Horoscope

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This topic is a pseudoscience, and is not accepted by the scientific community as a valid discipline.
Although it may use scientific terminology, it does not use scientific methodology.
Remember: just because it sounds right doesn't mean it's actually right.

A horoscope is a spell cast by an astrologer, who, by taking no more into account than their client's date, time, and place of birth, tells them incredible things about themselves that they already knew, and usually some nice things that will happen to them soon.

If you read enough horoscopes, once in a while one is bound to apply!^[1] Wooooo!!! When subjected to double-blind tests horoscopes have been shown to fail miserably time after time ^[2]^[3]^[4]

An adjunct to casting the wonderful spell is drawing up the ~~gullible fool's~~ client's "chart", which consists of a diagram of where the sun, moon and planets were at their time and place of birth, and what they were "doing". Very often the "actions" of these celestial bodies are critical to the actions the client should pursue in the present and near future.

Today, most people come across horoscopes in newspapers and dating websites. These are based totally off of zodiac signs and are incredibly vague to the point of meaninglessness. Some people believe that their horoscope signs need to match in order to find or keep a partner. Relationship experts advise daily communication with your loved ones and not keeping secrets from them.