Are you a horoscope junkie?

Not many would agree to the fact that they belong to the horoscope junkie category and therefore, before we go any further than this, you need to take a small quiz on this aspect. Your answers to this quiz would help you identify the problem if it is there and accept it. Only when you would accept the fact that you are addicted in some way or other to horoscope signs and predictions, will you be able to take measures to free yourself from it.

[edit] The Quiz - Answer with Yes or No

1. When you see a newspaper or a magazine, do you first open it at the horoscope section?
2. Do you find it impossible not to buy the horoscope booklets and books that catch your attention wherever you go?
3. Do you religiously follow the advice given in the various horoscope columns you read?
4. Do you get effusive if you read something very nice or very bad in under the horoscope signs on any given day?
5. Do you cancel important matters if your horoscope predicts failure?
6. Do you compartmentalize the people you know according to their zodiac signs and develop your relationships accordingly?
7. Do you have a nagging doubt that you might be a horoscope junkie, though you hope you are not?
8. Do you find out your compatibility charts with your boss, girlfriend or boyfriend, and friends and use it as a map guiding your relationships?
9. Do you believe that destiny can be changed with the right decisions along the way?
10. Would you take up a long and arduous trip if an astrologer promised you an accurate reading?

[edit] Five Tips To Straighten Out

If your answers have 7 or more Yes, then you need to accept the fact that you are a horoscope junkie and need immediate help. Fortunately, this addiction is completely reversible; once you are aware of it and ready shake it off, it is relatively easy to do so. Here are five excellent tips that would give you complete freedom:

1. Take one-step at a time - do not expect to shake it off overnight. Have patience with yourself and allow each step to take its own course.
2. Remove all the horoscope signs information from your home and immediate surroundings. Stay away from newspaper for about three days to one week. This would ensure that (1) you do not rush to the horoscope side the first thing in the morning, and (2) you can carry out your day without "knowing" what is there is store for you.
3. Write five times in the morning when you get up and five times when you go to sleep, "I am the master of my own destiny and God is my only guide".
4. Do not change plans if your horoscope is not favorable; instead say a from-the-heart prayer to whomever you consider God and plunge ahead doing your very best.
5. Make friends without referring them to your zodiac calendar. Ensure you do not ask them about their birth date so you would not be tempted to check them.

In less then one month, you will be a different and most likely a better person. All the best!