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Fortune cookies used to be deeply cool, because they made predictions. Then at some point, they turned into Advice Cookies, complete with a back telling you to learn Chinese. At that point, they became far less interesting, including both in and except in bed.
I think in general the phrasing/attitude is off on these horoscopes. "Today is an excellent time to start a new project" is superior to "Start a new project today, and spend two hours on it." Yes, the second is more actionable, but may not be possible or wise, which makes the user feel bad and damages their link to the horoscopes. The first encourages something new, but without imposing a burden and leaving the person with full agency.
This seems to be a matter of personal preference - I also had a request to make the horoscopes more concrete, in the discussion area.
I have added a few more vague horoscopes to the database, in the last group, so if there's a clear preference for one style or the other it should show up in the voting. This also might be worth running another instance of the program for, with a separate database.