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The New Age of Astrology:In a stressful, data-driven era, many young people [tr]
The Atlantic ^ | January 16, 2018 | Julie Beck

Posted on 01/18/2018 6:35:26 AM PST by C19fan

Astrology is a meme, and it’s spreading in that blooming, unfurling way that memes do. On social media, astrologers and astrology meme machines amass tens or hundreds of thousands of followers, people joke about Mercury retrograde, and categorize “the signs as ...” literally anything: cat breeds, Oscar Wilde quotes, Stranger Things characters, types of french fries. In online publications, daily, weekly, and monthly horoscopes, and zodiac-themed listicles flourish.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: astrology; millenials
Supposedly this is the best educated generation evah.
1 posted on 01/18/2018 6:35:27 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Oh my stars. (Kidding)


2 posted on 01/18/2018 6:37:14 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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Well, astrology is one of the things that beckon people who have lost a sense of other spiritual things.

Even that seems superior to bouncing around in a purposeless world. At least we can say the stars care.


3 posted on 01/18/2018 6:43:40 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: C19fan

Nancy Reagan had an astrologer.


4 posted on 01/18/2018 7:15:50 AM PST by chud
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We all know that astrology is deluded nonsense.

But I thank God for stars. Even in the middle of the worst crime-ravaged sh*t hole, we can usually look up and see God’s stars shining in the vault of heaven; a sign of mystery and hope.


5 posted on 01/18/2018 7:21:58 AM PST by agere_contra (Please pray for Pope Benedict XVI)
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"The New Age of Astrology:In a stressful, GIGO-driven era..."
6 posted on 01/18/2018 8:19:06 AM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias | "Islamists": Satan's assassins | "Moderate Muslims": Useful idiots.)
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To: C19fan

Purpose Of the Stars?


7 posted on 01/18/2018 11:06:48 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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