A while back I posted some ideas concerning the habit of categorising people into various groups — tribes, astrological signs, enneagram and other groupings.
My anecdotal evidence is quite consistent — women are far more likely than men to use or abide by astrology as a form of "making families" of people. Men, on the other hand, typically seek to establish some sort of pecking order, or where one is in the structure of things. Hierarchy (vertical categorisation) is more their focus, as opposed to the feminine for horizontal non-hierarchical groupings (families, star signs, etc). As some have quipped, men build higher walls (à la castles), women build longer tables (with which to share).
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