After Cynthoia Brown, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of her rapist, here is the story of a young Sudanese girl, Noura Hussein, a child bride who murdered the man she was forced to marry after he abused her.  

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Noura Hussein is a 19-year old girl, currently on death-row after she killed the husband she had to marry at 16. Being impossible for her to accept the marriage she took shelter in her aunt’s house. However after three years she was tricked by her father into going back to her spouse, and that’s when her nightmare started.

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It was in April 2017 when Noura was deceived by her family to go back to her village and later handed over to the man she had been forced to marry. She was with him for only six days, and being unwilling to consummate the marriage, the young girl was brutally raped; this with the help of some of the relatives of her abuser, who held her down. "His brother and two cousins tried to reason with her, when she refused she was slapped and ordered into the room. One held her chest and head, the others held her legs," her lawyer Al-Imam told CNN. When her husband tried to have sex with her a second time the day after, she stabbed and killed him. Noura’s family, instead of defending her when she went to seek help, handed their daughter over to the police and disowned her.

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She was imprisoned in Omdurman, Sudan and the previous month a Sharia court, which follows Islamic religous law, found Noura guilty of murder and then sentenced to death by hanging. After the sentence, Hussein said: “It was a shocking moment when the judge convicted me with murder. I knew then that I [would] be executed, leaving my dreams unfulfilled.”

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Noura had dreams, she wanted to become a teacher, she was ambitious and was against the idea of not being able to study because she had to get married. Her dream was taken away by a society that doesn’t protect young girls from child marriage and rape.

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Many have condemned the decision taken by the Sudanese court, as it is cruel and inhumane since it regards a victim of rape. Noura is in fact not just phycally violated, but she was also mentally abused both by her family and her “husband” and this is actually a violation of Articles 14 (protection of children) and 15 (no marriage without free and full consent) of the constitution. Moreover the Sudanese constitution states that 'the ‘state shall protect women from injustice and promote gender equality’, and that ‘all persons are equal before the law and are entitled, without discrimination, to the equal protection of the law.’”

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What happened to Noura is sad and upsetting, but we can still save her from death by signing a petition by Amnesty International. It takes you only a few minutes to make a change.

Our school’s debate club is considered by many students one of the highlights of Spinelli. It being an extracurricular activity doesn’t add pressure or restrictions like the normal courses, yet it can teach its participants important life lessons and significantly influence them in their everyday life.

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There is no better way to know how significant the debate course is than to ask directly the students participating. Here is an interview carried out among students of different ages and classes on how debate impacted their life, both academically and personally.

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Did you notice any improvement in your school performance after beginning debate?

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“Yes, absolutely, especially in my English. I find it easier to say why I think something and why I don’t agree on something. It’s also very useful in Italian tests when I need to support an idea.” - Stefano Diaconu (2B), 2 years of debate

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“Yes, now I’m used to speaking in front of a large number of people, so speaking in front of thirty people or a teacher in class isn’t really a big deal.” - Caterina Luetteken (2B), 2 years of debate

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“Yes, especially when I have an oral test I am able to use the right vocabulary or timing thanks to debate” - Davide Giolitti (3D), 1 year of debate

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How did debate influence you in your everyday life?

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“I became more confident because I used to be really shy and only spoke to few people from my class, but doing debate let me know many new people from different classes and different years” - Caterina Luetteken (2B), 2 years

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“It has helped me especially not to lose my English because I lived in America and back here in Italy I don’t speak much English at school. Instead during debate and events we only speak English so that has helped me a lot. I also learnt how to speak more formally.” - Matteo Valetto (3D), 3 years

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“I remember that before beginning debate I was very shy to even talk in front of my class, but now I don’t have any problem talking to a hundred people. It was very useful for public speaking and self-confidence” - Chaima Akroum (4F), 2 years

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What did you learn at the events you attended?

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[at EYP] “I think organizing the work and doing it together, as well as working under pressure. These events also create a network of people which can be useful later for jobs or even friendships” - Matteo Valetto (3D), 3 years

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[at EYP] “I think that school doesn’t focus much on soft skills, while EYP was focused on this so it helped especially in the relationship with others” Davide Giolitti (3D), 1 year

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“I participated in Tomun this year and found it wonderful, I can’t wait for the next one! I think you can meet a lot of people and feel part of the world. You debate about things you don’t normally talk about, you feel important because you are discussing real topics.” - Alice Comoglio (1E), 1 year

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“Debating gives me a lot of satisfaction and I really enjoy doing it, it’s nice to do this with people equally interested in the same topics. All the events I took part in let me discover topics one doesn’t normally talk about, so I learnt new things about many different themes and I also discovered new interests which I would’ve never guessed” - Rachel Noach (5E), 5 years

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How do you think debate will influence you in your future life?

