Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
Astrology played a central role in the pagan religion of ancient Babylon. Daniel, the imprisoned Jew, was able to interpret King Nebuchadnezzar's dream after all of his court's astrologists and magicians told him the request was impossible. The Old Testament does that a lot, trash competing religions. Like early Christians, the earliest monotheists were also a minority. Astrology is probably central to most ancient world religions. I'm sure the Bible has been influenced that way as well. The story of Jesus being born under the Star of Bethlehem may have been an early attempt to convert non-Christians who got their spirituality from the stars.