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I'm Patrick Miller. So what do you think about astrology? I was talking to an

incredibly intelligent Christian the other day who was telling me all about her

personality and how she's naturally confrontational and direct.

And so she did all the normal stuff, talked about her Myers-Briggs personality, her

eniagram, again, all the usual suspects.

But then she dropped that she's a Leo, and that's part of why she is the way she is now

To be honest she didn't go into much depth on the topic and to be even more honest

It was a meaningless statement to me. I don't know anything about Leo's or astrology in general. I couldn't tell you what I am and I can't remember the last time I looked at a horoscope. I mean unless you're talking about this little placemats at Chinese restaurants, which I'll

by the way say that I'm a rabbit and that's not very cool, so I kind of want to flub the numbers and

pretend to be a dragon, but that's besides the point. Recent polls suggest that

astrology is actually on the rise right now.

That's especially true amongst Gen Z and people who don't identify strongly with any religious tradition.

Sociologists suggest that in the absence of a thick sense of religion or belief, many people are turning to astrology to give them a quick hit of religious dopamine.

Now, you can probably guess where I fall on astrology just based on what I've already said.

And that's partially because the Old Testament has some very, very not nice things to say about

astrologers. The Old Testament treats astrology as a power of darkness, not a power of light.

But again, in the spirit of total transparency, I'm equally confused by astrology because I'm simply

a modern person who believes in science. The idea that my future is

determined by the Earth's relationship to different planets and stars sounds kind of silly to me,

and it's really easy to prove that idea false.

Okay now I know what you're thinking.

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