Horoscopes

For years I have had a friend who claims to be a Christian and who has read their horoscope daily, even putting on her Facebook page. Is that wrong to read your horoscope?

First of all, thanks for your question. I can tell that you care for your friend a lot. The short answer is, yes, it is wrong. As Christians, we are not to consult, mediums, spiritists, necromancers (those who attempt to contact the dead), Ouija boards, or anything else, but the Word of God and prayer. Leviticus 19:31 says,

"Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the LORD your God.”—Leviticus 19:31 (ESV)

This passage was directed to the Israelites, but the same truth still applies today. The Bible is pretty clear that behind astrology and Ouija boards are demonic powers beyond our control. For a Christian or anyone else to listen or consult them is to put oneself in a place of demonic influence. We are to go to God and God alone, anything else is sin. Stars cannot give true and real guidance no more than mowed grass, the Word of God is “breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.”—2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV)

God’s Word stands firm forever and will not change like the seasons. God can be trusted to give us the guidance at the moment we need it, not a moment sooner. We can consult pastors, family, members and friends, but no one carries the same amount of weight as the Word of God. Speak the truth in love to your friend by offering to show her the Scriptures about this, I assure you, in the long run she will be thankful you did.