Contrasting Astonomy and Astrology
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Abstract
Believing in Astronomy and Astrology is a possibility. In this paper, I will contrast the difference in each field and state my point by the end. Many miscue the fallacies given to astrology. Just perhaps the ignorance of many astronomers is blinding them from truly understanding astrology. When they are in fact, very similar and based originally on the same conception.
Contrasting Astronomy and Astrology
Edmond Halley once asked Sir Isaac Newton, "the patron science of physics," how he could possibly believe in astrology. Sir Isaac answered, "Because I have studied the matter, Sir. You have not." (Ward, 2003). A common misconception that many people have is that astrology is all about the stars and that it is mythical, well astrology is in fact about the planets and some of the information obtained over the years is probably mythical, but then again, so was the misconception of the world being flat...