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People criticize it because they only know the basic horoscopes from newspapers/internet/social media. I am not saying astrology is accurate but their criticism in this case only pertains to those types of horoscopes, because clearly they haven't spent time knowing what actual astrology is like. lol maybe spend more time learning before criticizing.

But to think that I've encountered people who criticized me from learning about astrology is funny, because they are quick to say it's bullshit, when I am only studying it. Studying =/= believing. And if I say something about it, you know that it comes from a well-informed place. And if some people use astrology in their lives, why do we even have to care? Same with people who criticize others for their religion - the way we live our lives is up to us. Like, live your own life instead of criticizing people's beliefs that are important to them lol.
When a system is created on doubtful fundamentals, does it really matter if you use a simple version of it (horoscopes) or advanced, with more elements? It's interesting that socionics and astrology are quite similar in this case. People like DarkAngelFireWolf69 imo chose the bad way of developing the theory, instead of trying to prove existence of basic concepts like functions or intertype relations with help of statistics, neuroscience and already proven psychological concepts they make some intellectual acrobatics in isolation, adding systems on top of systems. It's a problem because it distances socionics from science, limits its potential and makes it a "psychological astrology".

I think for some people astrology is some sort of mental exercise, a tool to understand yourself better but I'm probably too much of a dumb sensor to get it. I agree there's no point in personal dislike of people who learn astrology, it's only a problem when someone sees it as a truth and not an option, but then it's a bad sign about this person's way of thinking in general. Even if you convince them to believe astrology is nonsense, they may then choose to believe in something equally doubtful. Whether religious, astrological or socionical, fanaticism is dangerous as it often leads to behaviors against common sense, mutual benefit and morals.