Hmmm...interesting. But I don't think that it's exactly that. It is a form on it's own. Apparently threes this place in the heavens where the future is and the evil spirits overhear and take it to the Earth for people to interpret.
No. Astrology is not a craft. It has nothing to do with witchcraft or defying God by trying to manipulate reality. Astrology is not a religion. The only thing to be mindful of is making it a religion or becoming so obsessed that it becomes an act of idolatry.
The ancient Catholic church did not but the modern one seems to. People are very confused by those Levitical passages about Sorcery and poisoners and such. Astrology is so confusing and can be so misused. Since it is not the invocation of Powers above I do not see it as magical at all.
It's part of the so-called dark arts. These days it's mostly mambo-jumbo feel good newspaper fodder, but years ago it was practiced (Adan some adhere today) as a life guide, as though lifeless rocks and balls of gas millions of miles away from us could influence daily decisions.
Some Christians will say it is wrong to base your decisions upon astrology because God is above astrology.
In Job , it says who put Mazoroth in the sky which was a reference to the zodiac signs.
People are afraid of the things they do not understand and the fear is that somehow if someone tells you how your day will god, it detracts from faith that God is able to do all things.
Someone in my family got a star chart and astrological chart for me for a holiday. It was pretty much of a depressing lot of Information. It talked about me having feet and ankle problems and being likely to over indulge in some areas. I sounded really shallow and not like someone I would pick to be my friend.
HOW can you improve your life and find success in the pursuit of love and money? Many people look to astrology for the answer. Every day millions consult newspaper horoscopes in the hope of improving their prospects. Even world leaders have been known to guide their decisions by the stars.
Is astrology trustworthy? How do astrologers make their predictions? Should Christians allow celestial bodies to determine how they live?
WHAT IS ASTROLOGY?
According to The World Book Encyclopedia, astrology ?is based on the belief that the heavenly bodies form patterns that can reveal a person?s character or future.? Astrologers claim that the precise positions of the planets and the signs of the zodiac at the time of a person?s birth can influence his life course. The position of these heavenly bodies at any given moment is called a horoscope.
Belief in astrology is ancient. Some four thousand years ago, the Babylonians began to predict the future according to the positions of the sun, the moon, and the five most visible planets. They claimed that these heavenly bodies exerted certain forces that affected human behavior. Later they incorporated the signs of the zodiac into their predictions.
A LONG HISTORY OF FAILURE
The Bible highlights the connection between Babylon and astrology, and several times it makes reference to Babylonian astrologers. (Daniel 4:7; 5:7,?11) Daniel witnessed not only the influence of astrology on Babylon but also the failure of its astrologers to predict the fall of the city. (Daniel 2:27) Note what the prophet Isaiah had accurately foretold two centuries earlier. ?Let your astrologers come forward and save you?those people who study the stars, who map out the zones of the heavens and tell you from month to month what is going to happen to you,? Isaiah wrote scornfully. ?They will not even be able to save themselves.??Isaiah 47:13, 14, Today?s English Version.
Apparently, the Babylonian astrologers could not foretell their city?s downfall even a few hours in advance. And when God?s own adverse judgment appeared on the wall of King Belshazzar?s palace, the astrologers proved incapable of interpreting the cryptic writing.?Daniel 5:7,?8.
Today astrologers have not proved any more effective in predicting significant events.
IN CONFLICT WITH BIBLE TEACHINGS
The Hebrew prophets, however, did not reject astrology merely because of its manifest failure to predict the future accurately. The Law that God gave to Moses specifically warned the Israelites against looking for omens. ?There should not be found in you .?.?. anyone who employs divination .?.?. or anyone who looks for omens,? the Law stated. ?Everybody doing these things is something detestable to Jehovah.??Deuteronomy 18:10,?12.
Although astrology is not mentioned by name in that scripture, the prohibition evidently included the practice. The Encyclop?dia Britannica notes that astrology is a ?type of divination that consists in forecasting earthly and human events by means of observing and interpreting the fixed stars, the Sun, the Moon, and the planets.? All forms of divination?whether based on the stars or other objects?violate God?s guidelines. Why? There is good reason.
Rather than attribute our successes or failures to the stars, the Bible clearly states that ?whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap.? (Galatians 6:7) God holds each of us responsible for our actions, since we are free moral agents. (Deuteronomy 30:19,?20; Romans 14:12) True, we may suffer an accident or an illness because of events beyond our control. But such calamities, the Scriptures explain, are due to ?time and unforeseen occurrence,? not our horoscope.?Ecclesiastes 9:11.
Is astrology witchcraft?
