Is it ok to read a horoscope if you don't take it seriously?

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If you make the decision to keep your distance, which is probably a smart decision, when you see it pop up in a magazine or wherever, say a quick ‘Jesus I love you!’ and turn the page.
In this way you take a step toward light instead of away from light.
It is a good reminder that we are in a world full of darkness, and we benefit from taking a moment to make that connection with God. These things are not neutral.
 
NO. DON’T do it. It may seem like fun now but at some point it may become serious. I knew people who read their horoscopes and were convinced that whatever it said would happen to them.

Plus, any form of the occult is a sin against the First Commandment and the Divine Virtue of Faith (which is even more serious than sins against Charity).
 
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It’s probably best if I don’t do it, so I won’t. Thank you!!! 😃
 
Well, it is a waste of time. I don’t suppose it is any worse than reading any other really bad advice that you know is really bad advice just because you think reading really bad advice is fun. Most of the stuff in the newspaper is just ridiculous. It probably isn’t healthy to read things that make us think of other people with contempt, though.

Reading newspaper horoscopes isn’t like reading Greek mythology as literature that provides insight into human nature or something like that. One could read Greek mythology both without any slight chance of believing it but also without looking down on the authors…if that makes sense. I don’t think the risk in reading newspaper horoscopes is in believing it so much as it is in developing a dim view of those who do. Those are the down sides; I don’t know what the profit is when reading newspaper horoscopes.
 
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I have a notion that many people who pay no attention to astrology nonetheless know the sign of the zodiac under which they were born. Any of you folks care to admit or deny that? I’ll start. I was born under the sign of Cancer the crab — and that is almost all I know about astrology, and all I care to know.
 
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So I live in a state where marijuana is legal. Would I smoke it? No. Why? Because why let more unnecessary c-r-a-p-o-l-a into your life? Same with the horoscope, just move on and forget about it. It adds absolutely nothing of value to your life.
 
One might think they are just reading it for fun, but there are times where I thought I’d read it for fun, only to see that what was described in the horoscope was identical to what was going on in my life, which I thought was bizarre. It didn’t draw me in per se, but such a thing could draw someone else in. Who knows.
 
Yes, of course you thought they were identical. The ‘readings’ are written to be incredibly generic. That’s the basis of a game: read a random sign to someone and they have to guess if it is theirs or not. If you look hard enough help will come from an unexpected quarter will usually apply to you somehow.

That’s how they hook people.
 
Sursumcorda1 said:
Don’t fall for the horoscope trap! It may seem harmless, but this is the way that the devil works. A little “harmless” fun in reading horoscopes will progress into bigger things. As the exorcists say, "Don’t open that portal."
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Very well said. Dont open that portal. Stay away. The devil is cunning.
 
BoskoBadovnic said:
I have a notion that many people who pay no attention to astrology nonetheless know the sign of the zodiac under which they were born.
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This is a residual effect from my horoscope-reading days. As soon as I hear someone’s birthday, I start to recall personality traits for that astrological sign. It is hard to purge that sin from the soul.
 
Margaret_Ann said:
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Certainly, my friend. I should add that I view horoscopes strictly as humorous entertainment, even cartoonish, and take them as seriously as I would the danger of dust motes under the bed. 🙂
 
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BoskoBadovnic:
I have a notion that many people who pay no attention to astrology nonetheless know the sign of the zodiac under which they were born.
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This is a residual effect from my horoscope-reading days. As soon as I hear someone’s birthday, I start to recall personality traits for that astrological sign. It is hard to purge that sin from the soul.
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Well, at least you now know it’s bunk. As far as I recall, I know my sign only because of Esso. When I was a kid, Esso gave away booklets with each fill-up, and my parents gave them to me and my siblings for our amusement. They were on a large number of subjects, but I distinctly recall just three — word search puzzles, tips on entertaining children on rainy days, and astrology. I was interested enough in the last to look up my birth sign, and I was so pleased to find it out that I repeated it to my family and friends. That’s as far as my interest in astrology ever went. I didn’t care what the stars held for me, and I don’t care now.
 
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