{"id":274,"date":"2006-03-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/03\/forget-the-stars-why-im-over-a.html"},"modified":"2006-03-31T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-31T12:00:00","slug":"forget-the-stars-why-im-over-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/03\/forget-the-stars-why-im-over-a.html","title":{"rendered":"Forget the Stars  (Why I\u2019m Over Astrology)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p>Mercury is always in retrograde. It\u2019s probably retrograding right now. At least it seems that way. While the fickle nature of the gray planet is an excellent justification for a bad hair day or a bad day at the office or simply a bad attitude, the whole astrology thing is getting tired. Or maybe it\u2019s me that\u2019s tired. You see, I\u2019m a Sagittarius sun-Libra moon-Virgo rising believer in astrology, but I\u2019m starting to lose faith. <\/p>\n<p>I built my understanding of the stars on the bible of astrology, Bernard Fitzwalter\u2019s \u201cThe Complete Sun Sign Guide\u201d [currently out of print]. (Note: everyone seems to have his or her own version of an astrology bible, Bernard just happens to have written mine.) Handed to me by a new friend during the first week of my first year of college, the Guide led me through the complications of a Scorpio-Sagittarius love affair (he\u2019s introverted and lusty, I\u2019m easily bored and playful) and explained why a Virgo mother (mine) and Sagittarius daughter (me) will most likely never get along. <\/p>\n<p>Take that book and add to it 10 years of skimming the weekly horoscope in my city\u2019s local magazine and you\u2019ve got a guaranteed recipe for astrological disaster. I\u2019m convinced that I\u2019ve allowed what now seems like nothing more than self-fulfilling prophecy to talk me out of signing important contracts, rearranging my home, and snuggling with my loved one. There have been weeks when my horoscope was accurate\u2014times when I\u2019ve looked up and asked, \u201chow can she possibly know that I\u2019ve been seeking out change and excitement?\u201d or \u201cyes, I am planning a distant trip,\u201d but they do not outnumber the days that I\u2019ve spent fighting a nagging worry that the astrologer\u2019s bad news may actually come true. <\/p>\n<p>According to Bernard, Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter, which pushes me to seek out wider horizons. So I\u2019m doing just that. Moving on past astrology. Onto brighter pastures. Maybe I\u2019ll look into numerology.<\/p>\n<p>Do you believe in astrology? Does your horoscope affect your day?<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercury is always in retrograde. It\u2019s probably retrograding right now. At least it seems that way. While the fickle nature of the gray planet is an excellent justification for a bad hair day or a bad day at the office or simply a bad attitude, the whole astrology thing is getting tired. 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