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Links and References:

1. https://gizmodo.com/why-believing-in-astrology-is-not-as-harmless-as-you-th-1595802206
2. https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/04/11/42552/
3. https://www.britannica.com/topic/astrology/Purposes-of-astrology
4. https://www.thehoroscope.co/birthday-analyser/January-18-1986-horoscope-and-zodiac-sign-meanings-13176.html
5. https://jungleworks.com/technology-and-the-2-2-billion-astrology-market-why-is-online-astrology-getting-so-popular/#:~:text=Blog%20Panther-,Technology%20%26%20the%20%242.2%20Billion%20Astrology%20Market%3A%20Why%20is,Online%20Astrology%20Getting%20so%20Popular%3F&text=A%20study%20revealed%20that%20the,in%20the%20United%20States%20alone!
6. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886921007686
7. https://www.academia.edu/33516637/The_Negative_Effects_of_Excessive_Belief_in_Astrology
8. https://ijmaberjournal.org/index.php/ijmaber/article/view/111
9. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210205-why-astrology-is-so-popular-now
10. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/psaprocbienmeetp.1978.1.192639
11. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pr0.1997.81.3.1035
12. https://time.com/5867647/nasa-zodiac-star/

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