Mundane astrology is a niche branch dedicated entirely to casting horoscopes for geographical locations, meaning cities and entire countries technically have their own zodiac signs.

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Mundane astrology is a niche branch dedicated entirely to casting horoscopes for geographical locations, meaning cities and entire countries technically have their own zodiac signs. Astrologers calculate the exact foundation date of a nation to determine its political future, famously declaring that the United States is a Cancer because the Declaration of Independence was signed in early July. This extrapolation means that major geopolitical events and catastrophic economic collapses are routinely blamed on the fact that an entire landmass is allegedly experiencing a difficult Pluto transit. It completely absolves corrupt politicians of any actual guilt when citizens can easily be convinced that their crumbling national infrastructure is just the tragic result of an entire country having a severely afflicted moon in Capricorn. Applying individual psychological profiling to hundreds of millions of people simultaneously just to explain bad fiscal policy is the absolute peak of pseudo-scientific delusion