German Outlets Publish New Horoscopes for Dec. 8–14 With Context on Scientific Limits
Outlets pair the advice with reminders that studies find astrologers perform no better than chance.
Overview
- BILD released a full slate of weekly horoscopes dated December 8–14, offering sign-by-sign guidance across love and friends, work and finances, and fitness and feeling.
- Augsburger Allgemeine posted updated daily horoscopes and includes explainers that describe astrology as a pseudoscience and outline the Barnum/Forer effect.
- The Greenberg and Ferretti experiment, cited by Augsburger Allgemeine via Clearer Thinking, found astrologers matched personality profiles to zodiac signs at chance levels, averaging 2.49 correct out of 12.
- Coverage highlights ongoing public interest, with a 2021 YouGov survey reporting roughly 53% of Germans express interest in astrology, especially younger readers.
- A separate DerWesten piece attributes short-term energy boosts for Aries, Taurus, and Leo to Mars-related alignments on December 9–10, reflecting typical astrology framing rather than empirical evidence.