If you try to spark up a conversation with a friend about astronomy, they will probably tell you they are a Taurus. They might continue on by telling you about their compatibility with other earth signs, like Virgo and Capricorns, but that contrary to public opinion, they aren’t “feeling it” when it comes to people with the water sign Cancer, a common Taurus alliance.

Hopefully you have the gumption to cut them off, before they proceed deeper into their astrological sign, and tell them you want to discuss astronomy, not astrology.

To your friend’s credit, the two entities aren’t entirely dissimilar. In fact, they were in cahoots for many years as aspects of astronomy. When humans were first looking to the skies, they felt there was a connection between what they learned and what happened on the ground. Eventually, some people became more interested in the physical science part of astronomy and others in the divination of it. They continued to drift apart and the scientific folks came to discount astrology.

For the most part, astronomy and astrology are quite different. Astronomy studies the physical characteristics and behaviors of planets, galaxies, stars, cosmos, comets, moons and asteroids. This study requires instruments, such as telescopes, and like others sciences, findings must be accompanied by truths.

Astrology is concerned with the correlation between what is going on in the heavens and what occurs on earth. Astrological conclusions require no proof. Astrology is more of a spiritual belief than a science. It attempts to predict future happenings rather than explain the science of the skies like astronomy does.

After the hopefully enlightening discussion about the differences between astronomy and astrology, you can decide whether or not you want to continue the friendship with this Taurus pal of yours, considering you are a Sagittarius with a preference for people with a more airy disposition.