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“Debate has helped me find what I really like and maybe what I could do later, which is politics, economics and international relations in general” - Chaima Akroum (4F), 2 years

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“It has helped me improve my research skills, which will surely be helpful in the future. The public speaking skills are also very important, and there aren’t many ways one can acquire them like with debate. Thanks to the events I attended, I found new interests but also developed strong relationships with like-minded people which are likely to last very long” - Rachel Noach, (5E), 5 years

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Is there anything you want to add?

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“You should really come to debate because it’s a really fun experience which helps you learn English if you’re not very good at it and it also helps you not to be so shy. It gives you an incredible advantage in school, too.” Diaconu Stefano (2B), 2 years

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“Come to debate, I think it’s one of the best courses Spinelli has to offer!” - Alice Comoglio (1E), 1 year

Each country has its own individual culture and peculiar traits, but where do they exactly stem from? Many believe that the way a population is educated deeply influences them and consequently affects their country. This is why it is so important to know the way someone has been brought up in order to understand their culture.

Therefore a country’s educational system can have more influence than what we imagine in defining a nation, by exposing its priorities and main focus.

For this reason a small group of nine university students came all the way from Atlanta, in the American state of Georgia, to Turin and visited our school complex Altiero Spinelli. Our school was one of the stops they made among the other institutions in Turin in order to learn how the Italian school system works.

We got the chance to interview them and ask them their insight on both the American and Italian school system with their perks and withdraws.

The main difference they emphasized and appreciated was the fact that in Italy in general (and most of all at Altiero Spinelli) we focus on foreign languages. The American students had the chance to visit the Spinelli high, middle and elementary school and noticed how in every one of these languages and international acceptance are a focal point. As the students stated, the American school system often requires only one foreign language to be learnt and even so most students do not become proficient in it. Furthermore, the American school system tends to focus more on scientific subjects than on humanistic ones. The creation of an international atmosphere was also indicated as the best feature of our school, since it allows pupils to learn about different cultures since early childhood.

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Following the flow of the conversation where the university researchers talked about what they want to improve in the various styles of education, they all agreed that pupils need to be granted more autonomy. In fact, most of them thought that teachers shouldn’t have complete control over the lesson (eventually turning it into a lecture), but that students need to be stimulated more. This translates into involving students more by organizing projects and choosing topics which interest them the most. In this way, pupils can learn important skills and not be completely reliant on the teacher, as well as studying interesting topics.

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Lastly, the role of technology in the educational process was a bit controversial. In fact, while some acknoledged its usefulness during lessons, others stressed that technology wasn’t fundamental in the learning process. One of the differences between American and Italian schools was that the first ones usually have more technology, but this wasn’t necessarily seen as an advantage.

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All in all, we can see that there is still much to improve in order to achieve an ideal school system. These suggestions made by foreign students can give us a new point of view and a starting point to make Altiero Spinelli even better. In fact, we should keep up our philosophy of an international school where all cultures are accepted which was indicated as our best feature. Nonetheless, we could begin aiming towards the other ideals that came up in the interview, such as more autonomy and responsibility given to the students, because it would allow us to fully become independent and skilled young leaders. 

The Wolfsburg-based car producer Volkswagen has recently been thrown in the eye of the storm due to their controversial running of tests on the emissions caused by their vehicles.

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The tests were carried out to prove that the diesel emissions from the German car firm weren’t harmful, nonetheless Volkswagen planned to hide the result of these tests from the public. The experiment had in fact allegedly involved forcing monkeys to breathe in the gases while watching cartoons, for several hours.

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In addition to the scandal of animal testing, the software used to record the levels of toxic gases was programmed so as to lower considerably the harmfulness of the emissions, therefore making the cars pass the test. Despite that, the levels registered are record-high and prove that such cars would extremely pollute the air while on the roads, where their diesel emissions are not rigged as they were in the lab.

