How to Match Anonymous Natal Charts to Individuals Based on Personality Profiles

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Professional astrologers should be able to match anonymous natal charts to a group of individuals based on their personalities and psychological profiles. Not once has any astrologer ever performed better than chance at any such task. This is an enormous red flag. If people born with a certain sign are a certain way, then why can't they do it?

Do zodiac signs dictate demeanors and destinies, or are horoscopes hogwash? Dave Farina consults the stars about astrology with us here on Skeptical Sunday!

On This Week's Skeptical Sunday, We Discuss:

The pseudoscience of astrology (not to be confused with astronomy — the legitimate study of space) purports that the position of celestial bodies relative to Earth influences events and human behavior.
Initially designed as calendrical systems for predicting seasonal shifts and divining the will of the gods, astrology has been observed across cultures since at least the second millennium BC.
From a scientific standpoint, astrology lacks a coherent explanation and fails to make statistically significant predictions.
Experiments with natal charts and horoscopes consistently show no correlation between astrological predictions and real-life traits or events.
Belief in astrology may offer comfort and purpose, but it hinders scientific progress and critical thinking.
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