{"id":4147,"date":"2018-10-12T17:22:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T21:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2018-10-12T17:29:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T21:29:39","slug":"is-astrology-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/10\/12\/is-astrology-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Is astrology real?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4148\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/23046460-AF96-4562-8B00-AB5EA441E297.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4148\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/23046460-AF96-4562-8B00-AB5EA441E297-300x272.jpeg\" alt=\"Is astrology real? (I'm a Leo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/23046460-AF96-4562-8B00-AB5EA441E297-300x272.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/23046460-AF96-4562-8B00-AB5EA441E297-768x697.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/23046460-AF96-4562-8B00-AB5EA441E297-1024x929.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/23046460-AF96-4562-8B00-AB5EA441E297.jpeg 1874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is astrology real? (I&#8217;m a Leo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Astrology is a real thing: there are more than 3K results in our catalog for a subject search for \u201castrology\u201d. As a topic it\u2019s gone through many phases over the centuries: This article in the <em>Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development<\/em> has a brief history: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/astrology2\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/astrology2<\/a>. Should we believe those daily horoscopes in the paper? Well, it may be better to look on them as fun more than accurate. But many academics, e.g., in history and psychology, address this topic and its influence both in the past and today. Here\u2019s an article just for you: \u201cGood day for Leos: Horoscope\u2019s influence on perception, cognitive performances, and creativity\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/astrology3\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/astrology3<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astrology is a real thing: there are more than 3K results in our catalog for a subject search for \u201castrology\u201d. As a topic it\u2019s gone through many phases over the centuries: This article in the Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development has a brief history: http:\/\/bit.ly\/astrology2. Should we believe those daily horoscopes in the paper? &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/10\/12\/is-astrology-real\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is astrology real?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4147"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4151,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions\/4151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}