How i chose astrology

Growing up I didn't know a thing about astrology or even what it was. I couldn't have told you the difference between Aries and Aquarius if I'd tried. In my family, we scoffed at astrology, considering it about as authentic as alien photos from supermarket tabloids. Not until my late teens would I become curious about what those twelve signs listed in the newspaper's horoscope section meant.

By this time I'd become jaded with things of a mystical or esoteric nature. I loved the idea that everyone had a 'sign' and that we got certain traits from them, but I doubted astrology would prove to be anything real or useful in my life. I had no interest in being told what to believe so I shunned books on the subject and decided to do my own research. I began simply and tried my best to avoid being swayed by anyone's idea on the subject. I told no one what I was doing, I just started studying in my own way and as of 2008 I still consider myself to be studying, though more openly now.