ASTROLOGY

Those who have not studied this subject will often ask the question: “What is the difference between Astronomy and Astrology?” It is merely this: Astronomy studies the heavenly bodies, and their movements, etc., by all available scientific means; while astrology, also utilizing this material, further asserts that the particular relative positions which the sun, moon, planets and other heavenly bodies occupy at the moment of birth influence the individual born at that moment, and continue to influence him all through life. In other words, astrology is undoubtedly an exact science in so far as its astronomical data are concerned; but its further inference, as applied to the living human being, is not; it depends upon historic beliefs and traditions which have been handed-down for centuries. So far as astronomers have been enabled to ascertain, there is not the slightest scientific basis for any belief in astrology; assuredly it is a curious and interesting occult study, but it must be understood to lie within that realm, rather than in that of exact astronomical science.