Astrology belongs to the discipline of explaining or predicting people's fate and behavior. China also has such subjects, such as geomantic omen and horoscopes. Why do some people in China don't believe in horoscopes now? People are always susceptible to other things and opinions. Psychological suggestion refers to the psychological characteristics of people accepting the wishes, ideas, emotions, judgments and attitudes of the outside world or others. Astrology affects people through psychological suggestion, because people are always confused about things that they know nothing or little about. People know little about things beyond the earth and want to know the future, so they always want to know. At this time astrology depends on psychology. At least, psychological suggestion has been recognized by people. From the psychological mechanism, it is the assumption that the subjective will is positive, which is not necessarily based. But because its existence has been affirmed subjectively, it is strongly inclined to this content psychologically. If astrology is pseudoscience, it is all wet. Astrology contains a lot of knowledge about astronomy, psychology and medicine. In 2778 BC, the most accurate calendar was born in ancient Egypt. Egyptians realized the relationship between the rise of Sirius and the Nile flood. They tried to infer political development from Sirius's position. 1975 186 famous American scientists, led by18 Nobel Prize winners, jointly criticized astrology, while Faye Abend, an American philosopher of science, severely criticized this move. In fact, Faye Abend doesn't want to support astrology. He pointed out that these famous scientists in the 20th century were even far inferior to15th century Vatican science. Some Nobel laureates who signed the statement publicly admitted that they had not studied astrology and did not know the relevant details, but they thought that this did not prevent them from openly opposing astrology. The book Hammer of Evil, published by the Roman Catholic Church in 1484, criticized witchcraft on the basis of very comprehensive and meticulous research and described related phenomena very accurately. Today, people can even accurately identify the symptoms of mental illness.
/kloc-in the 0/8th century, Europe experienced a series of revolutions such as the French Revolution and the British Industrial Revolution, which not only changed people's political thoughts, but also further carried forward the ideas of scientific progress. At this time, astrology gave way to science in Europe, but it still had some influence among the people. Astrologers absorbed the spirit of scientific research and silently reformed astrology.
To sum up, in short, astrology uses the relative position and motion of celestial bodies (especially the position of planets in the solar system) to explain or predict people's fate and behavior. It is not aimed at a specific person, but an understanding of the world, which cannot be absolutely correct, but it also has its rationality.
Astronomy and astrology
Astronomy should be separated from astrology. The latter is a pseudoscience that tries to predict a person's fate through the running state of celestial bodies. 1975, American 186 famous scientists (including 18 nobel prize winners) published a joint article in humanist magazine criticizing astrology, calling it pseudoscience.
Although their origins are similar, they often mixed together in ancient times. However, there are obvious differences between contemporary astronomy and astrology: modern astronomy is a subject that uses scientific methods to study celestial bodies; Astrology corresponds the position of celestial bodies to people through comparison and association. Simply put, astrology focuses on predicting people's fate.