Beyond Astrology: How I Found the Truth Hidden in the Stars

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”—Psalm 19:1

From horoscopes to birth charts, “cosmic energy” to planetary alignments, the language of the stars has made a significant comeback.

As a devoted student of astrology for more than 30 years, I was captivated by the movement of the stars and planets—convinced they revealed our personalities and shaped our fate through cosmic cycles.

But nine years ago, I had an abrupt and life-changing realisation: the New Age spirituality I had trusted, pursued, and even used to guide major life decisions was a counterfeit. Beneath its alluring surface were empty promises and shallow solutions that ultimately led me into spiritual darkness and oppression. The deeper I went, the more I began to sense the truth—I wasn’t tapping into light or wisdom. I was encountering the demonic.

 Today, by the grace of God, I stand free. My testimony—L.O.V.E: How Jesus’ Great Love Saved Me from the Demons of the New Age—is living proof that the stars may be beautiful, but they were never meant to define us. They point to something far greater: not to the self, but to the Divine Author, the Lord God, who created all things—seen and unseen.

Spiritual seekers—and even some Christians—are drawn to planetary symbolism, wondering if it might hold divine insight. But in a world where the line between ancient wisdom and modern deception is easily blurred, how can we discern what is true?

Christian tradition has a long and beautiful relationship with the cosmos—but not the kind the New Age sells. Brilliant minds like Thomas Aquinas, Dante Alighieri, and C.S. Lewis didn’t worship the stars—they used them as poetic windows into divine order, reflections of God’s majesty etched into creation.

After my own experience, I wanted to delve into how these faithful minds engaged celestial imagery without falling into divination—and how reclaiming a Christ-centred cosmology could help develop us explore spiritual clarity today.

A Created Cosmos: God’s Order, Not a Fortune Teller

The Bible is clear: God created the sun, moon, and stars—not to rule us, but to serve His purposes. In Genesis 1:14, we read:

“Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years.”

This passage affirms a cosmos filled with purpose and order. It does not endorse astrology or the idea that celestial bodies control human fate.

Instead, Scripture consistently condemns divination (Deuteronomy 18:10-12), astrology (Isaiah 47:13-14), and any attempt to gain “hidden knowledge” apart from God.

What Christian tradition offers is not a system for prediction or a muddled psychoanalysis of our inner being —but a framework for praise. The heavens do speak—but they speak of Him.

Thomas Aquinas: Order, Purpose, and Hierarchy

In the 13th century, Thomas Aquinas synthesised Christian theology with classical philosophy. He saw creation as a grand hierarchy—from angels to humans to animals to inanimate matter—with each level reflecting the wisdom and glory of God.

In this “Great Chain of Being,” the planets held symbolic meaning, not causal power. Aquinas, like many scholars, viewed the heavenly bodies as part of the instrumental causes God might use in the natural world—but he vigorously rejected any form of astrology that undermined free will or God’s sovereignty.

“Astral bodies may influence our physical nature, but the soul is governed by God alone.”—Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica

Aquinas used cosmology not to explain fate, but to reinforce the dignity of human choice and the orderliness of God's universe.

Dante: The Poetic Heavens and the Journey of the Soul

A century later, Dante Alighieri would weave that same cosmic structure into his masterpiece of medieval Christian imagination: The Divine Comedy.

As Dante’s soul ascends through the celestial spheres of the moon, Mercury, Venus, and beyond, each planetary realm becomes a metaphor for a spiritual virtue. For instance:

• The Moon: Inconstancy in faith

• Mars: Courage in martyrdom

• Jupiter: Justice and righteous rule

But there is a vital illumination - the heavens do not guide Dante’s destiny. Instead, they reveal stages of sanctification—growth in grace as the soul draws nearer to God.

Dante never bows to the planets. His journey leads through them, past them, to the very throne of God. The stars shine, yes—but only as mirrors of divine glory.

But there is a vital illumination - the heavens do not guide Dante's destiny. Instead, they reveal stages of sanctification.

C.S. Lewis: Reclaiming the Medieval Cosmos for Christian Imagination

In the 20th century, C.S. Lewis reintroduced the Christian cosmos to a sceptical world. While modern astronomy had displaced the Earth from the centre, Lewis loved the medieval model for its symbolism, not its science.

In his academic work The Discarded Image, Lewis praised the old cosmology as a “vast, gleaming, symbolic machine”—a vision of a meaning-filled universe. It wasn’t accurate by modern standards, but it was rich in beauty and theological insight.

In his beautifully crafted fiction, Lewis went even further. According to Dr. Michael Ward’s book The Narnia Code, each of the seven Narnia books was structured around the spiritual symbolism of one of the medieval planets. For example:

• Jupiter (kingliness, joy): The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

• Mars (war, courage): Prince Caspian

• Venus (beauty, love): The Magician’s Nephew

Lewis never advocated astrology. Instead, he warned against it. He believed the ancient planetary archetypes could serve Christian storytelling when Christ remained at the centre.

The stars were not gods. They were servants of the true God, testifying to His nature in poetic and powerful ways.

The New Age Counterfeit: When Creation Is Worshipped

Today’s New Age revival of paganism and other occultic practices has recycled the planetary names and symbols—Mars, Venus, Mercury—but places them in a spiritual system that deifies creation and firmly puts the self at the centre. Self-help. Self-love. Selfies. We have been turned inward to naval gaze all our faults and become the self-determinators of our own fate – yet we have been wonderfully designed to worship our creator.

Astrology teaches that your fate is written in the stars, that the planets shape your personality, and that the “universe” has a message for you. But biblically, this is idolatry—placing trust in created things rather than the Creator.

The symbols may be the same, but the source is not. Where Lewis and Dante used planetary imagery to glorify God, New Age systems use it to empower the self. One exalts Christ; the other seeks hidden knowledge apart from Him.

“They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshipped and served created things rather than the Creator…”—Romans 1:25

The Stars Still Speak—But of Him

We don’t need to fear the stars or reject beauty in creation. But we must approach celestial imagery with discernment and devotion.

Thomas Aquinas saw order. Dante saw ascent. Lewis saw joy. None of them deified the heavens—they worshipped the Lord of Heaven.

Let us lift our eyes with reverence, not superstition. Let us see the sky not as a roadmap to self, but as a cathedral of praise pointing us back to our Maker.

“Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:Who created all these?He who brings out the starry host one by oneand calls forth each of them by name.”—Isaiah 40:26

Perhaps, as a former astrologer, I am uniquely positioned to discern the difference between what’s real and counterfeit. I spent years obsessing over planetary movements and their supposed influence on my life.

But everything changed when I stopped looking to the stars for guidance—and instead lifted my eyes to worship the Lord.

Since then, He has completely transformed my life.

Sanctification is real. It is powerful. It has enriched every part of my being and turned my focus toward the Truth: Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life —John14:6

In Him we live and move and have our being—Acts 17:28

Turning away from the counterfeit and surrendering to the Truth has set me free. All glory to God!