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Are astronomers who study a person's psyche and personality traits based on the movement of planets considered among the scholars whom God has favored, and is believing what they say permissible or forbidden?

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Astronomy is of two types: computational and divinatory. Computational astronomy is permissible by consensus, indeed, it is a communal obligation (fard kifaya), due to the Almighty’s saying: "The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation." As for divinatory astronomy, it is forbidden and considered magic, due to the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) saying: "Whoever acquires some knowledge of the stars has acquired a branch of magic; the more he acquires, the more he acquires." And because it is a claim to knowledge of the unseen, which Allah alone possesses. Therefore, the astronomer (astrologer) is sinful for this act, and he must repent and cease astrology.

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