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Why is astronomy a science but astrology is not?

  • Written by Talia Dan-Cohen, Associate Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
imageYour zodiac sign – like Sagittarius, the archer – might be in the stars, but your future isn't.scaliger/iStock via Getty Images Plusimage

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