I’m a Virgo, I say, Moon in Aquarius, Aquarius rising. When a new acquaintance asks me, innocently, as if she’s just making conversation, how long it is until my birthday, I know what she really means. It’s queer and diverse and empowering, maybe revolutionary, definitely unavoidable. Co-Star, an astrology app “powered by AI that merges NASA data with the insight of human astrologers” to “algorithmically generate insights about your personality” has raised $20 million from Silicon Valley venture capitalists. Supposedly, a lot of people do believe in astrology, more than ever before. The vast wheel of the universe is still turning, but nobody beneath it cares. Maybe there’s some ancient black-clad Armenian peasant woman consulting an almanac every time she crosses the street-but for everyone else, astrology is a dead science. Reading the Planets through Capital, Power, and Laborĭoes anyone believe in astrology anymore? Is there anyone who still really thinks that our destinies are written in the sky? The answer is probably no.
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