the article abstract you copy and paste above bears no relation to the 'truth' or otherwise of astrology.

Put aside your preconceptions and look deeper, and with a free and open mind Gervase. If you can.

Look how Jung wrestled with the question of reincarnation - a doctrine quite like astrology, from the objective scientific materialistic perspective:

"The question of karma is obscure to me, as is also the problem of personal rebirth or of the transmigration of souls. With a free and open mind I listen attentively to the Indian doctrine of rebirth, and look around the world of my own experience to see whether somewhere and somehow there is some authentic sign pointing toward reincarnation.

Naturally, I do not count the relatively numerous testimonies, here in the West, to the belief in reincarnation. A belief proves to me only the phenomenon of belief, not hte content of the belief. This I must see revealed empirically in order to accept it.

Until a few years ago I could not discover anything convincing in this respect, although I kept a sharp lookout for any such signs. Recently, however, I observed in myself a series of dreams which would seem to describe the process of reincarnation in a deceased person of my acquaintance. But I have never come across any such dreams in other persons, and therefore have no basis for comparison. Since this observation is subjective and unique, I prefer only to mention its existence and not to go into it any further. I must confess, however, that after this experience I view the problem of reincnation with somewhat different eyes, though without being in a position to assert a definite opinion."

(From "Memories, Dreams and Reflections" by Carl G Jung).

This describes very well how I arrived at my present view of astrology, and a few other subjects as well. And I do wish I'd been around to compare dream content with Jung! He wouldn't have felt so 'all alone'    :-)