Does Catholicism have a stance on horoscopes? Does the Roman Catholic Church have a stance on the use of horoscopes (such as for the twelve astrological signs, e.g. Gemini, Virgo, Scorpio)? Specifically, I'd like to know if the Church has taken a stance on:


Believing that horoscopes can predict one's future
Reading horoscopes for fun, but not taking them seriously


Given that horoscopes have traditionally been used for divination, I am curious if that means that faithful Catholics shouldn't use them, since only God knows the future. Also, has any modern stance been taken for the less serious horoscopes in today's daily newspapers?
The current Catechism has a &quot;more modern take on the matter&quot; which actually uses the word horoscope.

2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to &quot;unveil&quot; the future.⁴⁸ 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. They contradict the honour, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.
⁴⁸ Cf Deut 18:10, Jer 29:8

This paragraph appears in the section on the Commandments headed &quot;You shall have no other gods before me&quot;. Constructing and consulting horoscopes indicates a belief that it's possible to divine the mind of God and predict his plans, which puts Man on a par with God.
I don't believe that astrology works and any belief that we can divine the mind of God is forlorn. However, disobeying God in &quot;making ourselves gods&quot; is what caused the Fall. God is God and it's not for Man to be.