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I don't think they're sweet šŸ˜… maybe shallow. Astrology today is not the same as before. It was always bs, but somehow it's been made worse.
 
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I don't know about zodiacs and all that, but I do believe the position of large masses in space definitely affects the earth.

For example, the moon is said to affect the tides of the ocean. If humans are 90% water, then it would stand to reason that the moon affects humans, physiologically as well.

The position of the planets, at any given time, also affects the earth and its inhabitants.
Are you regurgitating what a broad told you when you questioned her belief in astrology?

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That's not how it works.

The moon affects the tides of the ocean through gravitational attraction, it has nothing specifically to do with the fact it's water. It's the fact that water is a fluid and is easier to manipulate than land is. The moon doesn't perform a magic trick to manipulate water in the manner you're thinking it does. If our bodies weren't comprised entirely of water, the effect the moon would have on us would be the same (which is negligible).
 

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I think women lean on astrology out of a need for control. Needing to predict someoneā€™s whole identity based on their birthday can only come from a narcissistic need to control everyone around you. I hate when I meet a woman and she asks me ā€œare you a _______?ā€ then says ā€œoh so youā€™re [insert vague personality traits]ā€
 

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Itā€™s not though, itā€™s the opposite of religion.
Religion is rigid principle based faith, youā€™re not the center of the faith, just a participant.

Horoscopes are solipsistic, itā€™s loose, open to interpretation and places the participant and their life at the center of the belief.

How dense do people have to be to think you and the 500 million people other people you share horoscopes with on this earth are linked to the stars and that controls your life. Can one horoscope reading apply to 500 million people simultaneously?

Meyer Briggs Personalities Types are what people think horoscopes are, but trust me in 20 years theyā€™ll go mainstream. Horoscopes are cac star worship.
religion fundamentally is just a set of established ways though

so horoscopes can be taken to be a religion if thats what a persons does as a ritual
 

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religion fundamentally is just a set of established ways though

so horoscopes can be taken to be a religion if thats what a persons does as a ritual
:ohhh:


What is your working definition of "religion"? Do you consider atheism a religion?
 
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religion fundamentally is just a set of established ways though

so horoscopes can be taken to be a religion if thats what a persons does as a ritual
What ritual can be placed around horoscopes other than ā€œIā€™m a Scorpio so Iā€™m supposed to be a whoreā€ or Iā€™m a ā€œTaurus so Iā€™m supposed to be stubbornā€ or ā€œIā€™m a Gemini so Iā€™m supposed to be crazyā€?

None of the main organized religions tell you anything about yourself, they tell you about world, other people, and the best way to deal with them. Because youā€™re not that important in the grand scheme of those religions.

In the Abrahamic faith, the rituals and reading are the faith, not the person. Your whole faith is built off reading other peopleā€™s experiences. With horoscopes the follower is the center of the faith and your belief doesnā€™t have to factor in the 500 million other people that share your ā€œfaithā€.

People want to belong with minimum commitment, thatā€™s what horoscopes provide, also they provide an escape from accountability for a lot of people.

You can take an Muslim from Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe and theyā€™ll find mutual understanding based in the faith, do you think you could do the same with 3 Aquariuses from those same countries.
 

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True story .. I once had a guy tell me he couldnā€™t deal with me because Iā€™m a Taurus. Not a person .. a damn sign. Apparently .. stage 5 clingers, greedy, obsessive , money driven, and stubborn. He wasnā€™t wrong about 3 out of 5 but he didnā€™t know that. shyts lame šŸ¤£
 

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I view people who dont understand their astrology as walking zombies who dont understand themselves. These people are very proud to be ignorant btw. This makes them dangerous and better to stay away from them. If its bullshyt,I dare any of you to simply look up your astrology. Then come back and tell me it doesnt describe you fairly accurately:respect:


 
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What ritual can be placed around horoscopes other than ā€œIā€™m a Scorpio so Iā€™m supposed to be a whoreā€ or Iā€™m a ā€œTaurus so Iā€™m supposed to be stubbornā€ or ā€œIā€™m a Gemini so Iā€™m supposed to be crazyā€?

None of the main organized religions tell you anything about yourself, they tell you about world, other people, and the best way to deal with them. Because youā€™re not that important in the grand scheme of those religions.

In the Abrahamic faith, the rituals and reading are the faith, not the person. Your whole faith is built off reading other people experiences. With horoscopes the follower is the center of the faith and your belief doesnā€™t have to factor in the 500 million other people that share your ā€œfaithā€.

People want to belong with minimum commitment, thatā€™s what horoscopes provide, also they provide an escape from accountability for a lot of people.
well consider why the celestial bodies are taken to have significance in the first place: an assumption of what "heaven" is
"During the times of Enosh, mankind made a great mistake, and the wise men of that generation gave thoughtless counsel. Enosh himself was one of those who erred. Their mistake was as follows: They said God created stars and spheres with which to control the world. He placed them on high and treated them with honor, making them servants who minister before Him. Accordingly, it is fitting to praise and glorify them and to treat them with honor. [They perceived] this to be the will of God, blessed be He, that they magnify and honor those whom He magnified and honored, just as a king desires that the servants who stand before him be honored. Indeed, doing so is an expression of honor to the king."
Enosh means "mortal man"

They look to the "heavens" and then try to discern the movements as a predictor of life on earth. What they end up doing is substituting whatever those are with what they could be doing. So it becomes a religion (like a self-gratifying loop) and like many cultures from antiquity it falls apart eventually. Abrahamic faith is not quite just reading its seeking God and keeping his commandments. It is very different than how you described it.

When you place yourself in the position of God, then you must fill the role. And what ends up happening is the limit of your life is how you imagine God
Its a self destructive loop and is allowed to exist because it "weeds" people out. So sit on the throne at your benefit/peril :yeshrug:

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What is your working definition of "religion"? Do you consider atheism a religion?
What we worship rules over us, so if you put "something" at the heart of your faith. It rules over you

thats why in judaism and other offshoots idolatry is a high crime/problem as you are ultimately worshipping the dead. Take that how you will :hubie:
 

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True story .. I once had a guy tell me he couldnā€™t deal with me because Iā€™m a Taurus. Not a person .. a damn sign. Apparently .. stage 5 clingers, greedy, obsessive , money driven, and stubborn. He wasnā€™t wrong about 3 out of 5 but he didnā€™t know that. shyts lame šŸ¤£
Yea he got yo ass outta thereā€¦ great call
 
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