Some, nevertheless, argue astrology is completely different and is a pure science too, as it deals with observations and prediction of occasions within the sky which influences human affairs and the pure world. People have been studying astrology for thousands of years, and to turn into a horoscope reader, you should get to grips with the basics, by studying books, studying horoscope charts and practising interpretations. The signs aligned, kind of, with their corresponding constellations when individuals outlined the fashionable Western zodiac about 2,000 years ago. But in the intervening centuries, the gradual wobble of the Earth’s axis has caused the solstice and equinox points to shift roughly 30 degrees westward relative to the constellations.