astrology
noun
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The Difference Between Astronomy and Astrology
Some may find it easy to confuse astronomy and astrology. At one time, these two words actually were synonymous (that is, astronomy once meant what astrology means today), but they have since moved apart from each other. In current use, astronomy is concerned with “the study of objects and matter outside the earth's atmosphere,” while astrology is the purported divination of how stars and planets influence our lives. Put bluntly, astronomy is a science, and astrology is not.
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Dory Jackson, People.com, 23 May 2025
Gallup polls between 1990 and 2005 consistently found between 23% and 28% of Americans believed in astrology, the Pew report noted.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Other findings The poll also found that the biggest difference in the likelihood of Americans to believe or consult astrology is age and gender.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
Without testable, falsifiable results, astrology remains anecdotal, not research.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Astrology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astrology. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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