See also: Top Ten Myths About Astrology (Part One)
Maybe it’s part of the nature of astrology, but misinformation - myth, if you will - seems to rise up around it. Art, religion, science, pseudoscience, entertainment - do we even know, really, how to classify the thing? Think it over: in the meantime, here are the top ten myths and stereotypes about astrology that could use a little debunking:- Sun signs are the least important part of a chart
Absolutely not true! Sun signs share similar properties, and in a way
are like a filter for the rest of your chart - if you’re an Aries, even if your
Venus is in Cancer, you’re going to need a lot more space than a Leo with Venus
in Cancer, for example. But both people might still love to cuddle, or have
mother fixations (sorry. . . )
- You shouldn't date someone you're not totally compatible with
The one thing people always want to know about astrology is "who
is my ideal match?" Well, I hate to break it to you: there is no such
person.
Sure, there are energies that mesh well together, and sure, there are
certain aspects between charts that can make the relationship feel
"fated" or otherwise "destined" – but here’s the thing. So
many people thrive off of a little tension – some more than others, and some to
a greater or lesser extent than others, of course – that most people don’t
actually WANT a perfect match! If they got that perfect match, they’d find the
other person TOTALLY DULL.
Of course, this doesn’t apply to everyone. But my parents, for example - their moons are square, as are their Marses, normally hints of underlying
tensions - and they’ve been happily married for nearly three decades. And they
are two of the most passionate people I know!
So don’t ask: is this the perfect match. Ask: is this an interesting
match, for me?
- Astrology is true because of the gravitational pull the planets have on you when you’re born.
Um, no. My high school physics teacher spent a whole lesson on this,
for those of you who are interested, but let’s put it this way: the doctor who
delivered you had more of a gravitational pull on you, so if you really believe
this, you better go look up his or her birth chart.
I believe astrology is true because of what I talk about earlier;
synchronicity. Things that happen at the same time have similar energies, and
we can predict the movement of the stars and thus future energies. Nothing
more, nothing less.
- Astrology is what you read in the newspapers.
Nope. Nope, nope, nope. At least, not always. Some newspaper
astrologers are very good – but they are few and far between. Mostly, this bunk
is made up by a random J-school grad one step up from writing obituaries, who
can imagine twelve possible scenarios for the day. Real astrology has to do
with angles and planets and synthesizing information from many different
sources. Sorry.
- If you’re born on the cusp of two signs, you’re either like both of them or like neither of them.
Everybody - I repeat, EVERYBODY - falls into one particular sun sign.
It’s for this reason that it is so important to get the exact day, time, and
place of your birth totally correct – if you’re down to the wire between two
signs, this is what you need to figure it out.
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