Astrology is the study of the influence that distant cosmic objects, usually stars and planets, have on human lives. It works by taking a look at the position of the sun, stars, moon and planets at the time of people's birth (not their conception) is said to shape their personality, affect their romantic relationships and predict their economic fortunes, among other divinations. What most people know about astrology is their "sign," which refers to one of the 12 constellations of the zodiac. This is a form of sun-sign astrology, which is the astrology upon which newspaper horoscopes are based. It is probably the simplest form, because nothing more than the date of someone's birthday is needed to generate a sun-sign horoscope. Many astrologers will tell you that this form of astrology is so simplistic that it produces very limited results.

Our bodies react to the world in ways which are still barely understood. We constantly interact with our environment on many levels, from the sub-atomic to the metaphysical. These physical, mental, emotional, even spiritual, levels of interaction vary in depth and intensity according to our character and training. Our world is really much more like a marvelous mind than a mere machine.

Our bodies are like sensitive broadcasting and receiving stations. We respond to a broad spectrum of radiant frequencies, not all of which have yet been catalogued by science. Bear in mind it was not so long ago that the idea of radio, movies, x-rays and television signals would have been consigned to ridicule at best - or, more ominously, to the stake with the witches.

Some astrologers believe that planetary energies themselves generate events in our lives and given recent advances in quantum mechanics, they may be right. Others believe, following Jung, the great psychologist, that planetary positions are synchronistically connected with our lives meaning that environmental influences generating reactions in human beings may be tracked in the positions of the planets, although the two may not be causally related. Perhaps both are correct; in any case, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. The detailed functionality of the mechanism is not a question of meaning, but of technical analysis.

• Astrology is not a regulated field. It has many contradictions. It requires a lot of skills to be an astrologer. Exploring the dimensions of astrological predictions requires accuracy and scientific temper.
• As per the Sanskrit verse which says that only the Creator knows what is going to happen and others can only guess it, the astrology cannot fix anyone's future. It is probabilistic in nature.
• Even an expert astrologer cannot predict with 100 percent success rate.
• Even though the astrology is a great discipline, there is an impenetrable prejudice characterizing the majority of the educated people who consider astrology as mere superstition. The modern scientists also reject any investigation of the astrological claims.
• The gross misuse of the sacred Vedic astrology has led to the present degradation of astrology. Not only the fake astrologers, but also many narrow minded scientists are responsible for this degradation.
• There are only few serious astrologers. Anyone with a pocket book on astrology claims to be an astrologer. Such fake astrologers are springing up in large numbers, playing with the credulity of the masses.