Is Astrology fake and unconscious discrimination?

Hey everyone,

So, I was in Psychology class the other day and we were discussing a study by Jane Elliot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Elliott). Basically, what Elliot did was take a bunch of children and tell them that the ones with blue eyes were naturally superior to all of the other children. She also made the kids without blue eyes wear an arm band to indicate that they did not have blue eyes. The children with blue eyes started to oppress those who they deemed inferior; For example, one day the blue eyed kids went down to the lunch room and demanded that they should all be served before the kids who didn't have blue eyes.

Elliot then told all of the children that she accidentally got it backwards; That children with blue eyes were INFERIOR to all of the other children and that they now have to wear armbands instead. You would think after facing harsh discrimination and judgement that these children wouldn't oppress those who had blue eyes? No, they did the same thing right back to the blue eyed children.

So this got me thinking about our minds; What if all of this Astrology stuff is willingly fed to us and the reason we consider it true is that in our minds we shape the image of a person from the description of their Zodiac sign? Maybe that is not truly who they are, but that doesn't mean that we will not believe different. For example, if we meet someone born in October, a Libra, and because we believe in Astrology, we are going to assume that this is a natural born diplomat. We form an image, a judgement of sorts, of who that person is just by what month they were born, because we believe in Astrology. Unfortunately, these judgements can be both positive, and negative.

What ever happened to reality? What does being a bad person, having negative traits, or positive attractions have to do with where the stars were when you were born? It is something we use to comfort ourselves, and possibly even hide behind. We as humans want to know our future, and who we are.

This is what I believe; Bad people who do others wrong are just that: Bad people. If I don't get along with you: It isn't because you were born under a different heaven that me. If I like you, it is because I truly enjoy spending my valuable life with you.

Are we just discriminating against one another because we believe in Astrology? Are we unconsciously forming untrue images in our head of who people are because they were born in an incompatible star constellation? Is A

The last question is "Is Astrology fake?"

By the way, I am a Leo.

Wow...You got really deep with your study. It all depends on how you view things in life. Sometimes people do base their relationships off a person's Zodiac sign. Have you studied the zodiac sign of Leo? Do you identify yourself with Leo's? No matter how you view things. A lot of time. Our charectaristics are based in our Zodiac signs. I try sometimes not to base my relationships on a person's zodiac sign but soon as I try not to do it. Is when people show the most ugly side possible of them. I wouldn't say people discriminate based upon zodiac signs. That's silly but then again I try not to get to deep into astrology. Good Luck with all your research. I have a couple of Leo's in my circle and i love the way you guys can get deep.

BTW I am a female Scorpio-Take care.

I think you are comparing apples to oranges.

Social Heirarchy or what chickens would perceive as pecking order has nothing to do with real sustainable and observable character traits and tendencies I have seen in the people I know well. It seems you are either asking to be some one to persuade you to believe that Astrology is real or perhaps what you are really trying to accomplish is to instill skeptisim about astrology because you think it is fake, to bring light to poor lost souls, a personal quest per say.

So which is it? Just curious.....

We've all been here too long, you can't save us... it's useless! Save yourself!

lion of god, eh?

I have considered that before.

"We form an image, a judgement of sorts, of who that person is just by what month they were born, because we believe in Astrology."

Because I know I have done this. One example is that I thought one of my teachers was a Virgo, and I thought she fit the description so perfectly. It turned out someone had told me the wrong birthday for her, and she was actually a Pisces. Weird, eh? But whenever I think of her, despite the fact that I now know her real birthday, I still picture her as a Virgo initially, because that was the image I had formed for her.

On the other hand, astrology involves much more than Sun signs. There is the entire natal chart to consider, as well as other things.

It does seem pretty unlikely that the alignment of planets when a person is born could affect their personality...but regardless, I have observed many constants among people of certain signs.

This topic is interesting. I think RainingPeanuts is right, though...a lot of people believe in astrology too much to objectively consider its accuracy in all areas.

People are like that a lot with the paranormal...they pick out the things that hold truth or can be proved and, due to that, disregard flaws and inconsistensies.

The best way to determine it's accuracy is to guess peoples signs.
I have a very high success rate, so even though I still kinda doubt astrology, I pretty much have to accept it's validity.😢