A closer look
Hollywood actress Shirley MacLaine almost single-handedly injected astrology and New Age mysticism into the mainstream cultural bloodstream during the nineteen eighties by writing massively successful books about her past lives. Before a wealthy celebrity decided to proudly broadcast her incredibly wild cosmic beliefs on national television, studying your star chart was generally considered deeply weird and highly fringe. She effectively paved the very lucrative road for every modern wellness influencer who currently charges three hundred dollars for a fifteen-minute aura reading over Zoom. It is spectacularly funny that a rich entertainer's mid-life spiritual awakening basically established the entire modern economic foundation for selling magical rocks to anxious millennials. The next time you see someone aggressively burning sage while reading their daily horoscope, you can personally thank an eccentric Oscar winner for successfully turning ancient metaphysical concepts into a billion-dollar pop culture industry!
