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German Outlets Roll Out Daily Horoscopes With Clear Scientific Caveats

Sign-by-sign pages add videos plus next-day previews, with publishers stressing entertainment over life decisions.

Overview

  • TAG24 and MOPO published free, sign-by-sign daily horoscopes for Thursday, 2 October 2025, with TAG24 also posting a preview for Friday, 3 October.
  • Augsburger Allgemeine released multiple daily pages for individual signs featuring embedded video updates and prominent notes on the lack of scientific evidence.
  • Several pieces cite a Clearer Thinking study by Spencer Greenberg and André Ferretti in which 152 astrologers averaged 2.49 correct matches out of 12, consistent with chance.
  • Coverage frequently references a 2021 YouGov survey reporting roughly half of Germans see a star sign–personality link, with higher belief among women and lower among men.
  • Editors advise readers not to base important choices on horoscopes, explain the Forer/Barnum effect, and in some cases credit AI imagery such as Midjourney for visuals.