It used to be universally accepted and an integral part of government but after the Renaissance, when Astronomy emerged as the real study of the stars, it failed to convince those with responsibility. It is now a quaint relic that keeps the masses amused. It's embarrassing to recognise that this actually feels meaningful, you can easily see yourself in these statements, but they are so vague that they fit anyone. Serious astrologers all say that sun-sign astrology is rubbish, but many of them are happy to write the columns.
Serious astrologers say that planetary astrology is where it is at.
It's the influences of the planets in your various houses that is true. The argument of vagueness still applies but astrologers don't find it convincing here despite the fact that every test has shown astrology to be so vague as to be regarded as random. There are several difficulties that astrologers have to deal with. The signs are 30 degree segments of the sky on the path of the sun. They have the same names as constellations because they used to match up.