I'm a Virgo, I'm a Pisces, I'm a Scorpio, I'm a Taurus, I have five moons in Libra, wait, is the mercury in retrograde? ...What's the astrological reading for the day? the week? the month? blah blah blah blah blah.
According to torah sages "astrology has no influence once you become aware of it." for example, becoming aware you're a Virgo and its influences; according to Torah sources at that moment you're no longer influenced by it . Same thing goes for astrology as a whole. Some people like to feel in control. astrological knowledge gives a false sense of intellectual control over one's destiny.
Everybody knows Avraham was very aware of the planets and astrological alignments. The #Gemara utilizes Avraham as an example of the intellectual limitations associated with astrological thinking:
The Gemara expounded on the words, “And He brought him outside,” in Genesis 15:5.The Gemara taught that Avraham had told God that he had employed astrology to see his destiny and had seen that he was not fated to have children. God replied that Avraham should go “outside” of his astrological thinking, for the stars do not determine Israel’s fate.
#jussayin #tho
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