Because, God really does have a message for you each day. Of course, for Christians, this was not permitted to be used as a way of foretelling the future. EWTN News, Inc. is the worlds largest Catholic news organization, comprised of television, radio, Astrology, fortune-telling, tarot cards, and the like are no replacement for Gods providence. all astrologers have integrity. By the 18th century, measurements of the stars movements improved due to advances in optics and mathematics. Astrologers are professional flatterers, reassuring their readers and clients how unique and interesting they arewhile taking their money. Ask your guardian angel to protect you and ask often. Were saying the same thing, but [crosstalk 00:00:02:04]. Well, St. June 25th. [Demons] brought to light astrology, and augury, and divination; and though these things are in themselves false, yet they themselves, the authors of evils, so govern and regulate them that they are believed to be true. Hugh Barbour: Inevitably, astrology is all about flattery and it always gives partial readings of personality. Thats just one thing. (very disastrous situation). [5] Ptolemy's second century AD Tetrabiblos was translated into Latin by Plato of Tivoli in 1138. Fr. John Hanretty serves as a Digital Media Producer for Relevant Radio. In our view, our individual existence goes before our existence for the common, even though whats commonly good for the human race is most of the time what were supposed to do. Some people believe these cosmic objects define someone's personality, their romantic relations, and predict their economic successes. There is no harm in learning what sign you might fall into or what months correspond to others, but it becomes dangerous when you begin changing aspects of your life based on the direction of superstitions like astrology, horoscopes, or tarot cards. . So as Father Hugh says, you can consult what the church offers each day in its liturgy and in its martyrology. The astrology iOS app Co-Star, which recently raised a $5.2 million seed round to launch an Android version, sends users push alerts with fun, social-media-friendly daily horoscopes ranging from . When the planets cross in the signs of the zodiac, certain figures formed by their meeting give birth to certain destinies, and others produce different destinies (The Six Days Work6:5 [A.D. 370]). The demon desires to ruin you out of spite. God is the only one who knows our future. [30], Astrology saw a popular revival starting in the 19th century, as part of a general revival of spiritualism and, later, New Age philosophy,[31]:239249 and through the influence of mass media such as newspaper horoscopes. Virgos are modest. Astrology began as a form of fortune telling, which the Bible considers an occult, and at times, a useless practice. He is a graduate of the Gupta College of Business at the University of Dallas. monetization of National Catholic Register RSS feeds is strictly prohibited. Yes, it is still sin. So there you are. After that, youre with your own guardian angel, following the teaching of the great St. Thomas. It is fear based and plays on peoples emotions and money. Cy Kellett: Astrology From the Catholic Church's Perspective - NCR Embrace the theology we learn from family stories, Pray with the four elements to connect to God and the Earth. Fr. [28] Astrologers were theorists, researchers, and social engineers, as well as providing individual advice to everyone from monarchs downwards. On the other hand, many people have been led to waste time and money, make bad choices, and avoid therapy and even avoid God and the Church because of astrology. presented in this work are free of doctrinal or moral errors. [24] Hood's instruments also illustrated, for pedagogical purposes, the supposed relationships between the signs of the zodiac, the planets, and the parts of the human body adherents believed were governed by the planets and signs. Mother Teresa was a virgin and she was quite Catholic. I'm Cy Kellett, your host. . Apollo was the god of the sun, his sister Diana was the goddess of the moon, and the known planets were named after gods as well (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn). Its a good way to start. In a church in France called the Cathedral of Chartres. The church doesnt use astrology the way astrologers do, although she evaluates morally. The other guys [crosstalk 00:16:09]. Cy Kellett: And therein of a truth they have inflicted on themselves a double reproach, those who have written such books, because they have perfected themselves in a lying and contemptible science [astrology], and as to the ignorant and simple, they have led them astray by evil thoughts concerning the right faith established in truth and upright in the presence of God (Easter Letter39:1 [A.D. 367]). This week, I want to start out by reading a little bit to you from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, what the church has to say about spooky things. The Catholic View on Astrology, Tarot Cards, Horoscopes and more.FOLLOW US: Our YouTubeBlog ArticlesFacebook Page hereInstagram: catholic_truth_official Pinterest: Catholic Truth SUPPORTMonthly by PatreonMonthly, Yearly, or One Time through PayPalOUR WEBSITE (Retreats, keynote talks, parish missions, articles and more)BOOK: Counterfeit Spirituality (Centering Prayer, Yoga, Reiki, Astrology, etc). Because Gods providence is, regarding human beings, regarding persons, human beings, and angels is always individual. The Bible tells us that Satan seeks to destroy us. Fr. [and] I turned my thoughts to those that are born twins, who generally come out of the womb so near one to another that the small distance of time between them (however much force [astrologers] may contend that it has in the nature of things) cannot be noted by human observation or be expressed in those [planetary] figures which the astrologer is to examine that he may pronounce the truth. Cy Kellett: The Big Bang happened 13.4 billion years ago and God knows the position and disposition of every quark and photon in the entire universe ever but if you cough up $500, Maggy the Psychic at the Turnpike Mall can read minds, palms an even talk to your dead dog. Hugh Barbour: VIRGIN (24 Aug - 23 Sept). And then in Minor Britannia, which would be Brittany in France, St. Solomon martyr who set up [inaudible 00:17:09] as a king there and amplified the monasteries and whatnot, but was killed by his adversaries and venerated as a martyr like St. Thomas Moore. I call it that sometimes in And calm down, just keep listening. This is from paragraph 2116 in the Catechism. we dont want to give any hint that his love is not enough for us or that we want to take care of things on our own and not rely on him as our father. 