Jan 19, 2011 — The amazing folks at Information Is Beautiful have done it again. This time, they've created Horoscoped, which analyzed the contents of a year's worth of horoscopes on Yahoo to find each sign's most common, unique words.
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One Horoscope For The Rest Of Your Life
by Sarah Handel
Jan 19, 2011 — The amazing folks at Information Is Beautiful have done it again. This time, they've created Horoscoped, which analyzed the contents of a year's worth of horoscopes on Yahoo to find each sign's most common, unique words.The amazing folks at Information Is Beautiful have done it again. This time, they've created Horoscoped, which analyzed the contents of a year's worth of horoscopes on Yahoo to find each sign's most common, unique words.
Virgos, you'll be pleased to hear your words are "totally" and "perfect," the rest of us can see ours here. And perhaps most interesting, they found that "the bulk of the words in horoscopes (at least 90%) are the same." So, naturally, they wrote on generic mega-horoscope for all of us. It begins:
Ready? Sure? Whatever the situation or secret moment, enjoy everything a lot. Feel able to absolutely care. Expect nothing else.
You can read the rest here — especially you Ophiuchus's, who haven't had a lot to go on!
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