Many would all like to know what the future holds. Will I have a good day? Is there a situation I should avoid today? 

For those who believe, horoscopes have the answers to these queries.

They want to live with the security of knowing what will happen next. Like everything else, there are two sides. There are believers and nonbelievers.

Jose Marin, 15, is a believer.

“Well, I started to think horoscopes foretold my future about six years ago. That day, my horoscope read that I was going to encounter a big decision…I was nine, so, a big decision for me was choosing between two of my favorite video games,” Marin said jokingly.

The nonbelievers rationalize that horoscopes are written in general terms to fool the unsure and weak-minded person. Believers, however, say the stars know and tell the future.

“I’ll admit that sometimes I did wonder why my horoscope was telling me I was going to have a lucky day,” said Marin. “I’d go through the day and just waiting for the good luck to come, but I had the opposite…bad luck. I’d have things like pop quizzes I didn’t study for in school.”

He turned to horoscopes by pure curiosity. It later escalated to a small addiction.

“I liked to read the newspaper and that’s how I started reading the horoscopes. I got hooked, I started to request them on my Yahoo mail,” the sophomore said.

On the other hand, the many skeptics and nonbelievers like Albert Rivier, 19, argue that horoscopes prophesize the common everyday events so that people are drawn in and convinced of the stars’ fortune-telling power.

“I think (horoscopes) just give people a little self esteem boost and hazy advice on general issues,” he said. “I once read one that said, ‘your spunk is admirable…consider different options more carefully…listen to your instincts,’ I don’t understand how that’s in any way helpful or clear.”

Rivier said he has a questioning personality that conflicts with his ability to succumb to blind faith.

“I can’t get how people are so gullible as to believe that something like a horoscope can actually look into the future and help them solve the problems that are ‘yet-to-come,” said Rivier.  “I mean, the problem hasn’t surfaced, so now you’re bracing yourself for upcoming trouble that might never come.”

What may seem like a tremendously vague prediction to one person is a real fortune teller for another.  Whether horoscopes give true foresight or false forecasts, is there anything that can shake the faith of a true believer?