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. In other words, why would an individuals pride or curiosity count for anything other than sin in making such a decision? Like the child who learns the difference between a car and a truck cant really relate to the child who still the car and the truck are the same thing, so just differentiation. By consulting a horoscope to show ourselves the path for our day we usurp the place of God in whose hands we should place our concerns allowing him to lead us down the path of holiness in discerning his will for us. Templeton says Fr. Interest in astrology is growing in the West because humans need something to believe in especially those who refuse to believe that they indeed need to believe in this. And in fact a deep night oppresses the whole world. And of course, now the North Star is a different one than it was then, but in any case, because things kind of shift. But four centuries ago, the idea of a heliocentric solar system was so controversial that the Catholic Church classified it as a heresy, and warned the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei to abandon it. Peace. Always believe God with faith not by calculations, thats why Bible said that without faith, it is impossible to please God. Thats in the Catechism. Because of this common pagan belief, the Old Testament contains repeated injunctions against star-worship (Deut. Hugh Barbour: When one seeks information or some outcome through occult means, one is (1) wasting his time, (2) embarrassing himself and (3) desperately trying to circumvent God, which is always the worst of bad ideas. Oh, well, thank you, Prosper One and Prosper Two. And if astrologers were honest with themselves, theyd see that they enjoy having power over their clients and being the priest who tells their clients what the stars hold for them. What we call astrology was simply the astronomy, antiquity, before the change, when you had the Copernican Revolution in Galileo and all that. Jesus said, my words are spirit and life. Cy Kellett: Hugh Barbour: Now, granted a warning. Okay, so-. For many [Catholics] entirely disbelieve the resurrection; many fortify themselves with the horoscope; many adhere to superstitious observances, and to omens, and auguries, and presages (Homilies on First Corinthians4:11 [A.D. 392]). . But then, other things might start to happen as well. Fr. This visionof selectively dismantling the interiors of European cathedrals, one architrave at a time, in order to transform them into finely tuned scientific observatoriesis extraordinary, as if,. Its either bad science or its good science, but its not so much a question of morality. Gods word should be more than enough to bear us through. We have it all right there in the churchs liturgy. Chinese astrology, Bazi, comes from the positions of stars. A Catholic Perspective on Astrology by John Hanretty According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, astrology is "the divination of the supposed influences of the stars and planets on human affairs and terrestrial events by their positions and aspects." Oh, well, lets just say that the constellations, which those little symbols represent are made up of stars created by God. Like Taurus, its in the throat, and they have different things assigned. You could certainly find out, because theres a whole cycle of readings for the Morning Office and the Office of Readings. But the early Christians, like the early Jews, were vehemently opposed to astrology, even attributing it to demonic origin. If the Church goes so far as to severely condemn a practice, why would any ostensible Christian then ignore such a dire warning? All right. And then, St. William in the Campagna of Spain, who was a pilgrim first for the love of Christ, and then entered the monastery of Montevergine, which is very important to this day. Prosper two. Therefore the astrologers, being ignorant of such mysteries, think that these things [the disasters brought about when demons inspire human sin] happen by the courses of the heavenly bodies; hence also, in their answers to those who go to them and consult them as to future things, they are deceived in very many instances. The history of salvation does not begin with us, with our merits, our abilities, and our structures. He gets in trouble if people dont subscribe and like when they go to the YouTube site. One proposition I lay down: that those angels, the deserters of God [demons] . One instance, "Endowed with 'a spiritual and immortal' soul, the human person is 'the only creature on earth that God has willed for its own sake.' From his conception, he is destined for eternal beatitude." (1703) [11][12] In contrast, John Gower in the fourteenth century defined astrology as essentially limited to the making of predictions. Hugh Barbour: I usually a reading from the Old Testament or the epistles, and then a patristic reading from the Fathers of the Church. She also was telling me some mean and evil things. God isnt speaking through astrologers. Your enemy the devil prowls around. Knowledge can be abused. The Vatican's Space Observatory Wants To See Stars And Faith Align with gratitude for the opportunity to do so. Im just dying to know. Jesus said, My words are spirit and life (John 6:63). God does not speak through astrologers. Ive never seen anyone benefit from