I wonder who most sincerely and deeply believes astrology? Lots of people do in a casual, this-is-fun way, of course I've talked to professional palm readers and astrologers and tarot readers, and it's interesting. With some it was obvious upon a little prodding that it was a job and theatrical performance. The level of underlying belief varied from person to person - one palm reader I spoke to clearly didn't believe *at all* (but it was a great way to pay for her psych degree, and we had a great conversation about how a psych student "theoretically" might do readings). Others had some degree of belief, though I don't think it was terribly high for any of them - probably much less than in many of their clients. Of course, I'm not entirely confident in that assessment! Maybe they believed very deeply, but were shielding that from me I'm also very interested in the analogous question for things like the Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime, and the Christian Biblical story of Genesis. Who most deeply believes these things? What is their experience? In science, one thing I find very moving is reading Einstein and realizing just how deeply he believed in this approach to making sense of the world. He sensed an underlying order and believed very deeply in the capacity of humans to "know the thoughts of the Old One" as he put it. He was quite elderly when he said that, and he had a more pragmatic approach when younger, but still very grounded in a belief in the comprehensibility of the world