Sceptics accuse astrology of being nothing more than superstition. How many superstitions rely on complex mathematical calculations? None that I can think of. Working on that theory, algebra and trigonometry would be superstitions too. However, there are many professional astrologers who started out as sceptics themselves. Instead of just assuming that astrology is fake, they actually took the time to find out by studying it.
Here is the news: Astrologers don't know how astrology works - but we do know that it does work. The sceptics drone on about astrologers being stupid for thinking that gravity or "cosmic rays" from other planets and stars have an effect on Earth. No decent astrologer thinks that and would never say it, especially those of us who also have astronomical knowledge. That's another phallacy the sceptics love to spout - "astrologers have no idea about astronomy". I have studied astronomy since I was a child and I'm still 'into' it now. Obviously I can't speak for other astrologers, and looking at various websites and social media accounts, it does seem that very few practitioners of astrology know much about astronomy. But astronomers don't give a hoot about astrology either, so I guess it cuts both ways. I just happen to have a foot in both camps.
Astronomy focuses on the physical universe and astrology on the parts of the universe that have yet to be defined and quantified. If I draw up a chart for a particular date, for a specific time and for my own location, I will see a map of the sky above my house. The Moon and planets will be displayed on the astrology chart so accurately that, when I look out of the window, I will see them right there in front of me. Astrologers, just like astronomers, know where the planets are, which phase the Moon is in, etc, etc.
Astrology and astronomy are not separate entities. The only change is the background of zodiac signs brought about by a natural phenomenon called Polar Precession. But the planets still move through the same section of the sky that they did thousands of years ago. The only reason we astrologers continue to refer to those sections by their original given names is so that we can identify that particular cosmic location. It doesn't matter that the zodiacal constellations have migrated over the centuries. The area of the sky they were in still exists on the zodiac circle. It's about the positions of the planets - not the design of the background.