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The tests were carried out in 2014 in Albuquerque, USA, and at the beginning the infamous firm had supposedly refused to pay for them since they gave unwelcome results. It is not clear whether these experiments were performed for Volkswagen only, but as of now the German car company is the only one to have confessed their responsibility.

These details were disclosed during a lawsuit against Volkswagen in the United States. However, but the popular car brand is not new to scandals of this type. In fact they had already been accused of declaring fake levels of toxic exhaust gases in order for their cars to be deemed safe.

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What appears interesting is how the most recent scandal, involving animal testing, has stirred a great controversy worldwide. It is in the public record that many popular brands use animals to test their products, but so far very few cases have caused such a big debate worldwide. It could be because Volkswagen is one of the most well-known companies of the world, or because the public wasn’t aware of the use of animals in the car-producing sector. Perhaps it seems reasonable to test cosmetics on animals, while the connection isn’t so obvious in Volkswagen’s sector.

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It could also be natural to wonder whether the tests were so controversial because the gases were actually harmful, or would the scandal have been so large had the gases been harmless?

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What is certain is that the general public is gaining knowledge of what happens behind the scenes of some of the biggest companies. It is becoming clearer that these organizations do not stop their race for profit despite being constantly at risk of being exposed.

Will this result in a mass boycotting of such a cruel industry or will this scandal be forgotten in just a matter of months?

Among the wide range of traditions inherited from Ancient Greece by modern society, the so-called “Olympic truce” is a phenomenon that has just reappeared and that fully captured the attention of the medias.

Back in the Ancient Greece, a truce was declared right before and after the Olympic games, so as to ensure that the host city would not get attacked and that the participants would be able to travel safely in order to take part in the event.

This kind of truce is not a new phenomenon, and the International Olympic Committee had already called upon the establishment of this tradition in 1998. Its importance was reminded several times through history, although never showing a remarkable result such as this year’s.

In fact, this year’s Winter Olympic Games will be hosted in Pyeonchang in South Korea, lasting from the 9th to the 25th February 2018, and the hosting country has decided to collaborate with its sworn enemy and war rival North Korea. As astonishing as this may appear, the North Korean government has allegedly suggested to cease the hostilities in occasion of this year’s Winter Games, which would be a significant step towards world peace.

What makes this proposal even more surprising is how the two Koreas agreed to participate in the opening ceremony under one united flag, therefore merging together. It is also expected that they will not play either country’s national anthem before competitions but will play instead the Korean folk song “Arirang” which is considered the unofficial anthem of the joined Korea.

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It wouldn’t be the first time for the two nations to march under a united flag, however a further demonstration of reconcilement has been raising some concerns. In fact, the North Korean government has supposedly asked to merge the female hockey team with the South Korean one, which would mean some South Korean athletes could lose their place in the Olympic team. Some people complain that this exclusion of some South Korean players would not be based on merit, since the North Korean team didn’t initially qualify for the Games.

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Although the sudden unification of the two Korean Olympic teams is an unexpected move, it is still a great demonstration of their goodwill and effort to maintain global peace. It would be natural to wonder whether this arrangement will be actually put in place and approved by the Olympic commission. Nonetheless there is a great chance that despite the final outcome, this will be remembered as an admirable proof that traditions dating back to the ancient world can revive and evidence of the repercussions of a simple sports competition, which can completely reverse the global scenario.

Cyntoia Brown, who was forced into prostitution when she was only 16, has already been in Tennessee Prison for Women for more than a decade now, after she was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. However her case is all over the internet this month: on how children who are victims of sex trafficking and commit crimes are treated by the justice system in the U.S.

Her story tells us a lot about her terrible background: she grew up in an abusive home. with a mother who drank whiskey every day while pregnant, causing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder. "Her exposure to alcohol poisoning in utero left her with a damaged brain which caused her to experience the world through the mind of a 10-year-old child," states the habeas corpus proceedings. When Cytonia was 2 years old she was given up for adoption to Ellenette Brown, who provided a stable home, but that wasn’t enough to stop her from running away from home in 2004.

She then started living with a pimp called ‘’Cut Throat’’, who repeatedly raped and physically abused Brown while also forcing her into drugs and prostitution. She later testified: “He would explain to me that some people were born whores, and that I was one, and I was a slut, and nobody’d want me but him, and the best thing I could do was just learn to be a good whore.”

