In 2018, VICE published a post titled “Why Straight Men Hate Astrology So Much” which caused a stir among astrology followers. The post referred to the fact that astrology has a reputable history but is often given the side eye. Some people believe strongly in the idea that stars and planets rule our behavior. Social psychologists have often pointed to the Barnum Effect to explain why so many people believe in astrology.
According to an interview with sociologist Michael Kimmel, the rise of Trump coincides with the angry White male. He argues that astrology strips people of their uniqueness and reduces them to pigeonholed blocks of characteristics. He also believes that astrology can feel deterministic, restrictive, and take away the sense of autonomy and individuality from a person.
Many straight men say they’re not into astrology because it’s “fake” or “unreal”, but many of these same guys would have no problem whatsoever. The idea of malefic planets comes from old, outdated, and misleading astrology books.
Extending beyond racism, this issue becomes more difficult when it comes to straight males covering songs written by women, like with “Jolene”. Not all queer people believe in astrology, and those who don’t often feel alienated from the LGBTQ+ community at large.
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Are astrology predictions true or false?
Astrology, a long-standing scientific field, has been criticized for lacking clear evidence that stars and planets affect us. Astrology relies on stories and ideas that are difficult to prove with science, as it relies on guessing about patterns in the sky rather than conducting experiments. Additionally, astrology’s workings are based on old ideas about the universe, which have evolved over time. This has led to some astrologers’ predictions not aligning with current knowledge.
For example, the zodiac sign may not be accurate due to precession, which has caused stars to move since the first invention of astrology. Furthermore, astrology lacks a clear explanation for how stars and planets could affect us, with some astrologers suggesting it is due to the stars, but scientists argue these theories are too weak to have a significant impact on us.
What percent of men believe in astrology?
The belief in astrology is predominantly female-dominated, with 37 out of 40 women believing in it compared to 20 men, according to a Pew Research Center study. This gender gap is attributed to the patriarchy, where women feel powerless and out of control, leading them to seek astrology to understand themselves and make decisions. On the other hand, straight men have never felt the need for control. Toxic masculinity may also contribute to the heated debates among men about their zodiac sign.
What kind of people like astrology?
Astrology can be appealing to those who perceive an external locus of control, where they credit external forces for both good and bad, blaming them for failures and luck for success. This can lead to a sense of control and a desire for internal reinforcement. Astrology is also seen as a way to understand one’s identity, as it helps validate one’s self-perception and helps individuals develop their unique gifts. Freed believes that astrology can serve as an illusion of control and a tool for individuals to develop their unique gifts.
What does the Bible say about astronomy?
In Psalm 8:3-4, David contemplates the greatness of God, observing the stars overhead. Psalm 19:1:1-6 celebrates the heavens’ glory, highlighting the sun’s position against the stars. Psalms 81:3 and 104:19 suggest that God created the moon to mark seasons, the Hebrew calendar’s appointed times. In Isaiah 38:1-8, God performs a miracle to prove King Hezekiah’s sickness and save the city from destruction by making the shadow on the royal sundial go backwards.
Which country most believe in astrology?
Astrology is a widely accepted and widely practiced science in India, influencing daily life, politics, and the Vedanga. It is used in various aspects of life, including marriage and career, and is considered a branch of the Vedanga. In 2001, Indian scientists and politicians debated a proposal to use state money to fund research into astrology, leading to the permission for Indian universities to offer Vedic astrology courses. In 2011, the Bombay High Court reaffirmed astrology’s status as a science.
In Japan, strong astrological beliefs have led to significant changes in fertility rates and abortion rates during the Fire Horse years. Adherents believe that women born in hinoeuma years are unmarried and bring bad luck to their fathers or husbands. In 1966, the number of babies born in Japan dropped by over 25 as parents tried to avoid the stigma of having a daughter born in this year.
Why did astrology decline?
Astrology has been a scholarly tradition throughout its history, connected with other studies like astronomy, alchemy, meteorology, and medicine. However, new scientific concepts in astronomy and physics, such as heliocentrism and Newtonian mechanics, challenged its academic and theoretical standing. Astrology, in its broadest sense, is the search for meaning in the sky. Early evidence for humans making conscious attempts to measure, record, and predict seasonal changes by reference to astronomical cycles appears as markings on bones and cave walls, showing that lunar cycles were being noted as early as 25, 000 years ago.
Farmers addressed agricultural needs with increasing knowledge of the constellations that appear in different seasons, and used the rising of particular star-groups to herald annual floods or seasonal activities. By the 3rd millennium BCE, civilizations had sophisticated awareness of celestial cycles and may have oriented temples in alignment with heliacal risings of the stars.
