Whats the difference between astronomy and astrology?

Question

Whats the difference between astronomy and astrology?

Answer 1

Astronomy is the science based off of observations of celestial bodies, and astrology is mysticism based off of observations of celestial bodies.

A bright explosion occurs in the night sky.

The astronomer says, "wow that was some supernova. I should go observe the frontal shockwave"

The astrologer says, "this means you should divorce your wife because she's cheating on you"

Answer 2

Simple, Astronomy is useful while astrology is worthless.

Answer 3

Astronomy is the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

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Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere (such as the cosmic background radiation). ...

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Definitions of astrology on the Web:

a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon

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Astrology (from Greek: ἄστρον (astron), "star", and λόγος (logos), "theory", "study": lit. ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology

The study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies and their supposed influence on human affairs

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/astrology

is divination using celestial bodies: the sun, moon, planets, and stars.

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The theory and practice of the positions and aspects of celestial bodies in the belief that they have an influence on the course of natural ...

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Divination by interpreting the movements of heavenly bodies, particularly the major planets.

www.divinitydice.com/dictionary.htm

Astronomy is science

Astrology is claims of divination

Divination (from Latin divinare "to be inspired by a god", related to divine, diva and deus) is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation of omens or an alleged supernatural agency[2], either by or on behalf of a querent.

If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Divination is often dismissed by skeptics, including the scientific community, as being mere superstition)

Divination is also dismissed by God, it isn't inspired of him at all, considering his loud disapproval of divining, fortunetelling and "psychics"

Ones a science the others a money making scheme that plays on superstition.

Answer 4

One provides work for a group of lazy, dreamy layabouts content to do nothing but sit around staring at star charts and drinking coffee.

The other one is Astrology.

Answer 5

They both have a same point of origins.  Unfortunately, Western society regressed and lost touch with science for a period of nearly 1000 years;  and, astrology is the ancient understanding of astronomy laced with many centuries of mythology.  .

Answer 6

astronomy: the study of space

astrology: studying the positionsof star constallations to predict your luck and future

Answer 7

Simple.

Astronomy is real, and is a science.

Astrology is fake, and is entertainment.

Answer 8

astronomy is the study of space and stars and their properties and such while astrology is more like horoscopes and zodiac, phases of the moon,  and things like that.

Answer 9

Astronomy is the science that studies basically everything outside of Earth's atmosphere. The operative word there is "science."   :-)

Astrology is an ancient system of belief that the positions of the planets and the sun and the moon influence events on Earth. It is basically magical thinking. There is no scientific evidence that there is anything to the claims astrologers make. Scientific experiments and studies have been done on this question, too!

Answer 10

Astronomy is the studies of stars and celestial objects. Astronomy basically covers everything in space. The studies of astronomy would include knowing galaxies, star-types, and eclipses. Also the life of a star and a nebula (red dwarf, red star, blue star, etc..).

Astrology is finding correlation between the movements of celestial objects with one's experiences. People who believe in astrology believe that the movements of stars correspond to one's life and may signal important events such as wars, famines, sickness, or death. Things that are a part of astrology includes the zodiac, the birth signs (Pisces, Leo, etc), and horoscopes.

Answer 11

astronomy is scince.

astrology comes out of the back end of male cows.