Pagans believed that the stars were divinities, or that they were controlled by divinities. The pagan world was dominated by belief in astrology. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone” (CCC 2116). Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to ‘unveil’ the future.
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