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Horoscopes secure element in people’s daily routines
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by Zeina Makky
The Gamecock
They may take up only a minimum amount
of space in the papers or magazines, but they
are sometimes the first thing people look up.
Those who religiously consult it cannot
start the day without it. Not only can you
find it in the press, but also on the Internet, on
the radio, on phone numbers advertised on TV
and in bookstores where dozens of books are
dedicated to it.
Vedic (Indian) astrology and Chinese as
trology are two forms of horoscopes.
Horoscopes are everywhere. Almost every
single magazine or paper has a horoscope sec
tion, even The Gamecock. Students can check
out any search engine and type in “horoscope”
or “astrology” and there will probably find over
a hundred and fifty sites. There are thousands
of books available about horoscopes on the
Amazon.com website.
With such an overwhelming presence of
horoscopes, who can honestly admit they nev
er ever checked those’ precious lines revealing
their daily or weekly oracle? A lot of us do,
even if we don’t believe in them.
1 “I don’t believe in them, but I read them.
I find them interesting on occasion,” Abby Gar
cia said.
Some students wake up expecting their
horoscope for the day.
“I read them every single day from the mag
azine,” Hinda Moutawakil said.
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Sophie Carter, a student from Washington
D.C., said she had her horoscope sent to her
diiily by email, but only checked them after the
day had passed.
“Sometimes it works [what was predicted
actually happens], sometimes it doesn’t, but I
believe in them,” she said.
“I don’t believe in them. I don’t think I’ve
ever had an accurate one,” said Job Richards.
With so many sources of horoscopes avail
able, it may be hard to see which ones are re
liable.
Several sites for the Sagittarius sign have
conflicting predictions. For example, the horo
scope from the Washington Post Online said
for Monday: “Look behind the scenes for an
swers. Involvement with Scorpio proves
mysterious, stimulating.” The NY Post Online’s
horoscope for Monday said: “You will put your
self out for someone today, do something above
and beyond the call of duty, and get no thanks
at all.”
The horoscope dates aren’t consistent. For
those born on a boundary date like May 21st,
some horoscope sections or books say you are
Taurus, but others say you are Gemini.
Another interesting fact, broadcast on a
French news magazine show, was that, according
to the stars, there are actually 13 signs and not
12, and that their periods are not regular,
with the shortest one being Scorpio, which lasts
approximately 2 weeks.
So, with all those defects, it would be rather
unwise to rely too much on the oracles sent
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from the stars.
Many papers get their
horoscopes from Web
sites. One college pa
per in France even
printed completely fab
ricated horoscopes writ
ten by two girls. Which
might make you wonder,
should horoscopes be taken seriously at all?
The spotlight desk can be reached at
gamecockspotlight@hotmail.com.
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