Astronomy Vs Astrology
Contrary to popular belief; Astronomy and Astrology are different !! Whenever I tell anyone that I am majoring in Astronomy and Astrophysics; one of the most common queries is about horoscopes and forecast. It always amuses me when educated people make this mistake !
Astronomy is the 'Science of stars' while Astrology is not even considered science. What quality qualtifies science and acceptance ? Well, this is something subject to many debates and controversies; an easy way to explain would be saying that science is based on facts and principles. For example,we can predict the position of any planet in the solar system with great accuracy. But we cannot gurantee the affect of the postion of Saturn on you today. That is because Astrology is based on probability and statistics. All the predictions are made by intelligent guesses. Astrology uses the concept of solar system and planets. Other than that, they are quite different.
My mom is studying Astrology and we have long discussions about the differences between the two. Its very fascinating. I think human nature would like to believe predictions about the future however vague they seem. I am not trying to say that Astrology is nonsense ( I read my horoscope everyday - I just don't believe in it ). So according to me, Astrology is just good time pass ; not something that we can take seriously.
Astronomy on the other hand is one of my greatest passions ! This blog is about this topic after all :-)
Astronomy is the 'Science of stars' while Astrology is not even considered science. What quality qualtifies science and acceptance ? Well, this is something subject to many debates and controversies; an easy way to explain would be saying that science is based on facts and principles. For example,we can predict the position of any planet in the solar system with great accuracy. But we cannot gurantee the affect of the postion of Saturn on you today. That is because Astrology is based on probability and statistics. All the predictions are made by intelligent guesses. Astrology uses the concept of solar system and planets. Other than that, they are quite different.
My mom is studying Astrology and we have long discussions about the differences between the two. Its very fascinating. I think human nature would like to believe predictions about the future however vague they seem. I am not trying to say that Astrology is nonsense ( I read my horoscope everyday - I just don't believe in it ). So according to me, Astrology is just good time pass ; not something that we can take seriously.
Astronomy on the other hand is one of my greatest passions ! This blog is about this topic after all :-)
posted by Shilpa at 5:45 PM
3 Comments:
Hmm, I did not know that people confused astronomy and astrology. I thought it is quite obvious that the two fields are different :-)! BTW, its "effect of position of Saturn" not "affect of position of Saturn" :-).
Ok....I stand corrected....
:-)
I guess I made that typo because
of the effect of the position of Saturn...hehehhee
Dear Shilpa,
I read your comment abt astrology vs astrnomy. I just say one word please trust on astrology and see the result. You are unmarried and residing with your mother and don't have the problems like food, shlter and house so think positive and .............
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