Scattered evidence suggests that the oldest known astrological references are copies of texts made in the ancient world, such as the Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa, which is thought to have been compiled in Babylon around 1700 BCE. A scroll documenting an early use of electional astrology is doubtfully ascribed to the reign of the Sumerian ruler Gudea of Lagash, but there is controversy about whether these were genuinely recorded at the time or merely ascribed to ancient rulers by posterity.
The oldest undisputed evidence of the use of astrology as an integrated system of knowledge is attributed to the records of the first dynasty of Babylon (1950-1651 BCE), which had some parallels with Hellenistic Greek astrology.
Are Christians against astrology?
In Matthew 28:18, Jesus asserts that all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to him. This contradicts biblical wisdom, as chasing after false gods is a sin. There is no biblical evidence that God has given authority to stars or astrologists. Pursuing predictions about our destiny or personality is biblically sinful, as it takes power from God and gives it to something other than God. A horoscope cannot change what God has already ordained before we were even created.
Is it a sin to read horoscopes?
Horoscopes are used by Christians to predict their future, demonstrating their faith in the stars and their value. This practice is considered idolatry and is considered an abomination to God. Christians should live by faith, not by sight, as it is God’s design. Horoscope reading is an abomination to God, as He has stated that there will be no other God before Him. Divination is the art of foretelling future events or revealing occult knowledge through augury or alleged supernatural agency. Printing horoscopes is considered divination, as it is the supposed diviner’s inspiration.
What is the controversy with astrology?
Astrology is a belief system that suggests a connection between astronomical phenomena and human events or personality descriptions. However, it has been criticized by the scientific community for lacking explanatory power and scientific testing has found no evidence to support its premises or effects. The most famous test, led by Shawn Carlson, concluded that natal astrology performed no better than chance. Astrology has not demonstrated its effectiveness in controlled studies and has no scientific validity, making it regarded as pseudoscience.
There is no proposed mechanism by which stars and planets’ positions and motions could affect people and events on Earth in the way astrologers claim, which contradicts well-understood aspects of biology and physics. Modern scientific inquiry into astrology focuses on the correlation between astrological traditions and the influence of seasonal birth in humans.
Is astrology linked to narcissism?
A study published in Personality and Individual Differences found that narcissism is the strongest predictor of belief in astrology, and intelligence is negatively associated with this belief. Although there is no scientific evidence to support astrology, it has been increasing in popularity. Previous research suggests a relationship between encountering stressors and belief in astrology, and belief in other pseudosciences and conspiracies.
The study involved 264 participants who responded to various questions assessing belief in astrology, completed questionnaires measuring Big Five personality and grandiose narcissism, and completed four three-dimensional rotational items to assess intelligence. The findings suggest that personality traits, intelligence, and belief in astrology may be linked.
What percent of girls believe in astrology?
The study reveals that younger American adults are more likely to believe in astrology than older Americans, with women slightly more likely than men. White Americans are slightly less likely to believe that stars and planets predict behavior than Black and Hispanic Americans. Among Americans with a high-school degree or less, 29 believe in astrology, while those with an advanced degree are slightly less likely. Americans living in the Northeast and West are somewhat more likely to express a belief in astrology than those in the South and Midwest.
Among the religious groups examined, Catholics, agnostics, and people with no particular religion are most likely to believe in astrology, while Protestants and Jewish Americans are somewhat less likely. Atheists are the least likely to believe that the stars and planets influence behavior.
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I taught myself to do astrological charts when I was 16. This was back in the 1970’s and before everyone had computers. Lived in a small town with no occult bookstores, it took me a while to source an ephemeris, table of houses, book of longitudes and latitudes, and all the instructions, but I finally got them. Still love Astrology. After nearly 4 decades I’ve seen it “work” too many times to think there’s nothing to it. By the time I was only 15, and taking a Greek mythology class, I had already realized a Pluto/Hades/Persephone thread weaving itself through my life … then, when I was 16 and I finally got my hands on an ephemeris and saw that I was born during a tight Sun-Pluto-Venus conjunction my perception that there really IS something to it – was sealed.
I used to be heavily involved in DIY music. I was in several bands, ran a house space for shows and practice, and helped out in anyway I could. I always despised Vice for the stories I would hear about them shutting down show spaces for office space (example: Death By Audio in New York), and was confused by those who preached about the ‘underground’ yet constantly shared Vice’s click bait or whatever music related content they were trying to exploit to stay relevant. It’s amazing how stupid people really can be.
I remember a instructor who passed around a horoscope to everyone in his class, let them read it, and asked them if it was accurate to them and what they were going through. Everyone in the class without exception agreed the horoscope was accurate and they saw it as having true relevance to themselves. He then asked the students to look at the horoscope of the students around them. They were all the same horoscope. Each one said the same thing.
