Uni High Gargoyle Staff Blog

I admit it: I’ve got a guilty pleasure. I absolutely love reading horoscopes. And yes, I know that someone probably made it all up for fun. I know that the odds of my life actually matching up to the horoscope is one in a million. But I still think that it’s really, terribly fun.

For one thing, reading about what “the heavens have decided” for you gives you a sense that the universe actually cares about what happens to you, which is always a good feeling to have. If you really want me to be cynical, I will: The heavens and planets probably don’t care about you, because you’re just one more blob among billions on a round little thing spinning in the middle of space.

I rather like the idea being cared about more. So there you go.

Secondly, when some aspect of a horoscope is right, it’s interesting to have that eye-widening, jaw-dropping reaction. Hang on, you think. Does that actually say what I think it does? It’s like serendipity. And as I said before, it really does make you feel like your life has a purpose. Which is pretty cool, don’t you think?

Finally, I think horoscopes are absolutely brilliant because of how much you laugh when they are absolutely, horribly WRONG. It’s also fun (if you have no life, like me) to read different horoscopes and compare them. Quite often, they’ll directly contradict each other. Which is funny to me.

… Right. I’ll just go read my horoscope for tomorrow, then.

— Michelle Gao