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." Astrology was very famous during the Chaldeans (Babylonia). But 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.
Today, astrologers have not proved any more effective in predicting significant events. After examining more than 3,000 specific astrological predictions, scientific investigators R. Culver and Philip Ianna came to conclusion that only 10 percent were accurate. Any well-informed analyst could do better than that.
Rather than attribute our successes or failure 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. (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.
