Astrology A Sin? Options

Some of you may notice I'm currently researching lots about the "allowed and not allowed" aspects of magick. More over the "good" or "bad" perspective I'm forced to take being a loyal follower of God and Jesus Christ. This explains why everything I'm involved with now is strictly research. Research and understanding concerning how potentially living and participating a certain area of magick will effect my "good person status" in Gods eyes. I intend to ask questions here a lot regarding things to which I cannot find answers to through other means. I need to listen to arguments that would allow me to make a choice for myself. By the time I have completely gone through it all an established a sort of "end" to these types of questions, there will be enough information on the forum for people in exact situations as mine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hideingbhindcurtian.gif)
So, unfortunately I've witnessed on several accounts that astrology is a sin. In fact, I've heard that ALL forms of divination are sins and should be completely avoided to stay in God's good graces. As most of you can understand, this has halted my magick research as of now seeing as though Astrology eventually intertwines itself our magick learnings. Again, I have heard lots on the argument of astrology being a sin, I must hear a counterargument to make my own choice. Or I must hear agreements to it being sin. Any help is appreciated as always. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/egypt1.gif)

So, unfortunately I've witnessed on several accounts that astrology is a sin. In fact, I've heard that ALL forms of divination are sins and should be completely avoided to stay in God's good graces. As most of you can understand, this has halted my magick research as of now seeing as though Astrology eventually intertwines itself our magick learnings. Again, I have heard lots on the argument of astrology being a sin, I must hear a counterargument to make my own choice. Or I must hear agreements to it being sin. Any help is appreciated as always. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/egypt1.gif)

Not to impugn on anyone else's beliefs, but in my own mind the idea that studying or observing astrological motion is sinful is patently absurd.

The reason why I say that is because to me, astrology is an entirely mechanistic system; at the risk of sounding blasphemous, I don't actually see anything inherently spiritual about it whatsoever. Thus, to call it spiritually dangerous is like saying you're in danger of being possessed from getting into your car and driving it to work in the morning.

The attainment of knowledge about the workings of the universe is something that has tended to be discouraged by Catholicism more or less in general, and you'll tend to find that it's actually those things that can offer you the most useful information that are the most rigidly suppressed or considered taboo. The main reason for this is because they understand very well the truth contained in the Gospel of John itself; that the truth will set you free. Freedom is the direct opposite of what Catholicism has ever been about, and you only need to look at their history to see that, despite their claims to the contrary.

The Vatican in my own mind is and always has been a fundamentally political institution in nature; not a genuinely spiritual one. It is concerned with the attainment of political power and influence, and the only reason why Christianity has ever been part of the equation is simply because the people who initially formed the Church discovered that Christianity could potentially be an extremely effective path to the attainment of that goal.