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Stop Using Your Zodiac Sign To Excuse Stupid Behavior

Yeah, the tattoos are cool... but that's about it.

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Stop Using Your Zodiac Sign To Excuse Stupid Behavior
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We've all met them. That one person who says, "I'm this way because I'm a _________ (insert Zodiac sign here). Heck, maybe you are that person.

I have one word for you: STOP.

These overarching generalizations that make all of the Zodiac signs unique are simply anything but that. For example, if you search "Zodiac signs" on Google, this site comes up in the search results. When I did this, I got curious about my Zodiac sign, which is Libra.

This is what the page looks like.

Let's be clear that the first line is what made me scoff immediately. "Libra people tend to need balance in their lives..."

STOP! HOLD THE PRESSES RIGHT THERE.

The last time I checked, everyone needs balance in their lives "between work... and recreation," not just Libras. Finding a balance is the key to happiness in anyone's life, not just because your Zodiac sign is associated with balancing scales.

Then, as with any Zodiac inference, there is the dreaded overarching generalization of a character trait that is applied to a sign. In this case, Libras are classified as "charming and people like to be around them..." Seriously? I know a guy from my school who was born two days before I was (October 10th) and he is the most unlikeable, self-centered, anti-social person I know.

That's definitely not charming. But, I digress. Another false description above is that Libras "seem wishy-washy." NO. Being wishy-washy pisses me off and irritates me: I learned a long time ago, especially in the business world, decisions aren't always something that can be meditated on. You often have to go with your gut and make an immediate decision, and that's a quality I have embraced. Zodiac attributes to me smell like a steaming pile of wishy-washy...

Finally, to stick the nail in the coffin of Zodiac falseness, I tested a personal theory that Zodiac signs would contradict themselves somewhere in the world, and that there is no universally accepted truths about anyone based on when they were born.

I was right.

There is a contradiction I found about Libras about emotional confrontation.


This interpretation says Libras tend to be lazy and non-involved as to avoid stress or challenges. However...

...this interpretation states that Libras are patient and wonderful mediators. So, which is it, people of the internet?

I get it. "You're being too serious about this." But hear me out, please. I see people every day that make decisions based off of their astrological sign, especially when it comes to relationships with other people (sexual or not).

I don't like these Zodiac interpretations because so many people do not understand the concept of knowing your own identity. As adults, we are constantly developing new attitudes and beliefs towards the world around us, and it frustrates me when people behave a certain way because they believe they are predestined to behave as such due to something they saw about their Zodiac sign.

I'll get straight to the point here. Yes, it's cool to look at these things, and yes some of it may be true. But I've seen too many people obsess over their Zodiac sign and develop bad character traits because of something read that convinced them it was true. Almost anything about personality insights can be disproved with some research like I did above. So go find yourself and don't let the internet or some interpreter tell you who you are.

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