Astrology seems mystical, irrational, even un-Jewish — yet it runs like a quiet thread through centuries of Jewish thought. Maimonides dismissed it entirely, Ibn Ezra saw cosmic wisdom in it, and classical texts leave room for both perspectives. In Jewish thought, the stars do not dictate destiny. They illuminate possibility — hints of potential shaped by choice rather than fate. Even “mazal tov,” rooted in the word for constellations, becomes a reminder that the universe above serves as a mirror for purpose, meaning, and direction below.
