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The Traditional Catholic View of Astrology

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Some people hear the word "Zodiac" and freak out, their minds going to New Age thinking, not realizing that the Zodiac is just a set of stars -- stars that God made and called "good." But since the question will come up, what does the Church teach about astrology? It's not uncommon at all to hear people -- even educated people, even priests -- express not just the idea that astrology is just bunk (which they, of course, have every right to believe), but that it's forbidden by the Church. Some are vehement about it, passionately insisting that astrology, in se, is forbidden, an occultic practice inherently akin to necromancy or divination. In my experience, this tends especially to be true when it comes to converts from certain Protestant sects -- often the same type who insists that ghosts don't exist, that it's forbidden to think ghosts exist, that magic doesn't work (it does, but it's forbidden. By definition, it derives its power from demons), that curses and cursed objects don't e

The Traditional Catholic View of Astrology "Praise ye Him, O sun and moon: praise Him, all ye stars and light'' The Traditional Catholic View of Astrology Some people hear the word "Zodiac" and freak out, their minds going to New Age thinking, not realizing that the Zodiac is just a set of stars -- stars that God made and called "good." But since the question will come up, what does the Church teach about astrology? It's not uncommon at all to hear people -- even educated people, even priests -- express not just the idea that astrology is just bunk (which they, of course, have every right to b

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