What about Horoscopes - Are they harmful?

The New Oxford American Dictionary defines horoscopes as: a forecast of a person’s future, typically including a delineation of character and circumstances based on the relative positions of the stars and planets at the time of that person’s birth.

A short forecast for people born under a particular sign as published in a newspaper or magazine.

Horoscope is a compound word. It comes from the Greek hōroskopos, from hōra which means time, and skopos which means observer. So it’s one that studies and gazes at the stars or an observer of times.

Generally people will pickup the morning paper and read what their “horoscope” says under their astrological sign to get some idea of how their day will go and what they believe is their future. Something as “innocent” as a horoscope reading is a clear violation of the word of God. Why?

It places faith in man’s corrupt wisdom instead of God’s infinite wisdom. It’s also divination; one is trying to determine the future based on the stars and planets position in the heavens. God has declared all of human history from beginning to end (Read the book of Revelation entirely).

Psalm 119:105 – Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.

James 1:5 – If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God (emphasis added).

These two passages alone let us know that God is the object of all wisdom, and His word provides the direction for wisdom.

All accurate future and man’s destiny is contained within the pages of scripture. Consulting another source, whether it’s a psychic, a witch, a wizard, tarot card readers, or some modern day wanna-be prophet to divine one’s future is dangerous and MUST be avoided by all especially Christians at all costs (Leviticus 19:26,31; Deuteronomy 18:10-14; I Samuel 28:7-19).

Astrology does not have influence on anyone’s life in that the alignment of the stars and planets will affect your life and destiny.

God created the stars for times and seasons (Genesis 1:14) not to be worshipped or determines one life today or for the future. These practices are demonic and are forbidden by the word of God. They’re practiced by those involved in the occult.

We’re to give glory to the one who created the heavenly bodies, not the bodies themselves (Psalm 8:3; Colossians 1:15-17; Revelation 4:11).

You can not drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you can not partake of the Lord’s table and the table of demons. Or do we provoke the Lord to anger? Are we stronger than He?

                                                                                                                           ˗ I Corinthians 10:21-22