why are horiscopes linked to witchcraft when they come from the alignment of stars and planets?
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Horoscopes decieve people into thinking that the stars have solutions to there problems instead of turning to God.There is nothing magic in it,and its clearly bogus!It makes millions of dollars each year by people who are fooled by the pyschological tricks used by so called astrologists.The bible condems astrology and warns about it very clearly. \n\nHowever,I don't think astrology is witchcraft,but that doesnt mean its not wrong.When people start looking for solutions to life and the unknown,the stars only take you so far anyway.Many times horoscopes are not accurate.Its up to you what you would like to believe.However I agree with what the bottom two posters said in one regard,dont let what people say influence you,you have to make up your own mind. Good luck.
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the signs in the heavens are for revealing the plans of GOD.  way back before all the city lights, men read the stars very well, i. e. the star of bethlehem that lead the shepherds to where JESUS was.  JESUS was born under the sign of virgo.(the virgin).\n\nif you are smart enough and gifted by GOD, you can tell what eclipses, planets, etc. all are saying.\n\nhoroscopes are a perverted way to use these signs.
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A 5 sided star that appears upsidedown. Not to be confused with the wiccan "Penticle" which is a right side up 5 sided star and holds totally different significance. Primarily used in the Satanic or Sumarian religions as a representation of anit-Humanity (while the penticle represents humanity therefore it is right-side-up) or the god
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Astronomers define a coordinate system on the sky that lets them identify the relative positions of stars, planets, the Sun and other celestial phenomena (the coordinates are called "right ascension" and "declination", but we don't need to worry about that here). Because of their great distance from the Earth, the positions of most stars are fixed on the grid. The positions of the planets and the Sun, however, are seen to "travel" through the coordinate grid in systematic (though sometimes complicated) patterns. The paths of the planets was carefully observed by Tycho Brahe in the late 1500s. Following Brahe's death in 1601, Johannes Kepler used the data to develop a set of laws that govern the way the planets move around the Sun (he proposed them in 1609). These laws, (creatively) called Kepler's Laws, still hold today.\n\nWith Kepler's laws in hand, one can easily interpret the motion of the Sun through the coordinate grid described above as the result of the tilt of the Earth by 23.5 degrees with respect to the plane in which the Earth orbits the Sun. Since Kepler was the one to correctly interpret the motion of the planets and the Sun through the sky, he is the one that I would attribute the title "Discoverer of the 23.5 degree tilt", in the early 1600s.
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Astrology is using the planets, stars, and other features in space to tell horoscopes.
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I can't say if I believe in astrology or not, but sometimes it can be accurate.  \n\nDepending on where you look, astrology is based off of the locations of the stars and planets at the time of your birth.  \n\nThere is still a difference since some people use astrology for their own financial gain, sometimes these 'predictions' can be very far from the truth.  I don't always believe what astrology tells me.
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Horoscope and astrology are wonderful sciences. I have read, it is very much possible to predict accurately using those sciences. The problem is finding the person, who has mastered those sciences. I feel, there are very few people in this world, who have mastered those sciences.\n\nIf you believe in astrology, then you might know that the destiny of your life is pre-determined. Then, why you want to know your destiny. Just live each moment filled with peace, love and joy. Wish you a happy and healthy life.
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Astrology is a beautiful thing, it can give you insight in to the Human mind and spirit. It is like a simple form of psychology, medicine and religion all wrapped up in one nice little package. A wonderful thing but here's the catch it can't tell the future. It can tell a lot about yourself and others but first you must understands the Signs, the Planets, the Houses and how they interact. So much insight can be attained, but here is what can't be; What will happen, Lotto numbers, mind reading and other loads of crap being publicized. It will allow you to understand what has happened and why people do what they do.
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I think I understand your question, from reading the explaination as to why you asked it. :)  So let me give my answer, to my best ability, on the subject.:\n\nYes, we are all born under a certain sign.  There are many other Aries, Virgo, and Capricorn people out there.  Tons!  But why are they all so different?  If you were an Aries woman like I was, why aren't we the same?  We born under the same sign, then why is there such uncommon traits about us?  Well, that's actually easy to explain, if you dig  a bit deeper into astrological science.  And yes...it is a complex science going centuries back. ;)\n\nThough we have our sun sign that were born under, we have the planets which represent certain parts of our personalities.  Depending on the numbers of our birthdates, locations, astronomy, and birth time, our planets will be ruled over OTHER signs, probably some that are not even the same sign as the one we were born under!  It's what makes each person unique.\n\nThe sun sign is the canvas, and the planets' ruling signs are the colors of our qualities and personality traits.  Newspaper and other simple daily horoscopes aren't very accurate, in my opinion.  I don't read them, because they're basic and so vague!  I totally agree with you on that aspect.  My suggestion is to not take the time to follow them, and just live one day at a time the best way you can.  At least you can always count on yourself rather than a newspaper prediction saying, "You'll meet the love of your life today!"\n\nYeah...right.  Doesn't work that way.  Anyways, hoped that put some light on astrology for you.  Best wishes.\n\nP.S. And uh...I couldn't guess your sign unless I meet you in person.  I'm not that good. lol
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It is baloney.  The position of rocks and other celestial bodies have no bearing on your life whatsoever.  Also the astrology predictions are so vague that they could cover just about anything.  Don't buy into this.  The only thing that being a virgo can actually tell about you is the general area of your birthday.
