Secondary superstition needs no personal basis or justification.

Evidence

The occult of astrology columns is a ‘secondary superstition’, that is, the occult here appears as ‘institutionalized, objectified and, to a large extent, socialized’. The type of readers who take cognizance of the advice offered do so without any personal basis for their belief, and without receiving, or requiring, justification for the general practice of astrological reasoning. In the astrology columns of large circulation newspapers and magazines the mechanics of the astrological system are never divulged. — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 34

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘secondary superstition’ — institutionalized, objectified belief stripped of personal grounds — the mechanism of administered irrationality.
• XREF: Transfers cleanly to contemporary astrology apps, crypto, and algorithmic ‘readings’ — belief as administered product rather than conviction.