? How do we face astrology?

In English, astrology and astronomy have the same root astro. Astronomy and astrology can also be well combined-astronomy can calculate all the constellations in the sky when a person is born, as well as the positions of the sun, moon and planets. Or, a person's astrolabe. And the astrolabe is the beginning of astrology.

astrology sprouted around 25 BC. The core of it is about the human soul, which is the connection between celestial bodies and personality-the background is the Greek philosophy's questioning of the universe and soul for two hundred years in a row.

no horoscope, no greetings

"Are you a Virgo? No wonder it's so clean and elegant. "

"You really are a gorgeous Gemini! This skirt suits you so well that others can't wear such a jumping pattern. "

"Aquarius? Me too! Fantasy constellation. Do you also like to watch Haruki Murakami's 1Q84? "

this kind of conversation is becoming more and more common among people who meet for the first time. Dinner parties will talk about constellations with new friends, and strangers will also ask each other about constellations during the trip. It has become an indispensable knowledge in urban interpersonal communication. A person who knows nothing abOUT constellations may be out at the beginning of the conversation.

does the constellation make sense, and put it aside. It has become a popular topic largely because it is the best flavoring agent in interpersonal communication. To open the communication situation, emotional topics are the most appropriate. Talking about literature is too melodramatic, talking about sports is too boring, talking about people around you is too careless, talking about stars is too vulgar and has low information content. Constellations include each other's personality types, life preferences and even emotional needs. As soon as the constellation comes out, all these secret information are poured out in elegant and civilized conversations, and the scale is appropriate, which can be advanced and retreated, deep and shallow, and at the same time, it is very able to pull into each other's private distance.

The charm of constellations also permeates the workplace. When recruiting new employees, many bosses will ask the horoscope to see if this person matches their horoscope and is suitable for this position. "Virgo is an excellent candidate for a secretary", "Gemini's ever-changing personality is suitable for the innovative style of our media", and Taurus, Cancer and Capricorn are the pioneers that leaders like.

having a good horoscope will not only help the workplace, but also add points in blind date. In a love dating program on a TV station, after a newly appeared man smiled and reported his identity as a cancer man, 24 female guests screamed and immediately turned on blue lights-everyone believed that Cancer would be a good man at home. And the famous Korean movie star Rain's cancer constellation has also become an important selling point for him to represent the image of a new and good man.

Constellation masters can be seen everywhere on TV and publications, analyzing the daily fortune of each month, and the constellation culture is entertained and interpreted into a contemporary yellow calendar. Love, home ownership, career choice, business, childbirth, even cosmetic surgery and facial growth have all become hot topics in astrology. In Europe, constellation analysis is also closely linked to the election of political figures. The general election is hot, and astrologers will follow suit to predict who will be elected, which is quite popular with the public.

When constellations are labeled

Constellation culture permeates everyone's life in full swing, and negative effects follow.

"Kao, that man is Pisces. Burn him! Both Pisces have delusions of victimization. "

"Your boyfriend's moon falls in Gemini. Forget it, playboy." .....

We don't know each other deeply, or even have never met each other. Some people will be rejected thousands of miles away just by the constellation.

people who love horoscopes and believe in them are everywhere. Xiaoli is an editor who just entered a female website. When she entered this new circle where astrology is prevalent, she felt that there were always several colleagues around her who were inexplicably indifferent to her. She tried to get close to them, but the small circle always kept a safe distance from her. She couldn't bear it, and finally one day she asked one of her colleagues, "Why do you always dislike me?" The colleague's answer made her laugh: "Because you are a Scorpio, it is definitely not a good thing." In the constellation culture, Scorpio is generally regarded as "harsh, critical and vengeful". Xiaoli didn't do anything, so she was labeled as "difficult to get along with" for no reason.

At work, many people will choose a constellation that matches them. For example, Leo will not choose a Leo as an assistant, because the lion will not always be willing to live in the company. Pisces female bosses are afraid that their aura is not enough, and they are resistant to being superiors and subordinates with Aries female colleagues.

Constellation labels will give people strong psychological hints, and even change and reshape a person's fate and personality. According to psychological experiments, all the students in a class praised an ordinary girl for her incomparable beauty. After a semester, the girl really became attractive.

