“I think astrology wouldn’t be as upcoming as it is without the role of social media,” Liberty Harvey ( ), 20, an astrologer from the UK said. Social media is also prime for building communities with like interests, which eliminates the negative feelings that come from discussing your interests around people who find them unappealing. As Madison said, users are given a chance to follow astrologers who may intrigue them, get a feel for who they are and if their beliefs align, then followers could pay for readings through cash apps like paypal. Memes and threads are made for sharing, allowing information to spread easily and globally. Most platforms are free, making them readily accessible to users who may use astrology for guidance. The format of social media makes it a good place to facilitate growing interest in astrology. Now people are sharing astrology memes on Facebook and saying the reason their ex was so terrible was because he was a Leo…It really makes me laugh.” “People called you crazy and obsessed with nonsense. “It used to be that you could talk about astrology and absolutely no one would know what you were talking about,” Madison said. Social media, especially Twitter and Instagram, have been an important tool for millennial astrologers to get their message out and offer readings and advice to a wide and varied audience. “ Younger generations especially find themselves stifled in these settings and astrology gives them a means to explore themselves more deeply without societal restrictions and religious framework.”

“I think people in general are becoming dissatisfied with the strict cultural and religious frameworks in our current society, especially the ones that seek to deny people of any form of individuality, hope, or pleasure,” Madison Louise ( ), 22, a tarot reader and amateur astrologer said. We are seeing a rebirth of this age according to K’la. This was also a marker of the last big moment astrology had in the 1960s and 1970s with Hippie culture, also known as the “Age of Aquarius”. Take our current political climate, where we see gun reform conversations from high school students or the creation of new, “radical” genres of music spearheaded by rappers like Ski Mask the Slump God. She also posits that this moment for astrology is accompanied by an age of rebellion and cultural shifts, where the younger generation begins breaking away from the norms of older ones. “Astrology acts as your own indicator and makes you a god of your own faith…it’s just giving yourself power to create the life that you want to live.” “We wanna understand and know that life isn’t just following what someone else says,” K’la said. Something indicative of this phenomenon is the resurgence of astrology in pop culture, especially among millennials. History does seem to repeat itself as the saying goes. K’la, 21, is among a growing community of astrologers benefiting from the social media age, and calls herself a tarot and astrology practitioner. K’la was preparing herself to be receptive for the energy reading of the day. Unwrapping the bundle, a deck of holographic tarot cards, a rose quartz crystal and amethyst crystal sat in the centre of the black cloth. After taking her seat, she fished a tied, black bundle from her bag, rested it on the table top and spritzed the bundle and the air around her with fragrant, homemade Florida Water – for good vibrations and positivity. The fluorescent lights of Frey Hall glistened off the silver rings that adorned all 10 fingers of K’la Rivers’ hands.

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