Astrology, Horoscopes, and the Zodiac

Astrology is one of the biggest involvements of the 21^st century and is no longer restricted to the New Age, legitimate witchcraft, pseudoscience, culture, or religion. It is become an afterthought “fun” way to advertise identity but has also become a way to self-control life whether individuals truly believe in its power or not. Either way, God warns against it, and you should also; and just because you don’t believe in it doesn’t mean you are spiritually safe from even dabbling in it like you may in other forms of witchcraft. Just because you don’t take a certain practice seriously doesn’t mean the demonic behind it will leave you alone. They will do whatever it takes for you to strengthen your influence and pull you away from God. So, here is it: the truth behind astrology.

History

According to the Oxford dictionary, astrology is “the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world.” The Ai overview defines astrology as “a pseudoscience that claims celestial bodies—like planets, the sun, and moon—influence human lives and events, and it uses the positions of these bodies at a person’s birth to make predictions and understand personality.”

Horoscopes are the specific predictions tailor-made to an individual, based on these astrological practices. This is a form of fortune-telling and in turn, is a form of witchcraft.

The Zodiac is the cosmic belt of starts which makes up the 12 celestial formations (signs) in which astrology is choreographed from. They are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Saggitarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. The belt itself is undoubtedly real, but the reason for its creation by God was not to worship or make up fake spiritual science regarding to it (more on that later). To put it simply, the belt of stars we call the “Ecliptic belt,” God arranged the stars and planets specifically so that we had visible proof of the four seasons (as well as time and position). He also hung them specifically for our awesome gaze. Satan’s job is to steal, kill, and destroy, so as his corrupt nature entails, he found a way to pervert it for his own glory.

Astrology is recognized as a form of divination of the pseudoscientific dating back to Biblical Scripture, mainly ancient Babylon and Greece; but each time the Israelites claimed a new land or turned from God, God’s verbal warnings towards Israel or the foreign lands involved with them, almost always included the pagan “detestable” and “abominable” practices of astrology. God condemns the practice and belief of it as it is a form of witchcraft and false worship of the created instead of the Creator. It is a form of idolatry. God also acknowledges that when you worship anything other than Him, you are worshiping demonic spirits, and these spirits will carry on the delusion that the counterfeit worship is real by interfering with natural affairs as it is their jurisdiction. Any form of supernatural interference with the natural world, unless revealed by God, is an act of the enemy, that is the devil and his demons.

Astrology around the world/ more than just cosmic worship

Astrology goes deeper than simple cosmic/celestial worship of the planets, sun, moon, and stars. It also includes the worship of animals, particularly, the animals in which the stars create, which in turn, became the symbolic pictures of the signs. It also worships the physical body. In western culture, it revolves around the sun in the form of a solar calendar. In eastern culture, it revolves around the moon in the form of a lunar calendar.

In traditional western astrology, not all 12 signs are animals, but a few are still included. They include: Goat, Ram, Fish, Bull, Crab, Lion, and Scorpion. The non-animal symbols are: the water bearer, twins, a virgin, an ancient scale, and an archer. Despite the mixture of symbol versus animal, all 12 represent a false god. These gods come from ancient Babylon and Greece (and when you’re messing with the spirit realm, Greek mythology is not actually mythology. The stories may be made up, but demons and their influence is not. In fact, the devil is counting on you to believe it’s all a fantasy).

Western astrology also has connections with the physical body in pertaining to an individual’s birth month. There are many different interpretations to this with different body parts, so here is one:

January – Aquarius – calves (lower legs) February – Pisces – feet March – Aries – head (face, brain, mind, soul) April – Taurus – neck (strength; bridge from the mind to the heart) May – Gemini – arms (hands and shoulders) June – Cancer – stomach (belly, food, upper abdomen) July – Leo – heart (chest, breasts, emotion, spirit) August – Virgo – intestines (belly, middle abdomen) September – Libra – kidneys (hips, lower abdomen) October – Scorpio – genitals (and rear) November – Sagittarius – thighs (upper legs)   December – Capricorn – knees (middle legs)

These parts of the body also connect to a specific cosmic being in medical astrology:

