Is there a scientific basis for constellation and personality?

The relationship between constellation and personality, in short, is not accurate enough. Because: personality is an index that is difficult to quantify and trace, and it is easily influenced by cultural factors. "Constellation" itself cannot affect personality, but "Constellation culture" is likely to play a role.

According to the popular view of constellation culture, we will find that the so-called "influence of constellation on personality" has nothing to do with constellation, but with the date of birth in Gregorian calendar. We just put a personality template on people born within a certain date range. For example, we think that people born between 7.23 and 8.22 are more proud and self-centered. In this judgment, the basic judgment factor is the date. As for the name "Leo", it is just the name of this personality template.

Gregorian calendar dates reflect the relative position of the earth and the sun, as well as the climate of the four seasons. These two points hardly affect the formation of character. Besides, it is not the focus of constellation culture.

Some people think that the influence of constellations on personality comes from stars such as stars and moons. But the stars in the universe have no other way to contact us except weak gravity and light emitted or reflected. If you want to believe that the positions of the stars and the moon can affect your personality, you must presuppose a theory of material interaction that is completely independent of physics and the whole natural science. This is tantamount to inventing a language, what's more, the grammar rules of this language are full of loopholes.

Looking closely at the personality templates of each constellation, it is found that they are all related to the name of the constellation itself. The character of "Leo" slightly imitates the image represented by lions in mainstream culture; Virgo is described according to a sensitive and delicate female image; Scorpio, on the other hand, emphasizes the sinister and vicious symbol represented by scorpions in the mainstream culture, and properly makes it positive to avoid forming a negative personality template. These are the origins of the characterization represented by various constellations.

Constellation culture meets people's psychological needs in at least two aspects. The first is the need for belonging. People need to divide themselves into a certain group in order to feel the sense of security brought by the group and avoid the anxiety brought by loneliness. At this point, the division of people by constellations is simple and easy, and it is easy to be popular. The second is to assist decision-making. Since ancient times, human beings have been seeking divination to help them make various decisions. The horoscope prediction and the combination with others can also produce similar effects, but the form is novel and looks more fashionable than the traditional methods, so it is more popular.

As for why I sometimes feel that the constellation is very accurate? Because people's personality is multifaceted, everyone has many personality characteristics and will belong to the template of different constellations. For any constellation, as long as one or two features that match the description can be found, many people will think that the constellation is accurate and ignore other mismatched features.

The simple understanding is that if the same group of people, such as a group of Capricorn people, describe them according to Gemini's personality characteristics without knowing their horoscope in advance, their feedback judgment of "yes or no" will not be much different from telling them the "correct" horoscope.

On the other hand, because the constellation culture has become very popular, it has in turn affected the personality of people who believe in it. When people are told that their personality "should" belong to a certain template, they may form a psychological hint and move closer to that template in their future life. Over time, what is not like is like. This may be the only way that constellations affect personality.