W.D Gann one of the greatest traders of all time used Astrology to make his accurate predictions. He was at the time 85% correct with his calls, so astrology do work. The explanation to this is a perfectly natural one. Our creator is the Solarsystem a giant complex clock and we vibrate in synchronization with it. From the bible “As above so below”. Solarsystem first then Earth.
There is a part in the book “American Gods”, where Wendsday is talking to Easter (The Goddess that the holiday was named after and was meant to celebrate) at a coffee house in San Francisco. Wendsday wants her to join his fight against the new Gods, but she she claims to be satisfied with the fact that she is still being worshipped. Wendsday asks the waitress about Easter (the holiday) and her response was something to the effect of “I don’t know anything about Christian stuff, I’m a Pagan”. The waitress then explains that paganism is about worshiping the female goddess within, basically destroying the idea the Easter (the goddess) is still being worshipped and showing that people have forgotten her. This new Paganism/Wicca is built on “self help” and “personal empowerment”, not on actual faith. So it’s no surprise that the people pushing it have no concept of the origins or true meanings.
I love astrology and I hate vice…. so this is all congruent in my world. It’s time to celebrate because Jupiter is leaving Scorpio and I will forever associate that as being the ” bless the conspiracy theorists transit.” I predicted the me too movement and ” the globalists ” becoming a household word. And this will be the year to settle migration and settle student loan debt or it might get blown out of the water….
It is kind of fun to tell people you are a sign you’re not, and watch them describe you through that rubric, then use different sign with a different person, and no matter what, they all instantly “know” so much about you. I like to watch women invent a nonexistent persona for me based on some shit they read in a newspaper. So tell me, given that I do this to chicks, what sign would I be likely to have?
I went and read the Vice article. They cherry picked some sociobabble they wanted to hear. This year I had 2 encounters with astrology. Some married women have urged me to take up dating. So to refresh myself I bought a book “Flirt Her Up”. It had about 3 useful pieces of advice so it was worth $10. The rest was cringey. One of the sample flirting dialogues was about guessing someone’s sign. It assumed that the male reader as well as the girl were into it or at least knowledgeable. Huhh? I thought that was 1960s stuff. So I checked and women now are heavily into astrology. I consulted a source that said astrology is for people who do not think they are in control of their lives. I know a couple Wiccans but they are not into astrology. They believe there are supernatural powers but they have some supernatural powers, too. They are working and politicking in the supernatural world. So they do not feel they are controlled. Feminism is a dominant philosophy which keeps talking about empowerment but keeps saying that all a woman’s powers can be nullified at a hint from The Patriarchy. So a lot of modern women don’t feel in control of their lives. An Ominous Power in the background is controlling them. The intersectional man is doing things. That’s what they mean by privilege. So my take on a woman who believes in astrology is she is passive and easily controlled so the proper response to “What’s your Sign?” is “Taurus the Bull. Take off your panties and lie on your back.”
All the people saying essentially saying “it’s a load of horse-shit” clearly haven’t looked into how complex it is. Any complex system like that, if worked with, can be used to calculate and extract meaning from life, much like meditation on a good mandala. I agree that the time of birth is likely less significant than having an understanding of the system itself: but once you’ve oriented yourself to it, it can be most helpful. It can also be a crutch for people who don’t know how to use it properly and get in a mess. It’s a double edged sword, like any good tool.
One of my least favorite head games is called, “My self-generated spiritualism has greater merit than your Ph.D in physics.” Another great head game is called, “Let’s translate the new social agenda into the old Catholic paradigm.” In that game, everyone is born with original sin, in this case, heterosexuality. Rather than praying to Jesus, one has to praise MK Ultra for providing the Truth. We are all gay socialists in need of a grand mal coming out party. Only months of sexual abuse and psychic driving can get us all into the Kingdom of Correctness.
I’ve taken an interest in wanting to learn about Paganism, went out of my way to check things out and there are a ton of them, couldn’t even really begin to figure out where I wanted to begin learning, mostly I’m more interested in learning about any Paganist texts that talk about natural energies of the Earth & the Heavens, which are more rooted in Norse traditional beliefs (that I want to know more about), so I don’t necessarily know where to start.
During my days working for a publisher, I can say that we were allowed to pick, AT RANDOM, what daily/weekly prediction went with which Sign/Zodiac. Dream interpretation is psychology. The planets in our solar system effect our climate (Humans only 0.000666%) so it’s also effecting every single human body… not just a Zodiac.
Astrology is an analytical tool, like crystals, tarot or Feng shui, but its inside your body instead of your room. It’s not a computer that spits out material answers, it’s just a moving story about the psychic energy and attention of people. The predictions are simply extrapolation of a story. Even if not true I think pondering and finding meaning makes people better, but most psychics don’t teach thier subjects how to self introspect because they won’t make any more money off of that person’s questioning if they enable them that way. Astrology is as enjoyable as mythology and alchemy to me.
