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But when you ask people, "So what are you, a Libra?" or say things like, "I do XZY, but then I'm a typical Virgo", that rather indicates that they actually do think that personality is predicted by date/time of birth.

Or it means they're joking or having fun.

What I'm surprised isn't common knowledge is that most people who like to talk about astrology and stuff don't seriously believe it. I think that's why people get defensive when they get sneered at and told condescendingly that it's not ~real~~ Because they think it's obvious that they're just doing it for fun.

Then a lot of people have a very odd idea of what a joke is. It's rather an elaborate set-up, don't you think? Going around behaving as if they believe in astrology when secretly they don't, because everyone knows that'd be hilarious...?

Sorry. I think it's far more likely that people kinda sorta believe, but haven't really given much thought about how or why they believe. Horoscopes and zodiac signs sound semi-plausible as personality predictors because they're so general they'll apply to nearly everyone. Quite a few people are taken in by this simply because it looks like an impossible trick on the surface. I mean, how could they know I'm sometimes social, but often need my own space??

So when something they take as a casual belief is challenged, their first reaction is to get defensive because someone is questioning a belief they've never bothered to question for themselves. That isn't a nice feeling. Neither is the suspicion that maybe you've come off as rather gullible at best, ignorant at worst. So the usual way of handling it?

Oh, it's all a joke, they were just having fun. You silly thing. :)

You... don't have a very good sense of humour, do you?

Nonny I think you have much stronger feelings about astrology than the average person reading horoscopes.

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