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An astrologer will tell you that the stars do not dictate, that they only influence our lives. As creatures of free will we do not have to follow our stars.\n\nWhether the arrangement of the planets in the sky at the moment of our birth truly influences our life is difficult to say. It certainly is not supported by science, but my natal horoscope tends to describe the kind of person I am, my strengths and weaknesses, my preferences, though it is not exact. \n\nSo you have chosen a Cancer as a best friend. An astrologer would want to study her natal chart to determine if she has tendencies toward being an Aries, Aquarius or Libra (for example her rising sign). Even if she doesn't, they will say that you have exercised your free will.\n\nPersonally, I read my horoscope everyday, but that is more for entertainment purposes. I do not plan my life around what it says.
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The very slow rotation of Venus and the "backward" (retrograde) rotation might mean that it collided, in the past (probably toward the end of their formation), with an object of similar size.\n\nThe slow rotation may also have something to do with tidal lock with the Sun. Just an idea I am not sure.
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About every 27 months. There was one alignment in July, 2002, so just repeatedly add 27 months to find when others will occur.\n\nMy source is an astrology source, not an astronomy source, but astrologers really do know how to predict the positions of the planets. It is just the meaning of those positions that is nonsense.
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Astrology (from Greek: αστρολογία = άστρον, astron, "star" + λόγος, logos, "word") is any of several traditions or systems in which knowledge of the apparent positions of celestial bodies is held to be useful in understanding, interpreting, and organizing knowledge about reality and human existence on earth. All traditions are based on the relative positions and movements of various real and construed celestial bodies as seen at the time and place of the birth or other event being studied. These are chiefly the Sun, Moon, planets, Ascendant & Midheaven axes, and the lunar nodes. A practitioner of astrology is called an astrologer, or sometimes an astrologist. Astromancy, divination by the stars, is a slightly archaic synonym for astrology (likewise for astromancer and the rather rarely used astromancist).\n\nMany of those who practice astrology believe the positions of certain celestial bodies either influence or correlate with people's personality traits, important events in their lives, and even physical characteristics.\n\nAstrology is not considered to be a science, but is more appropriately an art, and is separate from astronomy, the scientific study of outer space. The calculations performed in astrology involve arithmetic and simple geometry and serve to locate the apparent location of heavenly bodies on desired dates and times based on tables constructed by astronomers. There have been astrologers who claim to try to put astrology on a sound scientific basis, but for most it is an art that merges calculations with their own intuitive perceptions. For most astrologers the purported relationship between the celestial bodies and events on earth need not be causal, nor even scientific.\n\nThe generally established opinion of the scientific community is that astrology is superstition, with no actual predictive ability.\n\nThe core principles of astrology reflect a general principle, which was accepted in some parts of the ancient world, that events in the heavens should have analogies on Earth. In some places, such as ancient China and Babylon, the apparently untoward movement of a comet across the otherwise orderly movement of the heavens was taken as a portent of disaster. Such ancient beliefs are epitomized in the Hermetic maxim: As Above, So Below. The famous astronomer/astrologer Tycho Brahe also used a similar phrase to justify his studies in astrology: Suspiciendo despicio — "By looking up I see downward."
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This is a very important question Melissa.\n\nActually, when someones planets fall in your houses it's the other one's planets that have an influence on your house meanings. The planets bring out the meaning of your houses.\n\nFor example: when the Sun of the other is in your 7th house of encounters, socializing and meetings, there is attraction because the Sun symbolizes the body and physical being of the other. You want to meet "the other." The other (symbolized by the Sun) has influence over your encounters and meetings.\n\nThe other's Mercury in your 7th house denotes talks, writings and short trips with you. The other's way of thinking or cummunicating may oppose you though (esp. when adverse aspects exist because the 7th house is the house that points to everything that is opposite of your own self and is often out of reach too) but it may also bring new insight and new encounters and events.\n\nDon't forget that the 7th house does not only symbolize other people but everything that is outside of you, virtual and material goods too (it's an air house), for example everything we can see or observe in the streets, in our own home etc.\n\nCompare the 12 houses with 12 different rooms in which are placed subjects or in which enter persons (the other's planets).\n\nWhen quite a lot of the other's planets fall in your 7th house it's the other that will stimulate your 7th house for good or for bad.
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Numerology and Astrology are historically related to  Science and Astronomy. \n\nA very good question. Astronomy is the physical science of learning about our universe, how do planets and stars and solar systems and galaxies form. How long do they last? Where are they going. It is full of beauty and amazing, almost magical truths.\n\nAstrology is an occult or magical belief that the stars, planets, sun and moon effect or influence our daily lives here on earth. Some of the great astronomers and scientists of ancient times, even Kepler and Newton believed in the ideas of astrology and numerology.\n\nNow to answer your question. Your date of birth is hard to interpret because it might mean October 2nd or February 10th different countries use different ways of writing dates. Also Indian or Vedic Astrology and numerology are VERY different than Western Astrology.\n\nYou might like the Vedic site below. Using "mathpatiprakash" as the input it gives your name number as 2. And among other interpretations says your best professions would be working with (or as) Diplomats, arbitrators, real estate, salesmen, politicians, teachers, researchers, reformers.\n\nUsing Feb 10 1971 it computes your psychic number as   1 and your destiny number as 2!
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False. One star in a constellation could be a only a few dozen light years away from us, while on right next to it in the constellation might be a galaxy millions of light-years away.  \n\nSecond answer: True, the zodiac is the set of constellations along the elliptic.\n\nThird answer: False, the seasons are caused by the tilt of the earth's axis, not the precession (the movement of the earth's polar axis around the ecliptic pole, a cycle that takes almost 26,000 years).\n\nFouth answer: True.  At winter soltice, the Sun is as far south as it's going to get.