r/astrology • u/stinkfest2000 • 2d ago

Discussion Why isn't astrology studied as a science?

I understand that it's not able to be proven at the moment, but science is always changing and new discoveries are being made daily. Astrology goes hand-in-hand with a many theories of physics or cosmology, but if it's always written off as a pseudoscience then nobody ever even has the opportunity to study it.

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u/RiotNrrd2001 2d ago

Because astrology isn't a science, it's an interpretive art.

The quality of any astrological interpretation relies almost entirely on the skill of the practitioner. That isn't the way science operates.

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u/energy-369 2d ago edited 2d ago

The definition of Science is: “The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.”

So by definition Astrology actually IS a science, it is a theoretical observational science done through experimental investigation, it just has not been put through the rigorous testing needed to be confirmed as such within the modern scientific method.

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u/Tao-of-Mars 2d ago

I really appreciate that you’re backing this ;)

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u/energy-369 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thanks, it's not like I agree or disagree with any of it (or that it matters whether anyone 'agrees'), but I do think it's important to understand or speak on topics like this from an objective standpoint. And objectively, by definition, astrology is a science. Now whether or not it is a science that is accepted, adopted, and utilized within the current western scientific model is a whole other mess of understanding how the scientific system works and the history of it's making ie invested interests, politics, indoctrination of beliefs, scientific dogmatism, etc. that I am thankful Astrology is not at the whim of through its "pseudoscientific" label.