Are astrology apps foidslop?

Every morning the app sends something like 'the moon is in your ninth house, avoid long emails,' and it's vague enough that it fits whatever happens. It gets screenshotted to the group chat and used to explain why someone didn't text back. Mercury seems to be in retrograde a lot more often than it actually is.

Before or during a first date, someone will look up the other person's sun, moon and rising sign and come to a conclusion.

The apps people usually mean are Co-Star, which launched in 2017 and became known for push notifications that read like blunt one-liners, and The Pattern, which focuses on personality and relationships. They grew fast with millennials and Gen Z, partly because they turned an old practice into something that fit on a phone and could be shared with friends.

Most of the apps base their readings on your birth chart, which needs your date, time and place of birth. Your sun sign is the one in newspaper horoscopes, your moon sign is said to cover emotions, and your rising sign is said to cover how you come across. Skeptics will tell you there's no evidence for any of it. Fans usually say they use it as a fun way to talk about personality, which is how a lot of people use personality quizzes too.