Interest in Western astrology was experiencing increased interest in the years leading up to the pandemic but surged in 2020. Google Trends shows that searches for "birth chart" and "astrology" hit five-year peaks in 2020 when younger and more diverse astrologers emerged on social media.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, many people are turning to astrology. What they have in common is a desire for support, connection, and self-knowledge.

People seem desperate to find meaning and patterns and a way to know that they're not stuck in this moment. Astrology follows planetary cycles. When looking at the astrology, similar patterns can be seen that has happened in the past.

Astrology is an intriguing way of looking at the world. Traditionally it has been on the outs with both science and most mainstream religions like Christianity, which puts it in an awkward position of neither wholly scientific nor wholly religious.