Sas
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Astrology is a load of crap. How can people take it seriously?
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clap clap to all the captain killjoys.
it might not have scientific basis [in your opinions] but it is, as this site should be, a bit of fun.
take it as the rest of society does, as a bit of fun and with a grain of salt.
It doesn't have scientific basis. That is not an opinion, it is factual.
Astronomy and astrology were the same thing before the modern era, because predictive and divinatory knowledge was one of the motivating factors for astronomical observation.
Astronomy is simply the observation and measurement of celestial bodies, while astrology is an attempt to find some sort of "meaning" or "influence" in the planetary positions.
The interesting thing is that astrology gave birth to astronomy. Oddly enough, considering that astrology has to do with planetary movements, astrologers no longer look at the sky, and haven't for hundreds of years.