performativezippers:

intimate-mirror:

analytically:

Can astrologers use astrological charts to understand people’s character and lives? Our new study put astrologers to the test

Astrology doesn’t seem to work.

Some highlights:

• Astrologers helped design the study
• No one did better than random chance, even though they only included people in the study who are experienced with astrology and stated that they expect themselves to do better than random chance
• They gave every astrologer a set of 50 things about a person and 5 birth charts to choose from. They weren’t even coming up with the chart themselves!
• After taking the test, most thought they nailed it. Zero out of 152 did better than 5 out of 12. None nailed it
• Astrologers who rated themselves highly experienced (“world class experts”) did the same or worse as those who said they have limited experience. Both performed the same as random chance
• This is hilarious