Q. What experience or education have you had in astrology?
I started studying astrology about 30 years ago and studied it for about 10 years, doing charts for family and friends with a major focus on studying earthquakes. I was about two lessons away from getting my license as a practicing astrologer when the Lord got my attention instead, and I became a Christian.
I was told that astrology was condemned in the Bible and thus, being a typical Moon in Cancer type (act now--repent at leisure), I burned all my books and research and never touched it again until this last February when I came back to it. However, I didn't burn them because astrology didn't work. I burned them because it did. I then spent the last 20 years studying Bible doctrine instead.
This has now given me the rare ability to see this issue from both sides of the fence. Most Christians condemn astrology without ever studying it and this makes it very easy to refute what they are saying.
Q. What led you to create a web site on this topic?
I have been a web designer and mailing list moderator/owner since about 1997. It was only natural to want to promote what I believe about astrology and the Bible on the web also.
But mostly I have this insatiable desire to correct distortions of scripture, i.e., I'm an apologist. I studied Bible doctrine for the last 20 years with a major focus on prophecy, the cults and heresies and eventually set up my Endtime Prophets site where I expose the teachings of false prophets. Now I can see how certain elements in Christianity have also distorted what the Bible says about astrology and I want to correct that as much as possible.
Q. Can you describe what readers will find on the site?
I have written several articles in response to the usual comments one hears from Christians about how scripture supposedly condemns astrology. In those articles I have attempted to show from scripture that God put the stars in their courses (orbits) Himself, and named *all* the stars (the names of the stars relay the Gospel message when read in the right order). He set the constellations (the Zodiac) in the sky, and He also stated we were to use them for signs. I have also shown that the Magi were astrologers, which means God chose astrologers to announce the birth of His son to the world. If astrology is truly condemned, as some Christians claim, then it appears God has some explaining to do. I have also explained what is behind the so-called condemnation verses regarding astrology.