After the national star movement entered a frenzy, astrologers with little knowledge gave labels to others and themselves. Cancer will insist that "introverted, shy and quiet" is its own characteristic. Under such psychological hints, it is natural to avoid competition, and the result is often missed opportunities. If a Libra boy is convinced that "playboy, fickle and unstable" is his in our nature, it will be difficult for him not to cheat.

Why do we yearn for the guidance of starlight

The relationship between human beings and stars is distant and close. It is tens of thousands of light years away, but it is close to our every night and dawn. Looking up at the stars is the habitual action of every generation of philosophers. Can these stardust and starlight really affect the fate of every individual like an ant on the earth?

Life is limited, and fate is changeable. Especially in this period of lack of faith, our hearts yearn for eternal starlight guidance in the turbulent and complicated life, so that we can find the right path with nowhere to go.

Maybe it's a constellation, maybe it's a blood type, maybe it's the Book of Changes, maybe it's a tarot card or a handful of coffee grounds. We always need something. The popularity of constellation theory has spiritual needs, empirical verification effect and modern business. In the modern civilized society where rationality and science are paramount, both the media and metaphysicians know that "the unknowable" has a strong psychological appeal.

But is astrology a science? Should astrology guide our lives? We are enthusiastic and skeptical. "I can't say astrology is the truth. Such a thing that is perceived by the mind is only known to me. Only when the hearts of each other vibrate can my language reach the realm of touching your heart. It is the cosmic energy that touches the heart. This is not tested and quantified by science. " Ingrid Zhang, an astrologer who has studied constellations for more than ten years, is not obsessed with these arguments. "I once thought that science is the only truth in the universe, but one day I realized that human survival, mind and spirit are not the only things that science can explain and solve." Therefore, besides science, religion, art, psychology and astrology help people to understand life completely.

As Heidegger's existential theory says, the truth or falsehood of astrology is not important. As long as it exists, you can't beat it for thousands of years, which means that human beings can't just exist as pure scientific materials. Our hearts need to be appeased. Experts are not talking about constellations, but selling chicken soup for the soul to nourish the dull and pale hearts of urbanites with spirituality.

When fate is entrusted to the "master"

The astrologer Shasha has a rule: help people look at the astrolabe, only analyze their personality, and don't judge their fate; People who are in a bad state of mind and obsessed with good or bad luck will not be shown. Astrology is a bridge to make friends and communicate with her. I have been studying the constellation for five or six years, so I have made a group of like-minded friends. "Friends who were originally neglected to contact, in order to understand their astrolabe, have more frequent contact with me. In the process of exploring the astrolabe, people who were originally self-protective may also share their distress and confusion with me. " The distance between our hearts is getting closer because of a small astrolabe.

However, when astrology is equated with individual destiny, "astrologer" becomes a strange authoritative symbol in interpersonal relationships. "If you know someone (astrologer), you can get rid of any girl", "Remember, if you don't believe in someone, you won't be happy" ... Such remarks can attract many young people who are at a loss and in trouble.

Han Lu, who has studied astrology for five years, seems to be a little fairy. Under her name, there is an astrology club that regularly discusses the astrolabe. At that time, a large group of people who are curious about fate or are in a trough, who know or don't know, will ask her for advice with their own astrolabes.

Han Lu, who is tightly surrounded in the center, points out everyone's future: Your husband, this is a typical divorce plate; Have children? I think it is difficult for you to get married; It's not surprising that your boyfriend is married. The astrolabe shows that your love pattern in this life is unreasonable ... < P > The sentenced people have different minds-the "mistress", who is struggling whether to break up, said with a wry smile: Forget it, make do with it, it's just this life anyway; Since divorce is going to happen sooner or later, sooner rather than later. Those who are fighting for the defense of marriage are also disheartened about improving relations.

The person who is predicted to encounter misfortune seems to have a sword of Damocles hanging from his head, and he is in constant fear. Boyfriends and husbands who were dragged to be spectators were also implicated for no reason and had nowhere to complain.

For a "guru" like Han Lu, Shasha could not agree. She even encountered such an "interesting thing": an astrologer who often appeared in various websites and magazines as a "master" and often pointed out the life of others, but missed the bottom in his peers: Hey, help me look at the astrolabe. I dare not look at it myself ...

How destructive is the "authority" with a little knowledge to its fans? Ingrid Zhang's voice rose several decibels with excitement-

She once received a call for help from a girl in the middle of the night. The girl felt that she couldn't live any longer, broke up with her boyfriend, and her body was in pain. She was worried that she had cancer, and just another constellation predicted that she would be in disaster this month. It's a disaster, but it's better to commit suicide! Before she died, she found Ingrid Zhang to check again.

