Why do people believe in astrology if it's not scientifically proven?

Astrology combines multiple knowledge systems—history, botany, medicine, astronomy—and prioritizes intuition alongside data. Unlike meteorology, which only tracks external variables, astrology attempts to interpret countless psychological and physical variables unique to each person, which is far more complex than critics acknowledge.

Is astrology based on birth date or birth time?

While some argue astrology should be based on conception rather than birth date, this misses the practical reality. Conception dates are rarely known precisely, whereas birth time creates measurable distinctions—even twins born minutes apart show notable differences despite looking similar.

How accurate is astrology compared to weather forecasting?

Both make mistakes, but astrology faces unfair standards. Weather forecasts track external variables with satellites yet still fail. Astrology would need to study exponentially more psychological, physical, and behavioral variables for each person—making the comparison unrealistic.

Do all people of the same zodiac sign have identical traits?

No. Serious astrologers never claim all Leos are leaders or all Sagittarians travel constantly. These are oversimplified headlines used to attract readers, not actual astrological doctrine. Real astrology is nuanced and considers numerous factors beyond sun signs.

Is astrology a religion or a dogma?

Astrology is neither dogma nor immutable faith. It's a practical tool that combines multiple disciplines to interpret patterns and tendencies. Like any interpretive system, it acknowledges complexity and allows for individual variation rather than absolute certainty.

Why Astrology Endures: Science, Skepticism & Truth

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Why does Astrology exist?

Even today articles are read and discussions are held in which people linked to the scientific world wonder how it is possible that after so many centuries of existence, astrology continues with formidable health and even the number of people who know it in some way grows DAY after DAY, the curious thing is that they tend to repeat the same soliloquy over and over again in a copy and paste style, trying to scorn any attempt to verify personally whether it works, the why, or whatever it is.

HINDU MANDALA I wonder if there is a statistic about those who dismiss it and their real involvement in serious study, the DAY it appears I think we will have a good laugh more than one Astrologer, and by study I don't mean looking at 5 newspapers and seeing if they match, if that study were valid we could also try looking at a political news story in different newspapers with different ideologies and always waving the flag of informational equity, afterwards we would have to conclude that there is scientific proof that free journalism does not exist :).

Can a machine or a tool by its utility replace the instinctive part or the intuition of man?, when we read studies and statistics our eyes fill with data and numbers that are useful without any doubt but that are empty when they are disconnected from what is called human nature.

Precisely this last point is one of the keys to the beginning and flourishing of the astrological world, in antiquity knowledge was not so limited to one subject, and it was normal to undertake different disciplines to later combine them in various ways, in this way there were Astronomers with knowledge of botany, history or medicine and they used astrology as a tool linked to a whole.

No astrologer believes that all Leos are leaders or that all Sagittarians travel continuously, but we all believe that putting an interesting headline can help the fine print be read, attacking astrology by saying it should be based on conception is quite foolish, let's also put a statistic about couples who know such a thing and they will see why, Don't the detractors even stop to think a little?, Then there are those who say that two twins would have to be the same if they were born at the same time, and well you don't have to be too smart to realize that they look more like each other than average, don't you think?.

HINDU MANDALAAstrology is not a dogma of faith nor something immutable, it is not exact, but let's see, the weather forecaster also makes mistakes sometimes, at least in Spain, and that's only taking into account external variables well studied with sophisticated satellites and such, imagine if a meteorologist came out on TV explaining what the DAY will be like for each and every one of those who watch it, How many psychological, physical, etc. variables would have to be studied? well that is what is asked of an astrologer for it to be taken as certain, how much nonsense!.

When science is used as an end and not as a means it is a utility that usually harms the majority, there are scientists who are becoming millionaires through their mathematical knowledge and its application to stock markets, there are also statistics that are used for the benefit of a few. A formula is created or invented to measure and then an elite uses this knowledge, some pharmaceutical companies make a killing at the expense of others, however neither I nor any serious person can argue that for that reason science is something useless.

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