function as a calculator, record friends' birthdays, log diary entries, give users their horoscopes, and even allow them to "design" digital faces — ideally of their crushes <3 <3 <60003.
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Nancy Reagan, who had a longtime interest in horoscopes, maintained that she used the astrologer's forecasts only in hopes of predicting the safest times for her husband to venture out of the White House after an assassination attempt by John Hinckley just three months into Reagan's presidency.
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I spoke with Laura Lau, author of The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes, currently in its seventh edition, about the spiritual significance of the Year of the Monkey, what it means that it's aligned with the element of fire, and what to watch out for this year.
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Most horoscopes are vaguely encouraging, or at least thematically veiled enough to make it seem like your life will, at minimum, be relatively OK. But if the popularity of astrology Twitter account Sorrow-scopes is any indication, sometimes we just want our astrology content to wreck us.
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Ethan Kim from California enjoys reading his horoscopes, but advised to take them with a grain of salt: Astrology helps us pinpoint our personality traits and characteristics, but reading your horoscope can provide you with attracting information when life seems to be at a stand-still.
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Read your horoscope to see what's in store for you: Download the Astro Guide app by VICE on an iOS device to read daily horoscopes personalized for your sun, moon, and rising signs, and learn how to apply cosmic events to self care, your friendships, and relationships.
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"Virtually every move and decision the Reagans made during my time as White House chief of staff was cleared in advance by a woman in San Francisco who drew up horoscopes to make certain that the planets were in a favorable alignment for the enterprise," Regan wrote.
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For 15 years, during the final segment of the Spanish news program "Primer Impacto," Mr. Mercado, a former dancer and actor, would look into the camera and dramatically read the horoscopes of the 12 zodiac signs, rolling his r's with gusto and elegantly twirling his hands for emphasis.
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If you find yourself feeling dubious about looking at your relationship to weed through the lens of astrology, light up a doobie instead of yelling about it on the internet, chill out, and just read some fun horoscopes: Most likely to hog a joint to tell a story.
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The segment proved to be so popular that Mercado was hired on the spot to deliver daily horoscopes, and his popularity grew until his predictions were watched throughout the Americas and abroad, to places like England and Holland, reaching 120 million people at the peak of his popularity.
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I came in knowing what I wanted to do: I knew I wanted to do something daily—something that people could connect with every single day in the morning—and I knew that I wanted to have really long-form monthly horoscopes because that's what I liked reading.
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Annabel Gat, VICE senior astrologer, and Ashley Otero, the astrologer behind Astro Guide's weekly lunar horoscopes, share their tips below on handling full moon vibes: Whereas new moons bring about a low, quiet energy when seeds are being planted, full moons bring a climax to whatever situation has been brewing.
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We're heading into the last days of 21900, and by extension, the last days of our look back at 21998 — where the dot-com bubble was steadily inflating, cyberspace was transforming everything from crime to horoscopes, and the end of the internet (or maybe civilization itself) was just a year away with Y22K.
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"Clubbing Horoscopes" will open your third eye, give you valuable insight into your nightlife horizons, and help you temporarily forget that everyone—from you to your favorite DJ to that one hula-hooper at every Damian Lazarus afterparty—are on a giant, decaying rock careening towards death in the middle of outer space.
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So I took almost every app off my phone and now just do email on my computers, like a 1990s business lady (also email is disgusting and needs to get the fuck away from me!) AND use my phone for daily horoscopes and music and Instastories about dogs and my personalized reality-TV favorites only.
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Keep reading to learn what you should keep in mind about your date based on their moon sign: Download the Astro Guide app by VICE on an iOS device to read daily horoscopes personalized for your sun, moon, and rising signs, and learn how to apply cosmic events to self care, your friendships, and relationships.
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What's really important to me as a writer and an astrologer is to read books that have nothing to do with astrology and to read articles that have nothing to do with astrology because keeping your mind varied and fresh helps you drop in anecdotes into your horoscopes that are actually relatable, fresh, and different.
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Fast Company reports that Amazon Prime's horoscopes — which consist of Amazon product and service recommendations paired with astrological readings — are written by Seattle-based ghostwriter and book doctor Anna Katz, who has a master's degree in existential phenomenological therapeutic psychology from Seattle University and, according to her website, has also worked for Seventeen and Pokémon.
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The internet also offers space for diverse engagements with the practice: Writers like the Astro Poets have made a home for themselves writing irreverent 140-character astrological missives on Twitter (as well as lifestyle-minded horoscopes for Bon Appetit and W Magazine), while astrologer Chani Nicholas has grown a weekly horoscope email newsletter into a full-time job.
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" (This happened to me the other day.) Witches are influencers who use the hashtag #witchesofinstagram to share horoscopes, spells and witchy memes, and they are anti-Trump resistance activists carrying signs that say "Hex the Patriarchy" (also the title of a new book of spells) and "We are the granddaughters of the witches you weren't able to burn.
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That was the perfect place for a 15-year-old kid who grew up in a city with nota roja all over—a popular form of printed press showing explicit photographs of violence, crime, vendettas, tragic accidents, cops mocking transvestites, narco-Satanism, and then on the very next pages, gossip columns about movie stars and a horoscopes section.
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If you read our site, you're probably already very familiar with Annabel, who has told you all about your astrological relationship to weed, what to do when your relationship is doomed, and how to handle every retrograde and eclipse—on top of writing both our daily and monthly horoscopes and an advice column called Dear Annabel!
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Astrology and astronomy were considered largely inseparable sciences until the end of the 17th century; even Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, had a side career casting horoscopes for the Emperor Rudolph II. With the rise of the Enlightenment in the 1700s, astrology fell out of fashion and soon lost any legitimacy as a science — with good reason.
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I am not a reader of portents or horoscopes, and I greet the promises of fortune cookies with wry hope at best, but there was a time, more than 20 years ago, when I once hand-delivered 20 copies of a chain letter on the last day before bad luck was supposed to descend on anyone who dared to break the chain.
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Here's a quick guide to all that information, and how best to put it to use: "Your rising sign is the sign of the zodiac that was rising on the eastern horizon at the first moment you came into contact with the external world, and when your consciousness dawned on this physical plane," says astrologer Priya Kale, who writes rising sign horoscopes for Astro Guide.
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