"This is shocking!" Ingrid Zhang told the girl firmly: No one can know your fate! Astrology is not used to judge death and disaster, but to help people grow up internally!

In this era, astrology is so popular because people are so restless and need to be comforted. It is precisely because people are so impetuous that few people are willing to calm down and study a subject, so that "masters" can enjoy incredible authority in the crowd.

Astrologers should have the feelings of psychological counselors

"Astrology can't be a discipline of human mind if it is limited to predicting fate, but it can only be a threat." Ingrid Zhang said. Xiaoyun, on the other hand, had a depressing experience of being "intimidated".

I started looking for astrology, and I was at a low point, full of anxiety about my life and future. "Alas, this pattern on your chart shows that it is difficult for you to have children." An astrologer who is famous in a circle of friends predicted this.

well, before you have a lover, you are warned that there will be no children. Xiaoyun, who is already sensitive, is even more depressed. Two years later, Xiaoyun was pregnant. In addition to joy, she suddenly recalled the astrologer's prediction and began to worry. Her husband, who has no interest in constellations, also feels cursed for no reason, which is quite unpleasant.

I met a more famous astrologer by chance. He looked at the same astrolabe and shook his head at the previous judgment of "childlessness": I didn't see any signs of childlessness from the whole astrolabe. Moreover, there may be a smart and independent child who is deeply influenced by his father. Irresponsible prediction is too tragic for a person who pays attention to family and children!

Xiao Yun is finally relieved. Not only because she got a better prediction, but the experience of alternating sadness and joy made her put down her persistence in exploring fate. "I don't know if astrology can objectively predict fate, but subjectively, how many people have the ability to fully understand fate? Believe in fate and blindly listen to other people's hints, it is better to believe in the' law of attraction' to be positive and happy. "

visitors' rational and non-blind attitude is what American professional astrologer David R. Railey likes to see. "It is an abuse of astrology to judge fate for people." After studying astrology for 4 years, he insisted, "Astrologers must have a sense of responsibility, and at the same time, they should be humble to life, and don't think they know everything."

There was once a visitor from David Reilly, whose star map and his own situation showed that he was unlikely to get married. Ruilei won't say: your chart shows that it is difficult to get married. Like a friend, he seriously discussed with each other: Do you really want to get married? What are the reasons behind these ideas? How to improve will be better ... Ruilei firmly believes that if this person can improve his own consciousness, when he has a healthy marriage inside, he will certainly be able to attract a beautiful partner outside.

The astrolabe in Rui Lei's eyes is not a map of absolute destiny, but an expression of people's development potential and possible challenges. Every map is like our first breath. Every breath will grow and develop. Life is a process of continuous learning and growth. There is a dynamic relationship between fate and free will, which are intertwined and influencing each other.

How to empower people to solve problems is what serious astrologers such as Rui Lei and Ingrid Zhang have been interested in and working hard for.

"A true astrologer is a spiritual seeker, who uses his/her knowledge to help others tap their potential and make life more complete. It's not that I know your fate, I know your secrets, and I have gained some kind of privilege. " Ingrid Zhang was a skeptic of astrology, and her study and 14-year course at the Astrology Institute in London made her awe of astrology.

"An astrologer's knowledge and purity of mind determine the level of interpretation." She is not limited to a small star chart, science, philosophy, art, history, mythology, and her astrological life is nourished by richer external dabbling: "In the face of a person's astrolabe, I just see the cosmic energy dancing here. But this person has a' spirit'. Once the aura is born, his life can cross his/her astrolabe. "

how do we face astrology?

Faced with many phenomena of abusing astrology, American professional astrologer David Reilly believes that it is the key to improve the public's astrological awareness, and he gives three suggestions-

1. The public must trust themselves and their own judgments, instead of putting their own character and destiny in the judgment of any "master";

2. Don't think that fate is doomed, you can definitely do something to change your life;

3. The society should develop the professional standards of astrologers. In order to better protect the public, Atlanta, USA has developed a series of rules and guidelines in 4 years. Astrologers must pass professional examinations, professional assessments and professional certifications before they can obtain licenses to serve the public.

Observing oneself is the primary subject for astrologers.

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