The Science of Your Horoscope
Most people will know what their zodiac sign is, Leo, Aquarius, Virgo etc and/or their Chinese Zodiac sign, Tiger, Snake, Horse, Dragon, but how much we believe in the horoscope section of newspapers, magazines and online web pages will vary from person to person. It's a big money business when it comes down to it, but can there be any truth in how your birth date affects your personality?
Let's start with "What's your sign anyway?"
The truth of the matter is that sign you believed all your life is astronomically wrong. Not as in hugely wrong, just astronomy says otherwise. The twelve signs have shifted since they were first named and tracked, and there's also a thirteenth sign, Ophiuchus. You can check out your true sign on the BBC webpage here. So if you don't like your sign, that's great, but what if you're attached to your own? I was a Taurus born in the year of the Ox, and whilst I wanted more glamours signs as a kid, the double bull is something I cling to affectionately. But let's not cry out in outrage just yet. The belief that where the stars are positioned has any effect on your personality, is kind of crazy. But there's more behind horoscopes than just the stars.
Self Fulfilling Propercy.
This is the term psychologists used to describe the way that we treat a person, affects who that person becomes. A person who is given encouragment and praise they don't deserve works hard to fill the role they have been placed in. A person constantly accussed of being a thief, will become a thief. In our childhood years, whilst we're becoming our adult selves, this kind of nurtured behaviour has an even stronger affect.
When it comes to horoscopes, something most of us have looked up as kids, this has pretty much an identical affect. You read, or hear, that Libra's are level headed, Leo's are born leaders or that Gemini's have two sides of thier personality and you begin to believe it's true about yourself. The more you look into horoscopes, the more these traits are going to subconsciously affect you.
So due to self fulffilng propercies your star sign can only shift if you never placed to much notice in it to begin with.
Let's start with "What's your sign anyway?"
The truth of the matter is that sign you believed all your life is astronomically wrong. Not as in hugely wrong, just astronomy says otherwise. The twelve signs have shifted since they were first named and tracked, and there's also a thirteenth sign, Ophiuchus. You can check out your true sign on the BBC webpage here. So if you don't like your sign, that's great, but what if you're attached to your own? I was a Taurus born in the year of the Ox, and whilst I wanted more glamours signs as a kid, the double bull is something I cling to affectionately. But let's not cry out in outrage just yet. The belief that where the stars are positioned has any effect on your personality, is kind of crazy. But there's more behind horoscopes than just the stars.
Self Fulfilling Propercy.
This is the term psychologists used to describe the way that we treat a person, affects who that person becomes. A person who is given encouragment and praise they don't deserve works hard to fill the role they have been placed in. A person constantly accussed of being a thief, will become a thief. In our childhood years, whilst we're becoming our adult selves, this kind of nurtured behaviour has an even stronger affect.
When it comes to horoscopes, something most of us have looked up as kids, this has pretty much an identical affect. You read, or hear, that Libra's are level headed, Leo's are born leaders or that Gemini's have two sides of thier personality and you begin to believe it's true about yourself. The more you look into horoscopes, the more these traits are going to subconsciously affect you.
So due to self fulffilng propercies your star sign can only shift if you never placed to much notice in it to begin with.