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$\"\"$ Many people who think of themselves as scientists like to call astrology a \u201cpseudoscience.\u201d \u00a0Pseudoscience is defined as \u201ca collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method\u201d but some writers go so far as to call some of these fields of study \u201cfake sciences,\u201d meaning they purport to be science but are not. \u00a0These theorists claim that because astrology is scientifically incorrect (planets don\u2019t move backward and the Sun doesn\u2019t orbit the earth) it is a fake science.<\/p>\n

From what I can remember from high school science, the scientific method involves a series of testing with predictable results that are the same in every test. \u00a0I don\u2019t think anyone can argue that astrology, in any form, can be thought of as passing scientific muster.<\/p>\n

The practice of astrology has no rules, and there are countless branches and techniques that are completely different from each other. \u00a0Two exact natal charts can result in two totally different human beings who make different choices and have very different lives, and two individuals undergoing the exact same planetary transits will have unpredictable experiences. \u00a0However, this does not negate the fact that an astrological reading of a natal chart from a skilled astrology can be an accurate representation of the various factors of the human personality.<\/p>\n

Recently an article has been circulating<\/a> about the political groups who most believe that astrology is scientific. \u00a0As with most such debunking articles, this one is based on who reads newspaper \u201choroscopes.\u201d \u00a0I think most people understand that newspaper horoscopes are not astrology, so the entire premise of this study is flawed from the beginning.<\/p>\n

Still, the study shows that more and more people believe in astrology which I think is encouraging and likely due to the plethora of blogs like this one which bring REAL astrology into the living rooms of people who otherwise would never be exposed to it.<\/p>\n

Any field of study that examines human behavior cannot satisfy the scientific method. \u00a0Psychiatry is a science that administers medicines to people with psychological disorders, but not every human responds to medication in the same way. \u00a0The field of psychoanalysis does not use the exact same procedures for every patient.<\/p>\n

Rather than a science, astrology falls under the category of metaphysics \u2013 the study of that which lies beyond the realm of what can be examined and studied.<\/p>\n

The fact is, astrology skeptics nearly always prove their ignorance of the subject by equating astrology with newspaper horoscopes, or by using the premise that the Sun doesn\u2019t orbit the Earth as proof that astrology is fake and people who believe in it are dumb. \u00a0Personally, it doesn\u2019t matter to me whether astrology is scientific. As long as it is illuminating and helpful, it will continue to be my religion.<\/p>\n