Here's Proof That Horoscopes All Say the Same Thing

Want proof that horoscopes are mostly BS? This chart shows that they all pretty much say the same thing.

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Most of us have the vague suspicion that all horoscopes can apply to all people (especially if you believe in them), but someone actually analyzed thousands of them to prove it. 

The website Information Is Beautiful looked at 22,000 Yahoo horoscopes from the year 2010 and found that the same words appear over and over, regardless of what sign they're for. It's worth noting that they did factor that some words always appear frequently in the English language, so those were excluded. 

Here's a chart that visualizes the results (you can see a larger version here): 

The best part is that based on the results they put together the average horoscope for any given sign on any given date:


Read it once. Now you're set forever. 

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