Astrology is for uneducated morons.
this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2024
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The most useful thing about being familiar with the zodiac is that if you don't live in a city and can see the sky at night, it functions as calendar, clock, and compass.
I agree, and yet it is materialist. Observe and study natural phenomena and astronomical bodies to determine time and develop a calendar to organize as a civilization.
That's what astrology IS. Early, pre-civilization humans observed and studied natural phenomena and astronomical bodies to determine time, to navigate, and to develop a calendar (the zodiac). This is what we developed/organized and passed down as a civilization for these purposes.
It got wrapped up in a questionable psychological model so people would remember it. Even if the reason why people remember the zodiac is not tied to material reality, it still holds incidental value because remembering the zodiac can help you if you get lost because it is based on millennia of careful study of material observations of natural phenomena and astronomical bodies.