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Why Are Millennials So Into Astrology?
theatlantic.com
In a stressful, data-driven era, many young people find comfort and insight in the zodiac—even if they don't exactly believe in it.
Astrology in the modern times
Astrology has known different times, throughout which it was more or less important to people all over the world.
Millennials are said to have taken astrology to the next level. By allowing people to check their zodiac online, and therefore to have access to even more unlimited information, astrology is becoming more and more popular as time goes by.
Astrology and its perceived benefits
Astrology should not be perceived as a science, but rather as a system that explains each sign's evolution, including facts on personality, life cycles and relationship patterns, based on what the planets do or will do.
Having this in mind, individuals turn to astrology whenever they feel overwhelmed, whether it is about personal or professional stress. In return, they expect astrology to provide them with better perspectives and positive mindset.
Astrology and its believers
For most of the people, astrology feels like a comforting magic that allows them to escape today's too organized and predictable life.
In order to feel the need to seek for astrology, one should first realize that he or she does not want pre-established answers anymore, but rather the pleasure to discover on own ground the truth, the freedom and the meaning of things. However, there is still a great amount of individuals who believe in astrology in a more rational way, while coming to the conclusion that this is some sort of language, of a tool.
A contradictory attitude towards astrology
While there are people who blindly believe in astrology as though it was some sort of a powerful fairy, there are others who find it rather useful than magic. And there are those who see it both ways.
Millennials have always been used to living online and offline, which might be the reason why they find it quite easy to perceive astrology as both spiritual and logic.
Astrology in the Age of Uncertainty
newyorker.com
On a Sunday night in June, the twenty-nine-year-old astrologer Aliza Kelly was preparing to broadcast an Astrology 101 live stream from her apartment, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. A glittering SpectroLED light panel made the living room feel like a tiny movie set.
Astrology and cultural acceptance
Astrology is currently enjoying a broad cultural acceptance through the Internet. It is a content business as well as a traditional spiritual practice.
Many people are explaining themselv...
Popularity of astrology
The rise of astrology is explained as a result of the decline of organized religion and the insecurity of the economy and politics.
People want some stability in a world of chaos where they wonder what is going on in their lives.
At the center of astrology is the pattern of a person's life that corresponds to the planetary pattern at the moment of his birth.
Astrology has helped people decide when to plant crops or go to war. It is used to predict a person's life and interpret his character. For some, astrology can explain everything, from earthquakes to the rise of social media.
What Are Emotions, Even?
While it's possible for researchers to study facial expressions, brain patterns, behavior, and more, each of these is only part of a more elusive whole.
There are six basic emotions
In the 1960s, researchers started to study facial expressions that matched six basic emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, and disgust.
Some researchers now say there are fe...
Emtion: The concept
In the 1950s, psychologists were focused on behaviourism while mostly ignoring emotions.
The word "emotion" did not exist in the English language until the early 17th century.
For centuries, the mental state to which "emotions" now refer were called either passions or affections.
In the early 19th century, Scottish philosopher Thomas Brown was the first to propose emotion as a theoretical category. However, he was unable to define it.
The natural-kind view of emotion
When asked to explain in words what emotion is, we may come up with ideas that feel right, such as "sensitivity to events," or "your mind's reaction to experience," but fundamentally, emotions are intangible and the definitions offered are not good enough for science.
Words like "joy" and "rage" describe a set of complex processes in the brain and the body that are not always related.