<p>In <a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.02.0.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DN 2</a> quoted below, the Buddha denounced practices like astrology, palmistry, divination, face reading, omen reading, magic, dream interpretation, predicting the future and so on as wrong livelihood and &quot;animal arts&quot; for monks. I <strong>highlighted</strong> the relevant parts.</p>
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<p>&quot;Whereas some contemplatives &amp; brahmans, living off food given in
faith, maintain themselves by wrong livelihood, by such &quot;animal&quot; arts
as: reading marks on the limbs [e.g., palmistry]; reading omens and
signs; <strong>interpreting celestial events [falling stars, comets]</strong>;
interpreting dreams; reading features of the body [e.g., phrenology];
reading marks on cloth gnawed by mice; offering fire oblations,
oblations from a ladle, oblations of husks, rice powder, rice grains,
ghee, and oil; offering oblations from the mouth; offering
blood-sacrifices; making predictions based on the fingertips;
geomancy; making predictions for state officials; laying demons in a
cemetery; placing spells on spirits; earth-skills [divining water and
gems?]; snake-skills, poison-skills, scorpion-skills, rat-skills,
bird-skills, crow-skills; predicting life spans; giving protective
charms; <strong>casting horoscopes</strong> — he abstains from wrong livelihood, from
&quot;animal&quot; arts such as these. .....</p>
<p>&quot;Whereas some contemplatives &amp; brahmans, living off food given in
faith, maintain themselves by wrong livelihood, by such &quot;animal&quot; arts
as [forecasting]: <strong>there will be a lunar eclipse; there will be a solar
eclipse; there will be an occultation of [a conjunction of the moon or
a planet with] an asterism; the sun and moon will be favorable; the
sun and moon will be unfavorable; the asterisms will be favorable; the
asterisms will be unfavorable; there will be a meteor shower; there
will be a flickering light on the horizon [an aurora?]; there will be
an earthquake; there will be thunder coming from dry clouds; there
will be a rising, a setting, a darkening, a brightening of the sun,
moon, and asterisms; such will be the result of the lunar eclipse ...
the rising, setting, darkening, brightening of the sun, moon, and
asterisms</strong> — he abstains from wrong livelihood, from &quot;animal&quot; arts such
as these.<br />
<a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.02.0.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DN 2</a></p>
</blockquote>

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ruben2020
<p>my question is astronomical observations and results thereof when applied to humans largely differ from astrological influencing. What Buddhists unlike other religious groups  should do to solve the problems?</p>

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How is that different from astrology?
ruben2020
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I don't understand the question: it says, "to solve the problems" -- what problems? And how that connected to astronomical observations?
ChrisW
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@ruben2020 Astronomy is Scientific
user37920
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@chrisW Its one's realisation .like Starwars program is terrible, aweful,user 37920.
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A question about astrology and astronomy
# A question about astrology and astronomy

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-03-19)

my question is astronomical observations and results thereof when applied to humans largely differ from astrological influencing. What Buddhists unlike other religious groups should do to solve the problems?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: How is that different from astrology?  
> **username_2**: I don't understand the question: it says, "to solve the problems" -- what problems? And how that connected to astronomical observations?  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Astronomy is Scientific  
> **username_0**: @chrisW Its one's realisation .like Starwars program is terrible, aweful,user 37920.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-03-20. Score: 0

In [DN 2](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.02.0.than.html) quoted below, the Buddha denounced practices like astrology, palmistry, divination, face reading, omen reading, magic, dream interpretation, predicting the future and so on as wrong livelihood and "animal arts" for monks. I **highlighted** the relevant parts.

> "Whereas some contemplatives & brahmans, living off food given in
> faith, maintain themselves by wrong livelihood, by such "animal" arts
> as: reading marks on the limbs [e.g., palmistry]; reading omens and
> signs; **interpreting celestial events [falling stars, comets]**;
> interpreting dreams; reading features of the body [e.g., phrenology];
> reading marks on cloth gnawed by mice; offering fire oblations,
> oblations from a ladle, oblations of husks, rice powder, rice grains,
> ghee, and oil; offering oblations from the mouth; offering
> blood-sacrifices; making predictions based on the fingertips;
> geomancy; making predictions for state officials; laying demons in a
> cemetery; placing spells on spirits; earth-skills [divining water and
> gems?]; snake-skills, poison-skills, scorpion-skills, rat-skills,
> bird-skills, crow-skills; predicting life spans; giving protective
> charms; **casting horoscopes** — he abstains from wrong livelihood, from
> "animal" arts such as these. .....
>
> "Whereas some contemplatives & brahmans, living off food given in
> faith, maintain themselves by wrong livelihood, by such "animal" arts
> as [forecasting]: **there will be a lunar eclipse; there will be a solar
> eclipse; there will be an occultation of [a conjunction of the moon or
> a planet with] an asterism; the sun and moon will be favorable; the
> sun and moon will be unfavorable; the asterisms will be favorable; the
> asterisms will be unfavorable; there will be a meteor shower; there
> will be a flickering light on the horizon [an aurora?]; there will be
> an earthquake; there will be thunder coming from dry clouds; there
> will be a rising, a setting, a darkening, a brightening of the sun,
> moon, and asterisms; such will be the result of the lunar eclipse ...
> the rising, setting, darkening, brightening of the sun, moon, and
> asterisms** — he abstains from wrong livelihood, from "animal" arts such
> as these.  
> [DN 2](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.02.0.than.html)


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