Why are we Fascinated with Astrology?

In the 1920's, there was a big sensation in the US. Two
sisters had photographed fairies flying around flowers
in their garden. It was an unbelievable event. The two
gave interviews and talked stuff. It was after more than
sixty years that one sister revealed the whole thing was
a hoax. The fairies were made of paper. Nonetheless they
captured public imagination. It was something different
and unbelievable, but was revealed a hoax later.

But thousands of paranormal and supernatural things remain
the way they are- uncanny and unimaginable. No one has
explanations. All the same, people love to know more and
indulge in these pursuits.Very often we have astrologers predicting events. Most people love the opportunity to get one's palm read by an astrologer.

Believe the stuff or scoff at it. But the whole idea is fascinating to humans. Many people read the headlines of a newspaper later, but read their horoscope first. Astrologers and fortune tellers may talk in deceptive and ambiguous terms. Knowing the same, people flock to them.

Science and scientists try a lot. They never come up
with satisfying explanations to paranormal and psychic
stuff. Human beings are a curious lot. Issues with explanations satisfy them. But things with no explanations fascinate them. Take this one. Former US presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy - Kennedy's life was very nearly a copy of Lincoln's. Both became presidents after similar victories. Held office
for nearly same number of days. Both were assassinated
outside a theater near their car. The name of the killer
was the same in both cases. These two incidents happened
more than eighty years apart. Science does not have any explanation to this. People are intrigued by such happenings.

Human minds are adventurous. Always in search of
thrills. No wonder, why horror movies are so popular.
Everyone knows it's all make believe. People still get
white with fear inside cinemas and dream of ghosts for
next few days. Calling spirits of dead people has become
an industry in Britain. You have Gypsy ladies peering in
a psychic glass ball and calling spirits of the dead
people you want to get in contact with. Forget the
common man, British aristocracy has been known to visit
them more than anyone else.

Science-fiction -a word that sums up the topic. All the
science-fiction novels, movies is make-believe. Nothing
is real but every thing's in a proper scientific way.
Giant spaceships, alien landings, UFOs kidnapping people
all happen in science fiction. Actually there's a group of people in US who claim to have been kidnapped by UFOs. They believe, they have had extra-terrestrial
contact. What's true, what's not only time will tell.

Now if there were a time machine to travel in the future
like in the movies...

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