Posted on 01/18/2018 6:35:26 AM PST by C19fan
Astrology is a meme, and its 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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Oh my stars. (Kidding)
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.
Nancy Reagan had an astrologer.
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.
Purpose Of the Stars?
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