@IsMise,

Your reasons indicate much time spent reading sceptic sites talking about astrology and not a whit of knowledge about astrology itself.

As I said, every indication is you know nothing. I remain bemused at people who take a position against something and then refuse to inform themselves about the topic they reject.

I could explain to you why you are so wrong and direct you to correct information but this is not the place.

@ Is Mise,

Just as a guide.

You said: 9. Why do horoscopes of the same zodiac sign in different newspapers differ so much?

As I said at the start, anyone who reads newspaper astrology has no idea what they are talking about.

You said: 10. Why is the moment of birth, rather than conception, crucial for astrology?

It is not necessarily, it is just easier than conception and until birth the child is not an individual being.

True Issy, when I was a kid the grandfather would take us panning in the creek, more fun than anything else, a few specks in a glass tube. Plenty of "glitter" in the creek, but as we know all that glitters is not gold (pyrite).

rhoss,

What I know about astrology is irrelevant,

I don't believe in it, it's just like foretelling the future, a scam.

Unfortunately the gullible get sucked in.

Sure some astrologers get it right, as there is a lot to pick from, just as the racing tipsters used to get it right.
The tipster would send out to his customers his picks for each race, if there were ten races he'd send out ten different tips so a number of his customers would have a win, and send him an appropriate percentage of the win.

My advice: grow up.

@IsMise,

You did it again. Demonstrated abject ignorance. Astrology is not about foretelling anything. You are so stuck in your lack of knowledge and prejudice you know nothing.

Yes, there was in times past an emphasis on predictive astrology but in the modern age, good astrologers do not predict because astrology is not about prediction and does not most accurately work in that way.

But I fully understand your errors made in ignorance and prejudice.

rhoss,

Suggest you study a bit about Indian astrologers whos forte is predicting the future.

Indian is dogged by astrology and astrologers there are careful to make their predictions fit the desires of most of their clients, otherwise, they'd be out of business.
http://www.astroyogi.com/

Broaden your outlook, astrology is all about predicting the future.