Why does the current Catechism of the Catholic Church condemn astrology while many popes supported astrology?
Christians should not be involved with astrology or horoscopes. This includes: Reading the horoscope in the newspaper. Talking about what sign you are. Having your chart done. There are two categories of people who can be harmed Immature Christians who don’t know about astrology. If they see you involved with it, they will assume the Bible approves of it. Later they might learn more about astrology and adopt unbiblical views which could shatter their faith. Unbelievers. If they see you involved with astrology it will send a message to them that unbiblical practises and ideas are compatible with the Christian faith. This could interfere with their acceptance of the gospel. The Catechism of the Catholic Church indicates that Astrology is a form of divination and that it interferes with our worship of God. All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to “unveil” the future. Consulting horoscopes, astrolo
ASTROLOGY A form of divination based on the theory that the planets and stars influence human affairs.Until Copernicus (1473-1543), much of the lore of astrology was partial basis for astronomy. Since Copernicus, astrology and astronomy separated. In astrology a horoscope is a map of the heavens at the time of birth, using the chart of the zodiac. The “house,” or sign in the ascendancy at the time of one’s birth, is said to determine one’s temperament, tendencies to disease, and liability to certain fortunes or calamities. It is normally wrong to believe in astrology or to direct one’s life and conduct according to its supposed predictions. The reasons are that astrology involves contradictions, since it claims uniform influence on persons born on the same day and in the same place, and who later on prove to be unmistakable different; it claims to predict accurately the free future, i.e., happenings that depend on the exercise of man’s free will, whereas such knowledge is unknown to an
