College Essay On Astrology

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When deciding which three different types of media I wanted to test-drive I began to think about media my friends tend to gravitate to and that I tend to stray away from. The biggest ones that stuck out to me were rap music and scary movies. I couldn’t seem to find another media that I wasn’t at least a little interested in already until I came across an app on my phone about horoscopes, thus began my interest – and choice for my final media topic – in astrology. The first thing I did when I decided to try out rap music was go to my roommates for album suggestions. They are both avid rap-music listeners and luckily Kendrick Lamar released his latest album only a few short days ago. I spent around a half an hour listening to a few of the …show more content…

My whole life I always saw astrology as just a tiny paragraph in the back of my magazine that made silly predictions about my upcoming month in its latest issue. After learning more about astrology and its origins through informational videos and online articles I am so intrigued. I learned that you have a sun sign, which is your zodiac sign that’s most commonly known, but you also have a moon sign, a rising sign and connections to the planets that all stem from something called your birth chart. Your birth chart is unique to each individual and is based off of when and where you were born and how that time and place connects to the universe and it’s relation to the planets. It was so cool to see how intricate and scientific astrology actually is and it was even cooler to be able to see how that all applies to my zodiac sign and how that relates to my personality, life and relationships with my friends and family. I don’t think it will be something I will commonly use but I did enjoy learning more about it and being able to gain a better appreciation for it and it’s concepts. I think the people who truly believe in astrology or who apply it to their every day lives most likely really enjoy making connections about things and learning more about themselves and those around

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