It was in fact August 6, 2004 that a 43 year old man, called Johnny Allen, picked up 16 year old Cyntoia and drove her to his house. The two got into bed, as she told the police, after being shown his gun cabinet. When he reached under his bed she thought he was going to kill her, so she shot him with a gun from her purse. Before leaving Allen’s house she took two guns and his wallet.

Her trial as an adult was two years later, in 2006, and the jury rejected her claim of self-defense, finding her guilty of first -degree murder and aggravated robbery. She was sentenced to life imprisonment, parole won’t be possible until she is at least 67.

Today Cyntoia is 29, 13 years have passed since she was put in prison, where she is described as a model inmate who has also received an associate degree from Lipscomb University in 2015. Jeremy Faison, a Republican State Representative from Nashville, has visited Brown and described her as a really intelligent and kind person, who despite thinking that what Allen was doing to her was extremely unfair, feels regret for the crime she committed.

Although many years have passed since her sentence, her case re- entered the spotlight after celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Rihanna launched the hashtag #FreeCyntoiaBrown on twitter, showing support to Brown’s cause .The public outrage is brewing attention and hopefully other children, victims of sex trafficking, will have better justice thanks to Cyntoia’s case.

Hollywood’s renowned reputation-based society has been inundated with a recent wave of sexual scandals. It seems that only now much unspoken abuse and harassment is surfacing after years of being immersed in the cinematographic industry’s silence.

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It all started at the beginning of October when famous Oscar winning movie producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexually harassing multiple women. Accusations towards him range from sexual harassment to rape, with more than 50 alleged victims so far, most having worked with Weinstein in the movie industry.  However it seems that there is a new accusation almost day, so the number continues to grow.

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These mounting allegations have brought the medias’ attention to the problem of sexual harassment in this field which, despite the constant spotlight, still holds many dark secrets.

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Weinstein’s case has constituted a turning point for Hollywood, as he was expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences right after the scandal broke. As the Academy itself explained it, this symbolic gesture aims to “send a message that the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our industry is over”. Not only did he face the expulsion from that well-known organization, but he was also fired from his own company, showing that such behavior will not go unpunished.

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This peculiar case, which stirred a great movement of protest on social media, inspired many other sexual assault victims to speak up about Hollywood’s unhealthy atmosphere. One such example is Anthony Rapp, who claims that Kevin Spacey attempted to harass him when he was only 14 years old. Despite the two-time Oscar winner’s initial denial of the event, this accusation adds to the growing list of allegations against Spacey.

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While apologising to Rapp on Twitter and attempting to justify his behaviour by mentioning his intoxicated state at the time of the event, Spacey came out publicly as gay. This decision has been harshly criticised by many, as it is thought to be a way for diverting attention from the scandal. Many believe that Spacey chose the most inappropriate time for his confession, and some in the LGBTQ+ community even accused him of ruining the community’s reputation. Some perceived it as a way of using his sexuality to justify his actions, since all of his supposed victims are males.

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This further wave of criticism lead the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to revoke the Emmy award which Spacey should have received in November. As the Academy stated, this was to withdraw the actor’s honor after the recent charges of sexual abuse.

Furthermore, House of Cards, the series in which Spacey starred, has suspended production on its sixth season and the streaming network Netflix, which produces the show, has just announced it will cease working with him altogether and not release a film he had already starred in and produced, Gore.

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These are only two of the most recent and striking cases of sexual abuse in Hollywood which seem to have created a wide reaction on the world stage. Weinstein’s expulsion from the Academy and Spacey’s withdrawal of the Emmy awards are examples of Hollywood’s will to stop concealing the harassment that too often occurs in the movie industry and, most importantly, severely punishing it.

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The fact that many of the victims of such assaults gained the courage to expose their harassers shows that society is gradually becoming conscious of the magnitude of this issue. Another example of this growing phenomenon is the hashtag #MeToo used on Twitter by anyone who had suffered from sexual abuse in any form. This is not only a way to underline the recurrence of the issue, but also aims to encourage victims to denounce the harassment bysetting an exampleAs many victims attest, in fact, one of the reasons so many people don’t come forward in cases of sexual harassment is the fear of not being believed. But with so many women and men sharing their stories, there seems to be empowerment in numbers and therefore a spark of confidence which allows to stand up to the abuse.

