Astrology absorbed everything including politics and true-crime commentary

Evidence

Astrology also proved adaptable to cultural commentary, from celebrity gossip to political analysis. “Woke astrologer” Chani Nicholas used star charts to interpret events like #MeToo and other social phenomena, connecting them to cosmic alignments like “a new moon in Scorpio.” In 2019, New York City astrology students pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s chart, noting that he “had his sun in Aquarius and his moon in Aries, so he was used to having his way.” One student accurately predicted, “This is not a guy who’s going to live long in prison.” — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 607

Categorization

• CANDY: The astrology student’s grimly accurate Epstein prediction (‘not a guy who’s going to live long in prison’) is a genuinely dark, shareable moment.
• QUESTION: Why does Epstein’s chart reading land as absurd yet the #MeToo one as political commentary? The selectivity itself reveals what woo-woo is really doing.