The only people who hate astrology are those weak of mind that do not explore occult practices. You have claimed to evoke a demon once, although you do admit that it could have been a figment of your imagination, yet you clearly know nothing about the subject. Geocentric astrology is all about alignments as witnessed from the earth, this is important in Cthonic currents, which includes underworld or demonic evocation. Heliocentric is the astrology most commonly used by thelemites and kabalists, in order to communicate with a different kind of entity.
So what does Vice propose to do in order to make astrology more attractive, open, and inclusive to straight men? Clearly this disparity must be the cause of anti-male biases in the astrological community. How can astrology be changed so that the straight male community has equal representation and feels more welcome? (This is how the article would have been written if it were any group other than straight men that rejected involvement in any particular social/cultural endeavor)
It sounds like gay dudes are just pissed off, because their fortune never ends with the sentence… “You will fall in love with, and marry a tall dark handsome stranger, who isn’t gay, and will treat you like the woman, like only a straight man can. If gay dudes are feminine, and they date another gay dude who is also feminine, who is the man in the relationship… ?… their fathers. Gay dudes just be jealous, straight dudes ain’t hittin’ on them… unless you are Cory Booker.
I think that astrophysics is more fun than astrology. I’m currently writing programs for the HP Prime calculator that do various astronomy chores, involving calculating the characteristics of main sequence stars from the stars’ masses, or solving for the Keplerian elements of an asteroid’s orbit from four angle-only positions in right ascension and declination though a modified method of Gauss. Astrological mumbo-jumbo isn’t anywhere near as good as that.
So, what they are saying is Non-Straight men like astrology! Novelty trinkets are for feminists, real people get up and go to work, come what may! Allowing gay men to give sketchy women dating advice, thats how they manage to maintain an audience and then there is you Styx! Behavioral psychology does the same!
Well, the average straight male is not usually a paragon of sensitivity, finding more utility in a cultivated desensitization. But who cares if a lot of people find no value in astrology? For a lot of people, there IS no value in astrology. In fact, even after all the study of it I’ve done, I find it generally useless, though usually interesting/intriguing. There was a French study, I believe, Gauquelin comes to mind, that demonstrated scientifically by a statistical methodology that there is a statistically significant correlation amongst a variety of astrological factors and things like career. So I wouldn’t be too quick to dismiss a causative relationship between “the stars” and “the fates”.
I have my own religion, nuff said about that but I don’t care what you believe so long as you don’t pervert or insult another religion, that said many so called Wiccans/new age believers don’t know anything about the religion they claim to be a part of, it is a perversion and an insult to actual members of the religions claimed by these people. Vice is one of these groups that honestly insults the religion they claim to be a part of.
Alas, Styx, I’m woefully behind on how to interact via sm. Me, 50, straight white male, conservative Christian … the very definition of all thing toxic in today’s society. (Yet, we will win, what with our reproductive powers!). Still, Styx, if you do not begin a co-op with Dr Steve Turley, you are missing out.
I think Astrology is very interesting but I don’t buy into it either….. But Styx, I would like to thank you for these articles because I have been sick with a terrible flu for the last few days and you articles keep me entertained and my mind active – even when I’m laying in bed… I get a giggle from a lot of what you say man (a good way) …… Now that I’m taking Advil and my temp is down to 101 or rising for that matter (I’m not sure really) …… I forgot what I was going to say…. I don’t know but keep on being interesting ….. If you could discuss aliens and shit that would be great because it’s such a fascinating topic, I saw an older article you did and I loved it, but instead of doing “Haunted Illinois” do something on space or aliens and the philosophy behind that issue(s)….
Most straight males I know don’t believe in astrology or all that shit like numerology, ya know. But I work construction so they don’t give a fuck about it either haha. I don’t believe in it too much either but I am superstitious, so it comes back and forth for me about spiritual based things like that. Sometimes my horoscope will describe me pretty well but that’s no proof of it being real. I believe a lot of practices involved with religion of all kinds are really just psychological, like how when you pray it’s like meditation and a way to influence your subconscious, kind of like the occult does with their different forms of magic. I’m not very informed about a lot of the occult but it’s pretty interesting and I spent a little time reading up on it a couple years ago. It seems like their are more than one thought on the occult practices or rituals. I think it’s like one thought on it is that the rituals are actual “magic” and spirits or deities are making things happen for you(remember I’m not too sure if this is actually how they think of it). I’m pretty sure another thought on occult magick is that it’s just a way to influence your subconscious, and it’s not actual magic at all. That’s why they spell magick with the CK. Then I think there is a mixed view on it too like part subconscious and part actual spirituality and stuff. Idk super interesting tho, I wish they made some good documentaries about allister Crowley or the occult during his time of being alive, I’ve only seen really shitty ones.