Astrology: Superstition Or Science?

Astrology is a science that predicts information related to human affairs by studying the motion of celestial bodies. Indians attach a really important value to astrology. It dates back to 2nd millennium bce. In earlier forms, it was used as a scholarly tradition and was also included in academic rigors. In the modern world, many people still attach a lot of belief and importance to it, whereas a great many consider it as mere superstition.

Astrology as science

Western astrology attaches electromagnetic mechanism and the orientation of earth’s axis as the base of study. Astrologers give every individual a zodiac sign and mostly use that sign as a basis for any further calculations. These calculations are basically used to give results related to how someone will spend his day, career or marriage prospects. However, no one really knows how is that sign given to an individual.

Arguments

Scientists do not accept the fact of astrology being a science. The procedures that astrologers claim are also not accepted. Anyway, the claims that are made by astrologers have no means to be tested. Many astrologers claim these predictions to be scientific, but the scientists reject these claims on the grounds that the magnetic field lines, when measured from earth, will not have the same value as that of those measured from any other planet. Moreover, the predictions do not have any ground to be tested upon except the individual’s validation. According to the precision of equinoxes, the position of the sun … Read the rest >>>