This 2012, don't trust the stars and the Universe

When a new year starts, most people have the tendency to look unto horoscopes and consult fortune tellers about their fate in the coming days. In the Philippines, big networks ask opinions of famous fortune tellers like Zenaida Seva and Madam Auring. 

Some fortune tellers would even predict about the death and success of celebrities. A celebrity once replied, he wants to predict the death of fortune tellers too. 

Horoscopes have also been flooding social media platforms. Twitter and Facebook users would post their horoscope status for the year.  

Horoscope is a chart diagram based on the position of stars, planets, and the Sun. Astrologers or modern day fortune tellers use that chart to track what's the best luck for people. Is this year a good year for business? How will my health be? Will I have a new girl friend this year? I don't know how the stars can talk about their money or love life. It's a wild guessing game. 

The problem is, people often listen and read horoscopes because they want to know something that's pleasing to them. If not, it will turn out to be "horrorscopes" ruining their lives. 


Filipinos believe in such superstitions whether it's a horoscope or a fortune teller's 2 cents as this has been rooted in the culture. I myself don't believe in superstition, because they bring bad luck.   

Such beliefs advocate believing something other than trusting God. According to Christian Answers for the New Age:

The belief that the patterns and movements of the planets, sun and moon reflect our lives is contradictory to the view of a living, omniscient God who created the heavenly bodies to reflect and proclaim His glory, not ours. Astrology also is often intertwined with the teaching that since we are all connected to the universe by a force or energy (which is sometimes considered to be divine or to be God), then everything in the universe is one and therefore, there is no true distinction between man and nature; this is called monism (all is one and one is all). Identifying God as one with the universe is pantheism (God is all, all is God) or is sometimes panentheism (God is contained within the universe), and is totally at odds with the belief in a Creator who created the world out of nothing and is distinct from His creation. God is present in the world and transcends it, but He is distinct from it.

This 2012, don't rely your destiny on the moon, the stars, and the planets. Rely your hopes, dreams, aspirations, and faith on the Creator of these celestial bodies - the God Almighty.

Our God is bigger than those planets and the Universe. In the book of Jeremiah, God says, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a better future." 

If we pray directly to God and trust on His word, we will have a fruitful New Year. Easy day. No matter how challenging the trials are ahead, we can overcome them though God's grace.  

Happy New Year!