Every day in April reminds me of someone's birthday! My birthday is coming up in less than two weeks, but I have so many friends from my past who were born in April. We used to have an Aries Women Club back in the day! We are a rare and wonderful breed - hah!
I'm not into Astrology so much anymore, but see it more as a fun way to reflect on the predictability of human nature. It is fun, as well, to find commonality with people through Astrology. It's not a science in the way that biology is. But if that's the case, it does make me wonder why, then, the name, "Astrology."
According to http://etymonline.com:
astrology 
late 14c., from L. astrologia "astronomy, the science of the heavenly bodies," from Gk. astrologia "telling of the stars," from astron "star" (see astro-) + -logia "treating of" (see -logy). Originally identical with astronomy, it had also a special sense of "practical astronomy, astronomy applied to prediction of events." This was divided intonatural astrology "the calculation and foretelling of natural phenomenon" (tides, eclipses, etc.), and judicial astrology "the art of judging occult influences of stars on human affairs" (also known as astromancy, 1650s). Differentiation between astrology and astronomy began late 1400s and by 17c. this word was limited to "reading influences of the stars and their effects on human destiny."
Well, there you have it! It was once considered a true science alongside the more predictable star watching or astronomy. Judging from the time frame - between the 14th and 17th centuries - the Renaissance was a time of awakening to many aspects of life as "magical" and the influence of nature upon human nature was certainly being explored.
More to come on this interesting subject...
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