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      earth is a planet. it might play a role, too.

      oh, planets, plural. well, jupiter’s massive gravity helped clear and shape the solar system, and the planets (except mercury) align to its orbital plane, not the sun’s ‘equator’.

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    I once saw the headline

    Dog Breeds You Should NOT Get Based on Your Astrological Sign

    I did not click but as an optimist, I imagined the content would be nothing but

    Sign Problematic dog breed
    ♈ Aries Chihuahua
    ♉ Taurus Chihuahua
    ♊ Gemini Chihuahua
    ♋ Cancer Chihuahua
    ♌ Leo Chihuahua
    ♍ Virgo Chihuahua
    ♎ Libra Chihuahua
    ♏ Scorpio Chihuahua
    ♐ Sagittarius Chihuahua
    ♑ Capricorn Chihuahua
    ♒ Aquarius Chihuahua
    ♓ Pisces Chihuahua
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    I feel like a random one should say, “your going to have a bad day”

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    Libra: A big promotion is just around The corner for someone much more talented than you

    -Weird Al

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      Now you may find it inconceivable or at the very least a bit unlikely that the relative position of the planets and the stars could have a special deep significance or meaning that exclusively applies to only you but let me reassure that these forecasts and predictions are all based on solid scientific documented evidence and you would have to be some kind of moron not to realize that every single one of them is absolutely true where was I?

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    Most stars (comparatively), I’m pretty sure there’s one pretty close to us that lights up the only half the world at a time, that one might be more relevant.

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      True. It should say “the positions of planets and stars at the time of your birth won’t effect your future in any meaningful way” but that’s a little long.

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    That’s not true! They can soothe your mind while watching them, they could light your path on a very very dark night in the wilderness, they help you navigate, they’re a nice hobby for some people, even a profession for some. Boom! QED mate!

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    I’ve read before that astrology can actually be a good indicator of personality IF the person actually believes in astrology in the first place. It becomes a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy where the person models their personality after whatever they’ve been told they’re supposed to be like. Astrology seems to just use alot of universal personality traits that probably anybody could manifest at some point in their life. So then a person who believes in it probably internalizes a few specific traits as “their” personality and after awhile just turn to that trait automatically.

    No idea how true it actually is, but it seemed to make some amount of sense. It could potentially be useful if you’re dealing with a person who believes in astrology, but it’s such a random thing that it’d be just as useful to study Myers-Briggs personality types.

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    Not true, I will travel to view a solar eclipse, therefore at least one star is affecting my life.