What’s the difference between astrology and astronomy?
Astronomy is the study of the stars, solar system and galaxies, i.e. the universe. Astrology is the Study of the 12 major constellations in our solar system,( cancer, aries, taurus etc.) and making predictions about human behavior based on their readings of the stars.Most newspapers have a daily horoscope section. The predictions found in the horoscope are the result of the astrologists interpretation of interaction of the signs (constellations).
Astronomy is concerned with the observation of the motions of heavenly bodies, and reduces to mathematical order these observations. Astrology is the study of the effects the movements of these celestial bodies have on human affairs. Through prolonged observation, the ancient astronomers were able to predict the recurrence of cosmic phenomena, and astrologers began to forecast the earthly events which coincided with these phenomena. Astronomy is probably as old as man’s conception of time itself. In the beginning, astronomy was largely used to predict weather patterns and the most propitious time for sowing and planting crops. Later, these orbs of moving light, the planets, were believed to be gods, and the subsequent quest for divine knowledge sowed the seeds for the birth of astrology.