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It is clear that the singular cases which have scandalized Hollywood are bound to have an immensely larger impact on society in general and, as proved by the established punishments, in the professional world as well.

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This is why many believe a big step has been made towards a more transparent and aware cinematographic industry, which arguably had been complicit in concealing this behaviour.

«Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice» says Bill George.

In times like these, when fear and hatred are being spread, this quote should be our mantra. In fact, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to stay true to our own ideals, especially when strong and violent opponents are there to threaten us.

This is what Lucie Myslikova, a 16-year-old Czech girl, proved during a neo-Nazi rally in her city, Brno.

The young girl took part to a counter-protest against the neo-Nazi party, putting her physical safety at stake. Although, as she said, that didn’t concern her in the slightest as her determination to change the world overcome her worries.

 Her emotional strength demonstrates that there is no excuse such as being too young or frail not to pursue one’s beliefs.

Lucie went through a harsh confrontation with a Nazi protester about immigrants and refugees and did not cower out in front of the older skinhead, with whom she tried to reason on the delicate subject.

She states that in that moment she did not fear for her safety and that she was glad to have been able to stand up for her ideals, i.e. make a world a better place.

As she stated, «physical scars always heal in the end», so it is not our personal safety we should worry about. Our most impellent concern should be the growing mentality that preaches selfishness and distrust instead of acceptance and mutual help. We can’t completely eradicate this school of thought, which has always been present in human nature, but we can still try to limit its effects around us, as Lucie did.

Especially we, as tomorrow’s leading generation, have the duty to choose on which side to stand and fight for it, no matter the age. In the end, this will only benefit us and perhaps grant us a somewhat peaceful environment to live in.

Therefore, it is comforting and admirable that young people get informed and take it upon themselves to pop the bubble of dread that more often than not engulfs young, clever minds.

This undoubtedly brave act should be an example to all youngsters, as it proves that making our voice being heard is really worth a try. If Lucie did so, why shouldn’t we?

In the Philippines, a wave of violence is sweeping across the country. Since the new president Duterte Rodrigo was elected, eight months ago, the victim count in his drug war has reached more than seven thousand homicides. Western countries and Human Right organizations have denounced this massacre, and many are trying to prove the direct responsibility of the president. Duterte has a past of violence and crime, thus many claim he is the instigator of these killings.

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Duterte and his family come from the Philippine island of Mindanao, famous for its wide spread violence and crime. It is home to the Npa (the communist army) and many Muslim rebels, some directly connected to the Islamic State. Duterte, born on the 28th of march 1945 (he is now 71) grew in a rich and powerful family, the most important family in the town of Davao. His mother was a strict woman, while his father was close to president Marcos, dictator of the country. Rodrigo studied law, and often shows off by remembering the time he shot a fellow student, who was “being a bully”, in the leg. Duterte graduated that same year, and there were no consequences for his action. He then became an attorney for president Marcos, his role was punishing subversives in prison. Duterte was, for twenty-one years, mayor of the town of Davao, where he grew up, a city of one million inhabitants. His campaign was centred on bringing law and order, as Davao was the most violent city in the country. Many criminal gangs would kidnap important people, to obtain very high ransoms. Duterte managed to stop many of the kidnappings and became very popular in town. In 1996 he announced he was going to find a solution to defeat small criminality in town. A few days later, seven alleged junkies and pushers were murdered. The corpses were tied and left on the streets, with a sign tied to them, saying “salugòon sa katawhan”, people’s slave.

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Human Rights Watch, HRW, reported 814 homicides in Davao while Duterte was mayor. The victims were mostly young street robbers and pushers. The killings are attributed to an illegal and secret group of vigilants, called Dds, the Davao squadron of death. Targets were chosen from lists of criminals Duterte read publically or provided by local police. Duterte often said he would “clean up” the city. Each homicide had a reward, usually between five and 50thousand pesos ( between one hundred and one thousand dollars). The victim’s families were often told the kids were killed in gang fights. Yet Duterte still had the support of most of the population, especially the middle and high classes.