January – Aquarius – calves (lower legs) – Uranus and Saturn February – Pisces – (feet) – Jupiter and Neptune  March – Aries – head (face, brain, mind, soul) – Mars and Venus April – Taurus – neck (strength; bridge from the mind to the heart) – Venus May – Gemini – arms (hands and shoulders) – Moon June – Cancer – stomach (belly, food, upper abdomen) – Sun  July – Leo – heart (chest, breasts, emotion, spirit) - Mercury August – Virgo – intestines (belly, middle abdomen) - Mercury September – Libra – kidneys (hips, lower abdomen) - Mercury October – Scorpio – genitals (and rear) – Venus, Pluto, and Mars November – Sagittarius – thighs (upper legs) – Jupiter December – Capricorn – knees (middle legs) – Saturn

Chinese culture revolves heavily around the zodiac as seen by their Lunar calendar, a repeating 12-year cycle. This astrological worship revolves heavily around the moon, hence their “lunar” calendar. The annual Moon Festival held each year celebrates the current position of the lunar cycle. Its identity is placed annually instead of monthly, so each symbol is rotated every 12 years instead of 12 months. Every year becomes “the year of the…” and is followed by one of the 12 animal signs in the astrological belt. This cycle in order is as follows: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. Within each year, the designated animal becomes a sign of good luck. Just like traditional astrology, each animal is associated with a set of personality traits, and a person’s “zodiac animal” (in line with spirit animals) is determined by their birth year. They also have festivals which glorify the animal as well as their gods. This form of astrology is unique and does not include the Greek symbols, signs, and meanings.

Traditional astrology (as seen monthly in the west)

January – Aquarius – water bearer February – Pisces - fish March – Aries - ram April – Taurus - bull May – Gemini - twins June – Cancer - crab July – Leo - lion August – Virgo - virgin September – Libra - scales October – Scorpio - scorpion November – Sagittarius - archer December – Capricorn - goat

Chinese astrology (as seen annually in the east)

2020 – Aquarius – Rat 2021 – Pisces - Ox 2022 – Aries - Tiger 2023 – Taurus - Rabbit 2024 – Gemini - Dragon 2025 – Cancer - Snake 2026 – Leo - Horse 2027 – Virgo - Goat 2028 – Libra - Monkey 2029 – Scorpio - Rooster 2030 – Sagittarius - Dog 2031 – Capricorn – Pig

What does God say about it?

When you place your identity in an astrology sign, you are making a pact with the demonic spirit of that sign. Every character trait assigned to that symbol, the demon will teach you through spiritual, and therefore invisible and undetectable, influence (even Christians who sear their conscience against the Holy Spirit). Even if you weren’t that person before, you will be. And once you’ve been conformed to the pact of that sign, they will lie to you and say that you were always like that, born like that (much like they do with all counterfeit identities away from God’s).

It is direct perversion of Romans 12:2. We are not to be conformed to the customs of the world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds through Christ; and through this, we will act in a way that reveals God perfect and pleasing will. Satan has distorted this by the appealing nature of demonic worship through pseudoscience. And when you live in a world driven by physical rules where all forms of science are trusted as fact instead of the powers of darkness behind it, you live in a world of deceit (including your own).

We are not to place our identity in anything outside of God and what He says about us and what we are and how we are to act. Our personalities are not birthed through the month and cosmic alignment in which we were born in. God did not design the cosmic realm for that reason. He designed it for us for two reasons: To help serve as visible signs for the recognition of seasons, and to use as a means to witness His glory through beautiful creation (Genesis 1:14 and Psalms 19:1); NOT to seek personal destiny and guidance in unreliable sources ordained by Satan’s darkness and not God’s light. People are using astrology as a means to control their life. It controls their personality, tells them how to act, where to find a job, who to cling to or reject, and even who to marry, even if the person is against God’s will. In each circumstance, they are in direct rebellion against God whether they know it or not.

Genesis 1:14- And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years…

Psalms 19:1- The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Psalms 147:4- He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.

Genesis 1:4- God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

Our personality traits were not given to us by chance any more than our gender. They are unique gifts God instilled in us to be a witness and a light. All personality traits have a purpose even ones that the world sees as negative (and I’m not talking about traits birthed by pride). They are just as important as our visible gifts and talents. To reject your God-given personality for a counterfeit run by the devil hidden behind the curtain of pseudoscience and witchcraft is to reject your witness. It is to reject your identity in Christ, and ultimately, it is to reject the glory for God that would have been. And trust me when I tell you, you really don’t want to go there.

