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we seem to be using astrology and astronomy interchangeably here, and that makes me not happy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology_and_astronomy#:~:t....

I would agree, but as DoreenMichele pointed out, they were treated the same in ancient Greece. And it's not like the Greeks had extremely sophisticated climate models able to predict the harvest seasons in advance. As far as I know, even today these sorts of models are hit-and-miss. I think we should call it astrology in English in this circumstance.

(Edit) even so if you look at an untranslated version of the Politics (https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext...), you can see that he is using the word ἀστρολογίας (astrologias).

That's all well and good for the nerds that really want to know what words were used by some ancients. But when translating from the ancient language to the modern language, it is best to use the more appropriate modern words.

Lots of languages loose a lot in translation, and need a bit of help to make better sense when translated into the new language. In 2023, it will always make me a little sad when someone confuses astrology and astronomy.

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