Today's Horoscope
All signs:
The stars want to remind you that symbols are powerful things. They also want to remind you that symbols mean different things to different people.
While a swastika was symbol of pride for the Nazis, it was a symbol of terror, oppression and genocide for the Jews.
While the cross is a symbol of rebirth and a savior to Christians, it was a symbol of destruction to many cities and civilizations that did not share that belief.
Though corporate logos may be a symbol of technology, fashion, progress or the good life for first world nations, they are often a symbol of slave labor to third world countries.
And while your nation's flag might be a symbol of patriotism, or sacrifice, or values it may or may not possess, to others it might represent a fatal flaw in the machinations of the government it represents, and therefore may stir different feelings in them than it does you.
The very same symbol may mean different things to different people, and it shouldn't be so hard to understand that.
It also shouldn't be too hard to understand that symbols shouldn't come before people. We can have different interpretations without dividing us, and setting us against each other once again. Unless we were already divided beforehand, and the symbol in question has just forced that division out into the light.
The stars want you to ask yourself:
Now that it has been dragged into the light, what are you going to do about it?
The stars want to remind you that symbols are powerful things. They also want to remind you that symbols mean different things to different people.
While a swastika was symbol of pride for the Nazis, it was a symbol of terror, oppression and genocide for the Jews.
While the cross is a symbol of rebirth and a savior to Christians, it was a symbol of destruction to many cities and civilizations that did not share that belief.
Though corporate logos may be a symbol of technology, fashion, progress or the good life for first world nations, they are often a symbol of slave labor to third world countries.
And while your nation's flag might be a symbol of patriotism, or sacrifice, or values it may or may not possess, to others it might represent a fatal flaw in the machinations of the government it represents, and therefore may stir different feelings in them than it does you.
The very same symbol may mean different things to different people, and it shouldn't be so hard to understand that.
It also shouldn't be too hard to understand that symbols shouldn't come before people. We can have different interpretations without dividing us, and setting us against each other once again. Unless we were already divided beforehand, and the symbol in question has just forced that division out into the light.
The stars want you to ask yourself:
Now that it has been dragged into the light, what are you going to do about it?
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