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The rise of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th centuries led to a clear separation of astronomy, focused on empirical observation, from astrology, which became increasingly viewed as a pseudoscience.
Numerous controlled experiments find no correlation between astrological predictions and actual life events or personality traits. Researchers attribute perceived accuracy to cognitive biases like the Barnum effect, not celestial influence.
