Sunday, April 4, 2010

Daily Horoscopes: Are They Accurate?

By Brady Hill

More and more people these days are reading their daily horoscope. Sometimes it makes you laugh, other times it makes you think. And sometimes it just doesn't seem to make sense at all. Regardlessly, there are people who absolutely must review their daily horoscope before making any major decisions.

But when you look at the big picture of life, just how accurate can a daily horoscope really be? Is there actually any pertinent information being presented? Or is it little more than vague generalities written to help an editor fill a page?

To effectively answer this question we need to look a little closer. When a qualified astrologer builds a complete horoscope on someone, they take several factors into consideration. Most of these factors are not present with a daily horoscope.

A qualified astrologer will start by asking you to provide the exact time and date of your birth. From this information they will be able to figure out the precise position of the stars and planets at the time of your birth.

They will also need to know where you were born. This must be specific, right down to the country, state and city you were born in. For optimum accuracy, give them the latitude and longitude of your birthplace. With today's satellites and GPS gadgets this is a lot easier to determine than it was years ago.

Now this is where it all starts getting interesting. The astrologer will take all of the information you gave and develop a complete chart. This chart will tell you just how you as an individual, fit into the big picture of the universe. It can reveal personal things like your weaknesses, strengths, level of intelligence and personality.

The important thing for people to understand is that although a horoscope can give you a ton of general information, it's not designed to give you specific answers. Rather, it will provide you with options. It can tell you what's "likely" to happen if you make a certain choice, not which choice to make.

So, when we consider at all that goes into developing a complete astrological chart, it would appear that a daily horoscope lacks a lot when it comes to accuracy. Simply knowing your sign only drops you somewhere in the range of a 30 day time period. Meaning that there's basically 1 chance in 30 that you'll get any worthwhile information out of it. But that could still make it accurate 12 times a year!

So if it's just small amounts of general information you're after, the daily horoscope might be just what the doctor ordered. They're still lots of fun to read and are essentially harmless. If you're more serious about astrology, you'd probably get a real kick out of a complete horoscope... at least once in your life. It could tell you a lot about yourself and be very entertaining in the process.

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