I tried the astrology app that Channing Tatum freaked out about…and I might be getting a divorce.

Frankly My Dear
5 min readJul 20, 2019
The Pattern knows what you did last Summer…

Being psycho-analysed by an iPhone app before I’ve had my coffee on a Monday morning is a great idea.

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Last weekend, Channing Tatum accidently crashed the servers of a mysterious (and slightly creepy) new astrology app ominously called ‘The Pattern’. In the video (which now has over 4.4 million views), Tatum accuses the apps creators of listening in on his therapy sessions via his phone, claiming that the accuracy of the insights and predictions could only be attributed to them spying on him. Clearly shaken up, he teased that ‘nobody should know these things about themselves…’

Obviously, I signed up.

Because being psycho-analysed by an iPhone app before I’ve had my coffee on a Monday morning is a great idea.

And you guys, now I’m freaked out too.

The Pattern is like astrology for beginners. It skips all that confusing stuff about sun signs and moon signs and provides you with a breakdown of your personality and life lessons in easy-to-understand chunks. Using your date, location and time of birth, The Pattern can predict the kinds of things you are struggling…

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Frankly My Dear

Journalist & Features writer | Heartfelt storytelling about love, motherhood and life from a woman who’s been there.