German Outlets Publish Oct. 19 Horoscopes, Emphasizing Entertainment Over Evidence
Editors point readers to research finding astrologers perform no better than chance, encouraging forecasts to be treated as light reading.
Overview
- TAG24, MOPO and Augsburger Allgemeine released daily horoscopes for Sunday, October 19, offering brief guidance for all twelve signs on love, career and health.
- TAG24 also posted a next‑day edition for Monday, October 20, underscoring the routine, daily cadence of these features.
- Several pieces foreground scientific caveats, citing a Clearer Thinking study led by Spencer Greenberg and André Ferretti in which 152 astrologers averaged 2.49 correct matches out of 12, consistent with chance.
- Contextual explainers outline astrology’s origins in Mesopotamia, list standard zodiac date ranges and reference psychological effects such as the Barnum/Forer effect.
- YouGov polling from 2021 is repeatedly noted to show strong public interest and belief in zodiac–personality links, helping explain the continued demand for daily horoscopes.