I grew up in communist Bulgaria. When I was ten, the Wall fell, and the floodgates of civilization opened—bringing a tsunami of dubious beliefs with them. We got the best of it: horoscopes, psychics, poltergeists, fortune tellers, obscure religions, Eastern spirituality, hippies, numerology, the Knights Templar, UFOs, Kashpirovski—you name it, we got it blasting on us from the TV screen and the newspaper stands. Even the army believed and started digging a hole, guided by a psychic, who promised they’ll find an alien aircraft.
I was no stranger to all that stuff. I read books on horoscopes and checked mine daily. I hoped aliens and poltergeists were real. But one by one, those beliefs faded away. The aliens never landed and I could read anyone’s horoscope and it would feel as accurate as mine. Today, I see these all as thinking errors, used by clever people to farm wealth.
Am I 100% free of superstition? Maybe not but pretty close. Show me proof that any of this works, and I’ll gladly change my mind.
Veselin.blog 
‘farming wealth’ is an interesting term
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It’s societally acceptable. I consider it a scam but the law doesn’t
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It’s ‘socially acceptable’ all right. Just like luring the bulk of your citizens into indentured servitude and calling it ‘capitalism.’
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‘Luring’ or ‘trapping’?
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Nobody is trapped to believe in horoscopes
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OK… ‘follows obsessively..’ but I meant in shredbobted’s comment.
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Magical thinking fallacy
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They sure make for good writing and artistic prompts though. Advice, not so much… unless it is something that just sparks deeper thinking.
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