It is the source of worry and insecurity. We feel that if we knew what the future held for our lives, and for the course of the world, we would have control over everything. Astrology attempts to offer a solution to this desire to know the future. The practice of astrology is so widespread in our American culture and the world at large that it has become an accepted thing. Most newspapers will print a daily horoscope for its readers.
Television is filled with advertisements propagating the practice.
The belief of astrology is that the position of the stars and planets have a direct influence upon the events of our lives. It is all based off of the time that you were born, and the position of the stars at that time. The horoscope is the chart used to determine one's destiny, as foretold by the stars. For every personal horoscope, the moment of birth is the essential starting point. This, coupled with the latitude and longitude of the individual's birth-place, provides the initial package for the usual astrological chart.