Astrology

[McCulloch]

Did the writers of the Bible approve or disapprove of astrology?

To get us started:

[row][quote="Deuteronomy 18:10-12"] There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who [b]interprets omens[/b], or a sorcerer, or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you. [/quote][quote="Isaiah 47:13-14"] You are wearied with your many counsels; Let now the astrologers, [b]Those who prophesy by the stars,[/b] Those who predict by the new moons, Stand up and save you from what will come upon you. Behold, they have become like stubble, Fire burns them; They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame; There will be no coal to warm by Nor a fire to sit before! [/quote][quote="Jeremiah 10:2"] Thus says the LORD, "Do not learn the way of the nations, And [b]do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens[/b] Although the nations are terrified by them; [/quote][col][quote="Genesis 1:14"] Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and [b]let them be for signs[/b] and for seasons and for days and years; [/quote][quote="Judges 5:20"] The stars fought from heaven, From their courses they fought against Sisera. [/quote][quote="Matthew 2:1-2"] Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? [b]For we saw His star in the east[/b] and have come to worship Him." [/quote][quote="Luke 21:25"] [b]There will be signs in sun and moon and stars[/b], and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, [/quote]