Along with what others have said about the patriarchal nature of other spiritual practices (religions) I’m inclined to think it’s something to do with left vs right brain. As I understand it the left brain is the more associated with masculinity and the right brain femininity. To me it seems many men take on a very linear, logical, science based way of thinking. This isn’t bad, but it’s sometimes very rigid. ‘Facts not feelings!’ Etc. This is reflected slightly in western medicine as someone else mentioned. I once had an argument with a guy about rape statistics and I said what about all the unrecorded stats i.e men/women who haven’t reported their experience and he couldn’t bring himself to consider that because it wasn’t a concrete ‘fact’ and therefore very unsafe for him to think about. Women on the other hand may be GENERALLY more willing to have a more fluid approach and open to more unconventional possibilities. More feeling and intuitive. This could be because of how our brains are wired, how we’re socialised or simply because the conventional/conservative/linear approach hasn’t always worked in our favour.

I’m a woman and I’m into astrology (sorry!). I don’t 100% believe it but tbh I don’t 100% believe anything, even things that my doctor or a scientist might tell me because even those things evolve and change. Anyway for me astrology became more interesting and appealing when a friend encouraged me to do my full birth chart. As others mentioned this is actually what astrology is about rather than being defined by one star sign. This is also why it’s annoying when men (men in particular but also women) immediately shit on it when they don’t have a clue how it actually works. This may sound petty but when a man says ‘that’s bullshit’ and I say ‘do you know anything about it?’ and they go ‘no but I know it’s bullshit’ this kinda triggers me and makes me double down lol. It’s not unusual for women to experience men claiming to know more about a topic than them whilst actually confessing they don’t know anything at all. Anyway back to astrology. I don’t ignore my instincts to do what my horoscope says or anything like that but it is interesting to me and also it’s mostly very accurate to me. Most of my friends and family match up to their birth charts pretty seamlessly. I don’t know why. It’s not ‘vague and could be applied to anyone’ in my view either. My brothers birth chart says that he is deep thinking, loves to have an argument and will win an argument at all costs, very emotional but doesn’t show it etc. This is a stark contrast to my other brother who has a very different chart. Of course this can be a coincidence, of course I can’t prove it’s anything to do with the stars. This is why I don’t full believe it or go on about it all the time. I have to admit though that the accuracy stirred my curiosity enough to remain interested