Overview

• Major outlets posted new sign-by-sign forecasts for Oct. 8 and previewed Oct. 9, including TAG24’s daily pages, MOPO’s Wednesday rundown, and BILD’s Oct. 6–12 weekly horoscopes.
• Augsburger Allgemeine published daily sign pages with embedded video and stated that birth dates have no proven link to personality or future outcomes.
• Coverage repeatedly references the Clearer Thinking experiment led by Spencer Greenberg and André Ferretti, where 152 astrologers averaged 2.49 correct matches out of 12—consistent with chance.
• Reports cite YouGov polling indicating roughly half of Germans express interest or belief in star‑sign links, sustaining demand for horoscope content.
• DerWesten ran an event piece on the Moon entering Taurus on Oct. 8, forecasting short-term romantic boosts for Taurus, Virgo and Leo.