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Put on your skeptics hat on, write at least one 4-5 sentence paragraph in response to each prompt and upload to the appropriate folder on turnitin.com. Include the prompt questions in your response.
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Running Head: ASTROLOGY
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Astrology
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ASTROLOGY
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1) Briefly explain the difference between astrology and astronomy.
Astronomy is defined as a study that aims to examine the universe. It’s a study of the
contents surrounding the earth’s atmosphere such as planets, asteroids, stars and, galaxies.
Astrology, on the other hand, aims to determine how the contents around the surface of the
earth affect individuals (Ankerberg and Weldon, 2011). While astronomy studies the
position, motion, and property of these contents, astrology evaluates how the positioning and
movement of the stars, planets, and asteroids among others influence the people and events
occurring on earth.
2) Because the Earth wobbles on its axis, a process called precession, the constellations have
drastically changed position in the sky since the creation of astrology some 2,000 years ago.
Today’s zodiac has shifted by one full sign compared to the original. Modern astrology has
not adjusted the zodiac to account for this shift. Explain how this fact questions the validity
of astrology.
Astrologers use contents above the earth’s surface to interpret their influence on
events on earth. Astrologers should recognize a shift in the zodiac. They should also have a
change in their interpretation of these signs in explaining people’s personality. As such, one
would question whether these star signs are important d...