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German News Sites Publish Fresh Horoscopes With Prominent Scientific Caveats

Reader demand remains high despite studies finding astrologers perform no better than chance.

Overview

  • On 24 September 2025, TAG24 and MOPO posted free daily forecasts for all twelve signs, and BILD ran a weekly Aries outlook covering 22–28 September.
  • Augsburger Allgemeine published updated per‑sign daily pages with embedded videos, background explainers, and standard date ranges such as Libra from 24 September to 23 October.
  • Across outlets, publishers frame horoscopes as entertainment and include explicit cautions that astrological predictions are not evidence‑based.
  • Coverage reiterates the Clearer Thinking study by Spencer Greenberg and André Ferretti, in which 152 astrologers averaged about 2.49 correct matches out of 12 and none exceeded five.
  • Articles reference YouGov’s 2021 findings indicating substantial interest in horoscopes, with many readers engaging at least occasionally and a sizable share seeing a personality link.