Astrology gets hipster makeover, draws Gen Z crowd

From matching zodiac signs on Tinder to attending celestial ceremonies and tarot readings, urban youth are still looking to the stars

When 23-year-old Khyati Malik attended an ‘energy exchange’ ceremony in April, she didn’t tell her friends for fear of them saying ‘kya jadoo tona karne gayee thi’ (what’s this voodoo thing you went for?).
“But the very next day, I got a paid make-up gig for a music shoot. People may say what they want but I was in my ‘receiving energy’ period for this to happen,” believes the Delhi-based MBA aspirant who paid Rs 1,800 for the celestial ceremony.
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