Can I Read My Horoscope?

Update: 2025-01-08

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Can I read my horoscope? Does it matter whether I’m reading it “just for fun” or if I’m really trying to predict the future? Are horoscopes more forbidden for us than they were for medieval rabbis, who probably considered astrology a legitimate science?

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Music featured in this episode: All The Stars Have Aligned by The Morning Glass

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