This is my unpopular onion: I pay 0 attention to them tbh and just figure that all those characteristics they list are just traits ppl have in general but when people read them will subconsciously identify with the ones that match their sign.
I mean I can be proven wrong about this anyday but either way its not a subject I pay any attention to, I cant guess peoples sign from their personalities or anything like that
I just like having cool stuff associated to my person like constellations or animals

uhhgh welllll
if you accept that future can be divined from astrology then you have to accept all other form of divination
so reductively it says that augury is also proper
which means that sure future is there, in those chicken guts

so i don't buy it, really

JUST LOOK AT THE CHICKEN GUTS HARDER, DAMMIT.

There seems to be a buttload of different ways to explain why astrology works the way it does, some may or may not forcibly include other forms of divination, some won't, though - like the definition stating that it's essentially frequencies emitted by celestial bodies influencing life on earth, or another saying that it's patterns that mirror one another. I... UH... can't speak to how chicken guts or burning are explained at all.
But honestly, the sheer number of kinds of divination and the fact that they all tend to be so intimately involved with such human-centric activities (like drinking tea, or having hands, or pretty rocks we like, or looking up) is pretty dang offputting on any form.

I use them for a bit of fun :) like a personality quiz

I believe in astrology to some degree, and find it interesting when I end up being close friends with compatible signs. But I don't take horoscopes seriously at all and I don't believe in predestined outcomes.

I don't work with tarot at all but I-Ching is quite good, and offers nice direct insight into the present and the correct attitude to follow. I consider it complementary to Taoism and that it teaches one how to become more receptive to the Tao.

My personal experience with it has been interesting in that I no longer consult it, because I somehow feel what it will tell me in advance and all readings tell me what I already know.

I used to visit astrology.com daily as a teenager, lol. Actually I still enjoy it from time to time, they've just added so many friggin ads to the site. :T
I also have a relationship built up with my Fairy Oracle deck. I've been told my readings are scarily accurate. XD Muahahahaha! Though it's not so much about the future as getting a read on the current situation and seeing what options can be taken from there. I guess it just more of whether or not the person could see the other options available or not, or had thought about the problem or situation from all angles. *Shrug*

I simply like them for fun. I choose to identify with my sign because I love it and it fits me well. Plus Scorpions are badass animals.

So I agree with danies. No hocuspocus, just (unconscious) choosing.

Irk? I was always jealous that I wasn't a scorpio when I was younger, but bulls are pretty cool too I guess :P

im an active tarot card reader and use my deck rather frequiently and have been told multiple times that my readings are spot on. as other people have commented, a lot of tarot card reading falls on being able to see the influences of a particular situation and how and what the carss are suggesting or telling you to tell the person. it is a way to see multiple answers to a question and see a situation from all sides and see what influences their decisions and how to suggest an alternative route should the cards tell you another way.

the other part of tarot card reading is that it relies heavily on the reader's intuition and without that your readings will be skewed. it also relies on energy distribution and how attuned you are to not only the spirit world but also how well you are attuned to your cards.

all and all, yes i believe in astronomy and tarot cards, but horoscopes are particularly not accurate and they are too general. i split atronomy and horoscopes up because there are parts of atronomy that are very accurate, while horoscopes are mostly trash babble. i also can see why people would group them together as well as not believe in one so disregarding the other, because they both use the same "base".

another reason i believe in astronomy and not horoscopes is because of the duality of astronomy and not horoscopes. you have one sign in horoscopes but houses, charts, sun and moon signs that all helps narrow down to an actual personality of a person and not just a general reading for a thousand people.

i hope this all makes sense and helps you out! :3

I think I understand what you mean, and it was honestly pretty helpful in regards to figuring out some secret things! :3c
Thanks!

All forms of divination are bullshit from beginning to end: historical curiosities, insight into the vagaries of human psychology, and fun inspiration for fantasy games and stories.

I feel like they get a little dry once you learn the tricks behind cold reading.

generally speaking I don't buy much into astrology, I understand how star charts etc can be read in such a vague manner that they might apply to everyone and so on, but I do think my own natal chart has some very specific things which are VERY accurate to me, and I have experienced VERY bad things during Mercury Retrograde periods (realizing what they were after the fact, so I didn't "imagine" things into being worse than they were), so I do put a small amount of stock into astrological alignment etc.

I also work in buildings in an area that is haunted as fuck. Like, I didn't believe in ghosts, demons, spirits etc in that sense until I spent time in these places, and have seen how they affect other people as well as myself. To that extent, I believe in supernatural things, so I necessarily have to keep an open mind about other kinds of spiritual, astrological, "hocus pocus" kinda things

Oh man, sounds like you have some crazy stories!

Falling through floors, being sent flying down stairs, intense feelings of dread or hostility that vanish when you leave the premises, locked doors opening themselves, faucets turning on by themselves, curtains fully opening and closing themselves... One resident of one of these places claims he saw spirits of Native Americans in his yard and surrounding him in his bedroom one night. I have also heard voices calling out my name in my husband's voice, as well as apparitions taking various forms, including that of my husband. Mostly all the very brief kind of experiences that could be chalked up to "mind playing tricks on me", but it only happens at these specific locations, and it happens fairly often. :[

As I was reading the other comments here I remembered talking to my hubs about horoscopes before, and one thing I did conclude is that people who take the time to make daily activity like reading a horoscope before heading out for the day my experience certain levels of happiness or success because the activity itself, as well as any intentional response to that input, indicates a level of mindfulness or intent about that person's daily conduct - rather than acting fully spontaneously. I think being adherent to religion or any other specific set of principals can have a similar effect :)

That's crazy! It at least makes for very interesting stories, even if it's super spooky to be around :o I keep hoping that more study would go into this kinds of phenomena because it's incredibly interesting, but I never see a whole lot that doesn't come with a lot of preconceptions :T

That's pretty much how I feel about mysticism and religion - I don't think that what they're about or what claims they make about how the universe works are especially important, I think they're a good tool for coping and feeling more in control in life. A lot about these ideas revolve around explaining things we can't, and simplifying complex questions that can't be made any less complex. Things that give this seemingly blindly confusing and unforgiving universe some stability. Not everyone needs them, but something as simple as a horoscope can relieve some stress in daily decision-making and help reveal what what we'd actually like in a situation, and tarot can offer other perspectives on situations we're in so that we can better understand our feelings and what we need or even force us to face harsher realities. Kind of like writing/drawing prompts: it's way harder to try to become inspired or gain direction from everything in the world all at once, but if you're told to make something with sharks you know at least generally what you're gonna be doing and immediately have a foundation to move from instead of just floating in space, hoping to grab something worthwhile.

I practice tarot. I have dabbled slightly with some other divination techniques, but I don't know a whole lot about anything else.