British intelligence got wind of the German high command’s fascination with astrology and made plans to exploit it. They started planting fake horoscopes in newspapers around the world predicting that Hitler’s days were numbered.

Major Leslie Sheridan was a member of the intelligence crew that worked on the zodiac deception. He wrote that “If we can organise an elaborate orchestra of Hitler’s fate which will echo round the world, the result will not only be the breaking down of the belief that Hitler is Superman but also music may be heard within Germany, where astrology is a recognised science, and even reach the ears of Hitler himself, with unsettling effect on his judgment.”

Zodiac deception? This explains why astrology is so unreliable nowadays.