Hmmmm. Someone is all hot and bothered about the astrology nay-sayers. Is this an anonymous guest, or a regular member seeking cover because they don't want to admit publicly to their beliefs in astrology? Hiding out and protesting is a way to have your cake and eat it, too, but it is no way in which to convince anyone that your word is worth listening to. I have skipped to the front of the line because frankly I'm not interested in reading all about astrology, though for those who are, Azizi has provided links. Which is better than the anonymous guest in there slugging it out with everyone who has registered disbelief.

Way up there this guest posted:

Mythology is the foundation upon which all the world's cultures have built their societies. If you choose to be ignorant of that foundation, it's your choice, but don't condemn people out of your choice to remain ignorant.

You have the cart way out in front of that horse, guest. First off, you're conflating your "ologies." Mythology is not the equivalent of astrology, and you seem to misunderstand mythology. "Mythology," in many circles, is a term used to step down the sacred into the profane. Christianity calls religions that came before "myths" (if they're being polite) because that is a way to dismiss them as false, not the real way to their god (who is, in their view, the only god. They call them "cults" if they feel threatened.) Mythology is also a term used academically to codify various archic belief systems that were very ancient (thus incompletely understood) or smaller autochthonous religions with some form of written or artistic history (also incompletely understood). Myths are collected representations of belief systems but because they are archaic, the interpretation of those beliefs and the reading of cultural use of such things as metaphor or irony within that religion is entirely incomplete.

"Myth" as a word is far-reaching, is nevertheless frequently misused, and has been misapplied here.

SRS