Call it a manifestation of an idle mind or somebody who was simply not able to sleep. Usually such theories abound only in that cases. I have often wondered why people no longer look at astrology as a science and instead take it at face value. Of course, 98% of astrologers do make money by prophesying what WILL happen to somebody. Those people in my opinion, are idiots, and neither view astrology as a science nor do they understand what they are saying.
I have often viewed astrology as a “probabilistic science”. In techie terms astrology simply says, based on the data-set you provided me { birth, place of birth, stars, palm lines etc } and comparing it with our database, it is likely with some degree of confidence that something may happen to you. Beyond this, I don’t think astrology makes any conclusions or provides a definitive solution to life. Its just probability. Because 9000 out 10000 people with similar traits like you shared the same history, astrology says its probable you may follow suit. The key word is probable. You may, you may not. There is no guarantee to it.
Isn’t that way pretty much how contextual ad programs work, like adsense? All that the computer is deciding is if 9000 out 10000 people came to google with specific keywords, and they clicked on a sponsored link, likely hood of 10001 person also clicking that link is high. Whether that person may or may not is probability. He may, he may not. But given the data set that Google has on the history, it makes a fair probable calculation that a given ad will result in a click through.
Its fascinating how principles of astrology finds itself in our modern world in a variety of ways ;). I am sure they are a lot of other areas too where we could find similar comparisons. For that I need to let my imagination go wild even more!