Let's hope nobody's true nature is believing in middle school bullshit like astrology
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2025
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Honestly if it creates community I don’t see the issue
That can't seriously be your only metric for judging a series of beliefs
No but when it comes to relatively banal things like astrology it is
It must be me, but I have a very hard time separating something like flat earth belief and astrology. The people who believe them, obviously I can separate those - but both are equally very wrong.
People believing bullshit in general irritates me, even more so when it's used by people to exploit other people.
It's just fun an quirky until you base your entire life on the lie and end up being exploited because of it.
I have a friend who got out of a bad relationship and decided to go full on into Wiccan shit, burning various things like sage, believing whole heartedly in taro cards, goes to classes frequently on how to better read taro cards, talking about his new goddess. I can't take it seriously for a second and it makes me think less of them and their intelligence.
I get that it's hard to deal with the realities of life
Basic ass white women thinking them buying rocks and burning sage is a feminist uprising.
Is drinking pumpkin spice lattes also a feminist uprising?
Having a live laugh love sign is my favorite feminist uprising.
I get it, but also, women's interests have always been othered and viewed as lesser. Unabashedly enjoying feminine coded things and rejecting the stigma associated is kinda revolutionary. It is feminist to say "yes, I like pumpkin spice, so what?" Women need to stop looking down on other women. Is a live laugh love sign my style? Not really, but neither is yellow shag carpet in the bathroom and that was popular enough for a time. Wanting reminders of love throughout your house is not a bad thing. These women, like most other women, are just trying their best. Let's try to give them some grace.
Astrology is pseudoscientific, objectively false garbage. It should be othered and seen as lesser just like any other pseudoscientific personality trait garbage. "Witchy" stuff like crystals etc. is also complete nonsense. We as a society should seek to identify beliefs and practices that aren't grounded in reality and treat them that way. Even if they aren't inherently harmful in isolation, that kind of pliability where it doesn't matter what's true and what isn't as long as it makes me feel a certain way is a recipe for a dumber and more dangerous society.
Live laugh love? I mean sure. It's super basic, and I'd just as quickly make fun of a guy for having a "man cave" sign, but it's at least harmless. The meme though is specifically talking about pseudoscientific horseshit and equating it to feminism, inherently equating calling it out with antifeminism. It's asinine.
My comment started with "I get it", and for the most part I do, but you are in a witchy community, so it seems a little strange to come into a space for that sort of thing and complain about that. My personal stance on religion in general is that it's harmful, but I'm not going into religious communities and commenting that their beliefs are bad for society.
I personally do not follow astrology, or crystals or whatever else, but calling something "basic" as though there's a problem with "basic" female interests is pretty anti feminist imho. The majority of (American) women don't believe in astrology, so on its face the comment was untrue, but it's also patriarchal in that they assume women as a whole are interested in something that they dismiss off hand. Proudly believing in and engaging in things that are considered "feminine" regardless of how others may view you is a core part of feminism. I don't think it makes all "feminine" beliefs or actions correct or good, but it can make open and proud participation an act of rebellion.
While you partied, I studied the star signs.
When you were having premarital sex, I mastered the séance.
While you wasted your days at the gym in pursuit of vanity, I cultivated moss.
And now that the world is in fire and the barbarians are at the gate, you have the audacity to come to me for help?
After I married a very strong and independent woman. I'm all for this. Women need to dominate and take their rightful place on the planet. Also have 4 daughters so might be biased