Scripture makes it clear what we should believe in and what we should not. God even included why worshipping entities other than Him will not benefit us and even lead us to eternal destruction. Deuteronomy warns us against worshipping and putting our trust in celestial bodies. When He placed all the nations of the earth under heaven, He was referring to the observable universe in which He created, but not to be worshipped, because the universe did not create us: The Lord created the universe and placed us inside of it for His glory. In the book of Isaiah, God had the prophet Isaiah warn Israel’s officials what would happen if they practiced divination and astrology; that it is worthless and they will suffer God’s wrath in the form of fire, and not the comforting type of fire they stand against during the colder months. God had the prophet, Jeremiah do the same thing, directly warning against the practices of foreign nations. Both Israel as God’s chosen nation, and all Gentiles (us) who wish to belong to God, you are required to consecrate yourself (Romans 12:1-2). This means to separate yourself from the world’s customs (and if you’re a new Christian, to allow the Holy Spirit to teach you how to follow Him, no longer letting the world teach you how to live). The prevalence of ALL secular norms are to be avoided. The reason the world’s customs are so normal is because Satan is the one who runs it; but for those of us who acknowledge that we have a Creator and Jesus is the only way to true life, we must also acknowledge that living IN the physical world run by darkness does not mean we are to live OF the world. Today, witchcraft (a close if not tie with sexual immorality) is one of the highest hidden norms of the 21^st century. People practice it ignorantly as common as daily ritual. As Christians, we are to discern what is of the darkness, stay away from it, and warn others about it so they don’t fall into Satan’s spiritual traps.

Astrology in Babylon is recorded in the Bible, the book of Daniel. Daniel was trained and even served King Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel was taken to Babylon in 605 BC during the 3^rd year of King Jahoiakim’s reign in Judah. Today, Babylon has become a term, often spoken as a euphemism for obvious sinful and otherwise pagan behavior. Even in the book of Revelation, “Babylon symbolizes a corrupt global system of power, wealth, and false religion, embodied by the “whore of Babylon” and a future city” (future civilizations fallen into the sinful times of Noah such as the world is today). This should be proof that anything practiced today that has any ties with ancient Babylon as described in the Bible should be avoided, especially by Christians. In Daniel chapter 2, King Nezzer (Veggie Tales slang for Nebuchadnezzar) has a dream in which the officials of his court who were referred to as “astrologers” (and who also practiced other forms of divination and witchcraft) cannot interpret his dream. This is because Satan, the author of witchcraft, is not all powerful. In fact, King Nezzer was so upset that he had all of them executed. When Daniel heard it, he decided to ask God to interpret the dream since the court’s witchcraft had failed (coincidence, I think not). As a result, God answers Daniel’s prayer and Daniel interprets the king’s dream correctly and confidently, rendering the work of the dead officials’ witchcraft, useless. As a result, King Nezzar proclaimed, “Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery” (Daniel 2:47b). God used the downfall of astrology to reveal His true glory to a pagan king.

Deuteronomy 4:19- And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

Isaiah 47:13-14- All the counsel you have received has only worn you out! Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month, let them save you from what is coming upon you. Surely, they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot even save themselves from the power of the flame. These are not coals for warmth; this is not a fire to sit by.

Jeremiah 10:2- This is what the Lord says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them.

Daniel 2:1-4- In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled, and he could not sleep. So, the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king, he said to them, “I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means.” Then the astrologers answered the king; “May the king live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

Conclusion

Astrology, horoscopes, the zodiac, and everything associated with it is witchcraft. It is false god worship—idolatry. We are not to put our trust in the alignment of the cosmos, nor are we to worship it and put our identity in it or obey it. Our trust, faith, worship, identity, and obedience, are all to be found in Christ our Lord. Anything outside of this is grounds for judgement. Even those who do not practice witchcraft but use astrology as a means of “harmless fun” have already allowed Satan to grab a foothold.

My name is Rebekah Joy Springer. I was born January 31, 2003, and I am a child of the Most High God. Nothing more.