“All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to "unveil" the future. Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.” (CCC 2116)
The Catholic Church teaches that consulting horoscopes, interpreting omens and consulting mediums or psychics “all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and in the final analysis, other human beings.” They are considered violations of the First Commandment because they “contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear we owe to God alone” (CCC 2116).
The Catechism of the Catholic Church clearly states its opposition to presumptuous sins which detract from God’s authority and powers by using an astrologer in a futile attempt at diminishing God. Astrology refuses to acknowledge God and his sovereignty. By denying us access to the future, we are ultimately reliant upon him. Some people may choose to be free of God but that’s never a good idea.
Tertullian reminds us that “nothing of God costs money.” Why would a person who claims to have a God-given talent, to be spiritually perfect and to be on a God-directed mission, want to charge people for the exercise of that gift? We can only presume two conclusions: Either this person is a charlatan who has no relationship to God and is interested in humiliating his marks, or he’s both crazy and ignorant of God and his own “abilities.”
When one seeks information or some outcome through occult means, one is wasting his time, embarrassing himself, and desperately trying to circumvent God, which is always the worst of bad ideas. People who think that they can strongarm God are in for the shock of their lifetime. Imagine what kind of worthless, wishy-washy deity astrologists and their fans believe in. According to physicist Father Georges Lemaître, God initiated the Big Bang 13.4 billion years ago and oversees the position and disposition of every quark and photon in the universe — but if you cough up $500, Maggy the Psychic at the Turnpike Mall can read minds and palms and even talk to your dead dog.
But other problems exist:
If the Church goes so far as to severely condemn a practice, why would any ostensible Christian then ignore such a dire warning? In other words, why would an individual’s pride or curiosity count for anything ― other than sin ― in making such a decision? How does anyone intentionally ignore the advice of a myriad of saints and of God himself?
God can make you a saint. All an astrologer can do is lighten your bank account and mislead you.
Instead of relying upon God, the aficionado of astrology kneels before the altar of astrology ― not an enviable place or position.
Belief in astrology never leads to God. The practitioner will inevitably come to disregard and despise God.
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The Catholic Church teaches that consulting horoscopes, interpreting omens and consulting mediums or psychics “all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and in the final analysis, other human beings.” They are considered violations of the First Commandment because they “contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear we owe to God alone” (CCC 2116).
The Catechism of the Catholic Church clearly states its opposition to presumptuous sins which detract from God’s authority and powers by using an astrologer in a futile attempt at diminishing God. Astrology refuses to acknowledge God and his sovereignty. By denying us access to the future, we are ultimately reliant upon him. Some people may choose to be free of God but that’s never a good idea.
Tertullian reminds us that “nothing of God costs money.” Why would a person who claims to have a God-given talent, to be spiritually perfect and to be on a God-directed mission, want to charge people for the exercise of that gift? We can only presume two conclusions: Either this person is a charlatan who has no relationship to God and is interested in humiliating his marks, or he’s both crazy and ignorant of God and his own “abilities.”
When one seeks information or some outcome through occult means, one is wasting his time, embarrassing himself, and desperately trying to circumvent God, which is always the worst of bad ideas. People who think that they can strongarm God are in for the shock of their lifetime. Imagine what kind of worthless, wishy-washy deity astrologists and their fans believe in. According to physicist Father Georges Lemaître, God initiated the Big Bang 13.4 billion years ago and oversees the position and disposition of every quark and photon in the universe — but if you cough up $500, Maggy the Psychic at the Turnpike Mall can read minds and palms and even talk to your dead dog.
But other problems exist:
If the Church goes so far as to severely condemn a practice, why would any ostensible Christian then ignore such a dire warning? In other words, why would an individual’s pride or curiosity count for anything ― other than sin ― in making such a decision? How does anyone intentionally ignore the advice of a myriad of saints and of God himself?
God can make you a saint. All an astrologer can do is lighten your bank account and mislead you.
Instead of relying upon God, the aficionado of astrology kneels before the altar of astrology ― not an enviable place or position.
Belief in astrology never leads to God. The practitioner will inevitably come to disregard and despise God.
Astrology From the Catholic Church’s Perspective
Do not be deceived. God does not speak through astrologers.
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