i think the mainstream understanding of “my horoscope said today will be a bad day” has really damaged the reputation of astrology. first, always go with the horoscope for your rising sign, not sun, and second, you have a whole birth chart, not just a “star sign,” there’s so much more to astrology like houses, degree theory, aspects, sidereal v tropical, etc. its very complicated.
p.s all the great astronomers (i.e. galileo, copernicus) practiced astrology