i've recently become addicted to horoscopes. i know that sounds incredibly sad and shallow, but it's more like an experiment for me. now, i've never really believed in them, because i find it hard to accept the idea that everyone born under the same sign will be affected by the same forces and have the same kind of day. usually i find that my daily horoscope doesn't even remotely apply to the events that occur to me, but obviously, if you're a believer, then you're going to spin the prediction so that it fits your life perfectly.
this reminds me of a presentation that this kid george gave in my 8th grade science class. he brought a girl up to the front of the class, asked her a bunch of questions from a psychology book, and then came up with a personality analysis from her answers. everyone was like, "oh my god, that's so right, that's exactly what she's like," and then george said that her answers didn't actually matter at all, he just picked a description at random and read it out loud. all of the "analyses" were so ambiguous that they could have applied to anyone. he basically proved that psychology is a crock. so analysis, horoscopes, magazine quizzes, they're all worthless. i would like to think that the vietnamese fortunetellers are right though, because ours said that either my sister or i will be famous someday (that, or infamous). it won't hurt to believe in that, will it? :)