Cosmopolitan Australia – June 2017

Whatever time of day

you’re reading this, you

can guarantee writer

Mel Evans has already

checked her horoscope.

cosmo insight

a lack of meaning; they have so

much choice and so much pressure

to achieve it’s paralysing.’

Humans are a fan of patterns.

Team this with a lack of meaning

and looking to the stars helps deal

with not knowing what’s ahead.

Even if we read between the lines,

we’re still using the message to our

advantage as it helps quiet anxious

feelings. So long as we take it all

with a grain of salt (and a dash of

reality), what’s the harm in believing

something good is ahead for us? We

can believe in whatever we choose,

so why not let a bunch of stars in the

sky be our guiding light.

to the motivation behind our search.

We’re a narcissistic bunch. We long

to feel like we belong and that we

each, individually, have our own

unique, special place. Because we’re

special. And armed with this, we

continuously strive to find out the

secrets to our future through an

industry that is worth more than

$2 b illion.

Losing our religion

‘People have been moving away

from churches and close connections

with family and instead seeking

material things,’ explains England.

‘This is leaving a lot of Gen Y with

I’ll be honest, they really are just

a guide. Anything negative is ignored

and the good is treated as inspo.

‘If your patterns of behaviour are

working for you and you can read

your horoscope and it makes you

think about what you can learn in

order to move forward in your life,

then it’s fine,’ says Dr Clarke.

That’s just the sign I need. #

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