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If You're Getting Ghosted, It's Probably From One Of These Zodiac Signs

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Came across this funny article. I was just searching for something about "ghosting", which means when someone just stops communicating with a romantic partner. Why is this stuff still popular?

If You're Getting Ghosted, It's Probably From One Of These Zodiac Signs (Glam)

You might suspect that aloof Aquarius or two-faced Gemini would be the most likely to leave you on read and roll out. However, the sign with attributes most compatible with ghosting is actually fiery, bullheaded Aries. The ram can be a bit of a bull in a china shop when it comes to romance. They tend to come in hot, then disappear and leave a shattered mess behind before you know it. Aries is a majorly rebellious sign, and bucking commitment is exactly on brand. The sign's fiery impulsiveness can also result in them walking away during a moment of intense emotion and never looking back (via Co-Star).

Start paying attention to the signs of the potentials you're communicating with and see if the Aries theme fits. If it does, maybe take a break from the headstrong ram for a while. If not, perhaps you'll spot another astrological pattern that can help you on your way. If you're an Aries yourself, keep in mind that you could be falling victim to Aries-on-Aries selfishness, as detailed by Astrotalk. Two rams butting heads will certainly never get anywhere other than ghosted.*
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Hey, if the advice doesn't fit in your case I'm sure that you can explain any behavior using astrology, right? :rolleyes:
 
In one brief blurb they managed to twice refer to Aries as a bull, despite clearly knowing that Aries is a ram, and presumably they've heard of Taurus which is an actual bull zodiac sign.

If people must believe in woo nonsense, at least let it be consistent nonsense!
 
I'm not sure that I can remember the originator, maybe Isaac Asimov?

In response to the inevitable "What's your sign?" question, he'd reply: "Stop."
 
TragicMonkey said:
In one brief blurb they managed to twice refer to Aries as a bull, despite clearly knowing that Aries is a ram, and presumably they've heard of Taurus which is an actual bull zodiac sign.

If people must believe in woo nonsense, at least let it be consistent nonsense!
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Which merely serves to highlight the fact that these idiots do not recognize bull when they see it!

Spektator said:
Pfft! I ain't afraid of no goats.
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If you made these kind of stereotypes about an ethnic group or a religion, or some other immutable characteristic of people you'd be called a bigot, but somehow it's OK to make broad generalizations about people based on which month their birthday falls on. It's an "ism". "Signism"
 
William Parcher said:
Rams are male sheep, not goats.
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Well, this is not a hard and fast rule everywhere. The Chinese, for example, really do not distinguish clearly between the two. Their word "yáng" - the word for the eighth year of their 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac, is more accurately translated as Caprinae, a taxonomic subfamily that includes both goats and sheep, so their "Year of the Goat" is also called the "Year of the Sheep". Some Bedhouin tribes do not distinguish between then either and even farm them in combined flocks.

Of course in our mythological cultures, they are treated separately - Aries is the Sheep and Capricorn is the Goat, albeit with a fishy tail!!
 
Puppycow said:
If you made these kind of stereotypes about an ethnic group or a religion, or some other immutable characteristic of people you'd be called a bigot, but somehow it's OK to make broad generalizations about people based on which month their birthday falls on. It's an "ism". "Signism"
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There was a report posted here a while back about the difficulties some Indian people have because Indian astrology says bad things about those born under their particular signs. So yes, actual discrimination does happen based on this nonsense.
 
Pixel42 said:
There was a report posted here a while back about the difficulties some Indian people have because Indian astrology says bad things about those born under their particular signs. So yes, actual discrimination does happen based on this nonsense.
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I'm not shocked. I do have a hard time imagining someone in a modern society taking it seriously enough that they would actually discriminate against people for no other reason than their zodiac sign. But in a place like India you also have things like castes, so it wouldn't shock me there.

Here in Japan there is something similar:

The curse of the Fire-Horse: How superstition impacted fertility rates in Japan

It’s a well-known phenomenon for Japanese people, but might not be clear to others. Many Japanese families chose not to have children in 1966 due to their superstition of “Hinoe-Uma (Fire-Horse)”. Fire-Horse is the 43rd combination of the sexagenary cycle, which happens every 60 years. The superstition is that women born in this year of the “Fire-Horse” have a bad personality and will kill their future husband. I presume the parents then were worried about their daughter’s huge disadvantage in the future marriage market, so they chose to avoid the risk of having a girl. Sex detection during pregnancy was not available then, so many families avoided having children altogether in 1966. This kind of superstition seems to have been more prevalent in rural areas than in urban areas, because the fertility drop in urban areas was less than in rural areas.1
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There was a a large enough drop in childbirth that year that you can see it clearly in the graph. Then it went back to the normal trend in the following years. In 2026 it will be another Hinoe-Uma year, so I wonder if it will happen again. That was 60 years ago, so maybe there's less superstition now? But articles like this make me wonder.
 
Puppycow said:
I'm not shocked. I do have a hard time imagining someone in a modern society taking it seriously enough that they would actually discriminate against people for no other reason than their zodiac sign. But in a place like India you also have things like castes, so it wouldn't shock me there.

Here in Japan there is something similar:

The curse of the Fire-Horse: How superstition impacted fertility rates in Japan



There was a a large enough drop in childbirth that year that you can see it clearly in the graph. Then it went back to the normal trend in the following years. In 2026 it will be another Hinoe-Uma year, so I wonder if it will happen again. That was 60 years ago, so maybe there's less superstition now? But articles like this make me wonder.
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Isn't there also some woo about blood types and personality?
 
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