My Personal Journey with Astrology

I have a confession to make. I fully and wholeheartedly believe in my horoscopes. Every morning I read my Co-Star and listen to my daily horoscope via my Amazon Alexa. Sometimes I’ll read it at night just so I have the events of that day to compare it to. You might be wondering why I consider this a confession. I feel like the best way to answer that question is with a short story.

Probably about a month or two ago I got really into Co-Star. I have a friend who enjoys astrology just as much as I do and together we were the poster-children of modern mystics. We would get together at lunch routinely, read our horoscopes, and then analyze them with the events currently taking place in our lives. We would discuss possible solutions to our problems based on what the stars were telling us. Eventually my excitement with horoscopes grew and discussing them with only one person wasn’t enough for me. That’s when I got everyone at my lunch table to download Co-Star. I then proceeded to analyze a horoscope with at least one of them for weeks. One day I was analyzing daily horoscopes with a girl at my table and in the middle of doing so she looked at me and went “Jamie, do you actually believe any of this?”. I was shocked! Of course I believed that everything I read was relevant to my life in some way. I then found out that almost everyone at my table felt similar to my friend, that horoscopes and zodiac signs have no actual meaning and were just something fun to do to pass some time. As grateful as I was that they had entertained my excitement for so long, I was let down knowing that they didn’t actually care, and couldn’t help but feel a tiny bit silly.

Obviously that experience hasn’t affected me too much, as I’m still making an entire website to showcase my belief in and love for zodiacs. But I am still determined to get those nonbelievers to see it my way- that horoscopes are relevant. I’m not saying that they have to become zodiac enthusiasts and start basing their lives around their horoscopes (as I sometimes feel I do), but I strongly believe that turning to your horoscope every once in a while can help you find stability and direction in your life (don’t worry, I’m already envisioning a whole blog post all about why). When it comes to horoscopes, it is far from a perfect science. Much of it is based on mythology, and that itself is based on myths. But just because you can't prove something with an experiment or a calculation doesn’t mean you should completely brush it to the side as irrelevant and based on nothing. My hopes with this website is that I can help foster belief in current believers and convince nonbelievers to find a little belief inside them as well.