Quote Originally Posted by Cassar View Post
Yeah this is pretty much how I feel. It really felt like it came out of nowhere and when I saw it the first time I was like "Wait that's a thing in this universe?? Why is no one talking about this??". You know, I would expect people to be studying this phenomenon and trying to replicate it (which they kinda did in the Bozja storyline but it didn't go anywhere).
They are, that's literally what the Astrologians are doing. Both Ishgardian and Sharlayan, on different scales; Sharlayan is more aimed at personal fortunes while Ishgardian reads for broader movements. Each of their schools having a relative lack of detail might actually be a benefit, considering how badly Mikoto is steered wrong by hers.

I think the balancing element for Mikoto is that she's so phenomenally bad at it that it's more of a detriment than it is a help. It mostly just serves to give her anxiety, it's in no way actually helpful and her main area of expertise is 100% unrelated. Misija's better with it (maybe because she's not overthinking it), but let's be honest, it doesn't help her overmuch either.

Maybe the reason in-universe that nobody's hankering to replicate Mikoto's situation is much the same as why the writers likely aren't too interested in using it: it's just not actually very usable.