In 2013 on many social networks people asked Rodrigo to run for president of the Philippines. His answer was: “If I ever decide to become a candidate, I’d tell Philippines not to vote for me, because there will be bloodshed”. In spite of this, his love for power led him to give in and follow many people’s will. His campaign this time was centred on drugs, he called it the drug war. Drugs were never a major problem in the country, and the number of drug addicts is lower than the world average. The most common drug is methamphetamine, called shabu, used by poor workers to work longer hours. Thus the drug war is a war against the poor, the victims are mostly fathers, living in the scum, working for hours every day to feed their family. “Shabu junkies are living dead, useless for society” claims Duterte. Like Trump, Rodrigo Duterte appeared to the country as a populist leader, who could defend the peoples’ interests, as he was one of them.

His government is trying to desensitize people to death, by ignoring the drug war murders, and as a consequence also the middle and high class society are closing one eye, as they are not directly involved in the conflict. However the national commission responsible for the investigation of the drug war crimes has warned Duterte that if he cannot stop these homicides, he will have to face the International criminal court.

Duterte is very likely directly involved in the homicides. Leila De Lima, former minister of justice opened an inquest against Rodrigo. She is convinced he was involved, and supported the Dds, while he was mayor. Thus it is very likely he is also involved in this wave of violence, and he doesn’t seem to have any intention of stopping the drug war murders. How long will the world allow this massacre to go on for?

Statistics:

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2016/08/philippines-death-toll-duterte-war-drugs-160825115400719.html

Police records show 5,882 people were killed across the country since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office on June 30. Of that number 2,041 drug suspects were killed during police operations from July 1 to December 6, while another 3,841 were killed by unknown gunmen from July 1 to November 30, according to a local website. Among the latest fatalities was a seven-year-old child on the island of Cebu, who was hit by a stray bullet on December 3, while unknown gunmen were chasing a teenage boy accused of selling drugs.  

*Based on other sources collected by Al Jazeera, there have been an estimated 5,946 deaths. The number does not include cases still to be reported by police or news outlets in the provinces after December 6.  

Humans have always tried to predict future starting by the Ancient times. The ancient Maya population believed that the Earth was a part of a circle, and so they created cyclical calendar looking at the stars in the sky.  We often think about Maya’s calendars as predictions of the world’s end, but it is a wrong interpretation. Maya were looking for evidence that nothing would change, where a calendar ends, another begins. Many historians on the day of 21st December 2012 thought the world would have ended. But as we know, this was not true. We are still living on Earth. Some experts believed in that because on that day finished a calendar and they interpret that as a sign the world was going to be destroyed.

Anyway, the Mayas’ predictions were the beginning of what now we call “Astrology”, the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world, this is the definition per Google. Almost everyone has read a horoscope on a common newspaper, who reads it out of curiosity, who to see what he says on a particular day, who is a firm believer in it. But why do we believe in horoscope predictions?

Well, the first reason is that they are not clear, they are a mixed bag of phrases suitable for any situation and person, anything and everything is being told. So, at the end of a day if you think about your feelings and actions you will find for sure a similarity to what the horoscope told you in the morning. In fact, in writing the horoscopes they always try to write generic phrases or specific but always including the opposite situation. For example, you could read a sentence like this: “Don't worry about your faults and the ones of other people today, and try to bring out your qualities, if you can do that your day will be great.”

Let’s analyse it, everyone has flaws to hide and enhancing the things we do better makes us unequivocally happier. So, if we have a great a day, we will think that the horoscope said the truth because our qualities made us appreciated by people around us or allowed us to get-ahead our work. If we have a bad day, it is usually because we have quarrelled with someone and in this case the horoscope said the truth because we have done a fault or we have thought about someone else faults. We often say that a prediction is better than another, why is it better?

It isn’t because the author is scientifically more prepared but because he has better properties of language and more fantasy. After that, horoscopes can be terrible tools used just to fool people, if they are too much specific. For example, the astrologer’s predictions can have bad influences in one person, who is subjugated by them and does all the things the astrologer said him for profit. Anyway, some people, who have a weak character, need predictions, they are worried about the future and so they need a little reassurance that anything wrong won’t happen during the day, and the main task of the horoscope is fulfilling this need.

We, as humans, as creatures, we have fear of what we don’t know, and the main thing we don’t know is future. That’s why Mayas tried to make predictions and that’s why we continue to make predictions in various ways, using stars, using statistics, or using imagination, sometimes what we believe is wrong, sometimes is right, but until we don’t invent the machine which will allow us to see or visit the future, we won’t be relaxed and we will always continue to make predictions.