Astrology is a range of divinatory practices that claim to discern information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects, such as the stars and planets. It is recognized as pseudoscientific and is based on the superstitious belief that the movement of these celestial bodies determines a person's fate
. While astronomy is a science that studies celestial bodies based on research and observation, astrology is the belief that the positioning of the stars and planets affects the way events occur on earth
