Zodiac signs have a massive appeal because they supposedly answer questions about personalities, potential partners, and future problems. Students share whether or not they think the planets and stars affect people’s personalities.
The pie chart above shows the responses from students who responded to our survey. Some participants who answered “no” did admit that they find horoscopes interesting.
“They do have a kind-of accurate representation of the certain person. Sometimes [they describe] a person to a tee,” said Sophomore John Diwa.
The majority of students responded with “no.” When asked to elaborate on their opinions, all their explanations were similar.
“I personally don’t think there’s enough current evidence that supports the idea that various astronomical occurrences [affect] the lives of everyday people,” said sophomore Jay Pena. “I just personally think it’s a bit [far-fetched] to claim that a seemingly random planet that happens to be in our solar system moving in a particular way during a period of time can affect something as significant to a person as their personality traits or even their relationships. I just don’t think there’s much logic or evidence to support that.”
Senior Toby Sealy agrees
“I don’t necessarily believe something so far away could affect someone so profoundly to impact their lives or change something about them in such a way,” said Sealy.
Senior Andrew Murphy concedes that “astrology can match up and align with people and who they are,” but notes that “it is not always accurate.” He added that the idea of astrology can conflict with some people’s religious beliefs.
Senior Malia Palomino disagrees with astrology on scientific grounds.
“I am big on science, and astrology has been rejected by the scientific community as having no explanatory power for describing the universe,” said Palomino. “Scientific testing has found no evidence to support the premises or purported effects outlined in astrological traditions. Where astrology has made falsifiable predictions, it has been falsified.”
Even students who find astrology fun and interesting admit that they don’t fully believe in it.
“Astrology, while it is fun, has no scientific validity,” said senior Isabelle Nowlan. “Even though astronomy, a natural science of celestial bodies/objects, is the root that astrology is based on, the conclusions made from astrology, such as stars on the day you were born dictating your personality, cannot be scientifically proven. Therefore, I do not believe in astrology, but rather astronomy.”
One entertaining aspect of astrology is horoscopes.
“I personally don’t believe in astrology as a defining factor in people’s lives,” said senior Thorn Rockel. “However I do like looking at horoscopes for fun and being like ‘oh that’ll never happen’ or ‘hey that was kinda accurate’ as a fun little thing to look at.”
The overall mutual consensus amongst those who don’t follow astrology is that it does not make logical sense. However, some believe in astrology full-heartedly, such as freshman Lujhie Paule.
“Firstly, I do believe in destiny so it plays a lot into my beliefs on astrology,” said Paule.
Overall, most students surveyed prefer proven science over astrology. While a few students surveyed are able to see the appeal of horoscopes, they do not let the celestial bodies define their actions.
