What is the difference between astrology and astronomy? Is it okay for Christians to read the daily horoscopes?
Astrology is a false, presumptuous, pseudo-science based on the notion that the positions of the moon, sun, and stars affect human affairs, and that one can foretell the future by studying those positions. (Isaiah 47:13). Astronomy is the science of the universe in which the stars, planets, etc, are studied, including their origins, development, composition, motions, relative positions, and sizes. (Psalms 136:4-9; Jeremiah 31:35-37).The Bible tells us that God created the entire universe, (Genesis 1:1-2:3; Job 8:3; Psalms 19:1-6, 147:4), and holds it together. (Colossians 1:15-17) Horoscopes are a part of astrology, not astronomy. They are creative forecasts of a persons future based on diagrams showing the relative positions of the stars and the planets in relationship to the month of ones birth. In the Bible, God specifically prohibits His people from worshiping heavenly bodies and from being influenced by heavenly signs and those who falsely interpret them. (Deuteronomy 4:19; Jeremi