predictive astrology. All they can do is surmise what they think might be going on a little bit and make some observations about it, if theyre that much on the up and up. It was only to evaluate a persons What their temperament would be like, what would they would need for the particular illnesses that they would be most likely to incur. We had so many family problems, sexual, physical, mental, finncial, and I believe most of it was due to this form of evil. Fr. They contradict the honor respect and loving fear that we owe to God alone.. You take at least 30 minutes a day to do some kind of spiritual reading. I feel such profound shame admitting that right now. . Hugh Barbour: They have both feet on the ground. Now the Vatican looks to promote its observatory as a bridge to science. Cy Kellett: that positive change is possible for everyone in all circumstances provided that a person choses wisely, Among other things, astrologers could advise on the best time to take a journey or harvest a crop, diagnose and prescribe for physical or mental illnesses, and predict natural disasters. The first Bishop of that, see who converted the crowds with his paternal speech to the faith of Christ and directed them by heavenly doctrine to the reward of salvation. They were the first ones to do all of that, from the perspective of the Northern Hemisphere. We can only presume two conclusions either this person is (1) a charlatan who has no relationship to God and is interested in humiliating his marks, or (2) hes both crazy and ignorant of God and his own abilities.. In A.D. 120, the noted mathematician Aquila Ponticus was excommunicated from the Church at Rome for astrological heresies. Fr. I never accept all this [crosstalk 00:20:35]-. Not just that we come out into the light, but we get our guardian angel on our birthday, Aquinas St. Thomas. that little Cyril got a guardian angel on the same day as their day in the martyrology. Angels and saints are noticeably mum when it comes to whispering these secrets. Give a Gift SubscriptionBless friends, family or clergy with a gift of the Register. Horoscopes come from fortune telling and divination and the such. Its their punishment. You must pray for your parents so that their sins will be forgiven hence yours too, Astronomers are not astrologers. Their fundamental principle was the placing of animals in the heavens [as constellations] . Fr. Of astrologers, there should be no speaking even; but since one in these days has challenged us, defending on his own behalf perseverance in that profession, I will use a few words. Its very important to [crosstalk 00:13:31]. Cy Kellett: 680 Barclay Blvd Many others have been led to despair and fatalism, or into occult practices. . Patrick continued, saying that practices of belief systems like astrology are often the seedbed for superstition, the unwarranted ascription of powers to a powerless object. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae . It is a powerful trip to take hold and power over people. Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of responsibility., Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2115. They are all objects, and though they differ in size and proximity, they do not influence our free will at all. But the one that on there has still has plenty for every day. All Rights Reserved |. As we saw from 1 Timothy 2:4, He "wills all to be saved". is an excellent summary on the danger of occult knowledge. [31]:259263 Early in the 20th century the psychiatrist Carl Jung developed some concepts concerning astrology,[32] which led to the development of psychological astrology. Instead of seeking a way to control the uncontrollable, have Faith in the One who created us, loves us, and will care for us for eternity. "Astronomy is a science that studies everything outside of the earth's atmosphere, such as planets, stars, asteroids, galaxies, and the properties and relationships of those celestial bodies.. You never know. Thankyou.Silvana. Its a power trip. Fr. [6] The thirteenth century mathematician Campanus of Novara is said to have devised a system of astrological houses that divides the prime vertical into 'houses' of equal 30 arcs,[7] though the system was used earlier in the East. Lastly, to believe in the stars, or to trust thereon, or to be affrighted thereat, is idolatry, and against the first commandment. There is a mystical Jewish idea that those who seek the advice of astrologers are then bound to live out the prediction. Although the dice may roll on the number a couple of times, the predictor is silent for all the times the dice fails to land on that number. The apocalypse is full of signs. Anyways I got sucked into it because I was vulnerable at the time. Hugh Barbour: I am speaking from my own personal experience here. Okay. Cy Kellett: you can still opt for study your parents made the mistake not you, you still have gods blessing Information regarding the position of the planets and stars at the precise moment of a persons birth was believed to influence ones personality and was used to determine the future even before Christianity. [8] The thirteenth century astronomer Guido Bonatti wrote a textbook, the Liber Astronomicus, a copy of which King Henry VII of England owned at the end of the fifteenth century. Hand in hand with this is that modern astrologers tend to be hostile to Christianity, Judaism and Islam. For they represent these climacterics as times of danger, in which one sometimes is destroyed, sometimes is not destroyed, not knowing that it is not the course of the stars but the operation of demons that regulates these things; and those demons, being anxious to confirm the error of astrology, deceive men to sin by mathematical calculations, so that when they suffer the punishment of sin, either by the permission of God or by legal sentence, the astrologer may seem to have spoken the truth (The Recognitions of Clement9:12 [A.D. 221]). I think I know it. Every morning theyd open the paper to see what it [their horoscope] says but they never opened the Bible.