The popularity of the paranormal, oddly enough, might even be grounds for encouragement. I think that the appetite for mystery, the enthusiasm for that which we do not understand, is healthy and to be fostered. It is the same appetite which drives the best of true science, and it is an appetite which true science is best qualified to satisfy. Perhaps it is this appetite that underlies the ratings success of the paranormalists. I mean when they hijack the constellations, and employ sub-poetic language like the moon moving into the fifth house of Aquarius.
Real astronomy is the rightful proprietor of the stars and their wonder.
Astrology gets in the way, even subverts and debauches the wonder. Find a large open space and take a soccer ball to represent the sun. Put the ball down and walk ten paces in a straight line. Stick a pin in the ground. The head of the pin stands for the planet Mercury.