Respond to this article . Michelle Cramer, a mass communication sophomore at Louisiana State University, gets her horoscope e-mailed to her everyday and has even called a psychic hotline. Then she told Cramer her boyfriend would break up with her in either three days, three weeks or three months. Cramer believes maybe the psychic picked up on something in her voice, but she is not alone on campus.
Many students check their horoscopes, have their palms read or even call psychics.
Astrology, which dates back to 2300 B.C., studies cycles and predicts the future using aspects and positions of the stars and planets. There's an astrological reason for that. Paige, who started performing astrology 25 years ago, said he makes predictions and answers clients questions using their date, time and place of birth. I just check them to see if what they say is true. Orlando Green, a microbiology junior, said he also finds it difficult to believe one person could generalize so many people's lives.