Jewish views on astrology

Astrology has been a topic of debate among Jews for over 2000 years. While not a Jewish practice or teaching as such, astrology made its way into Jewish thought, as evidenced by the many references to it in the Talmud. Astrological statements became accepted and worthy of debate and discussion by Torah scholars. Opinions varied: some rabbis rejected astrology's validity; others accepted its validity but forbade its practice; still others considered its practice meaningful and permitted. In the modern era, as science eclipsed astrology, many Jewish thinkers have rejected it, though some continue to defend the pro-astrology views that were common among premodern Jews.

In premodern periods, astrology was known as ḥakhemat ham-mazzalot (Hebrew: חָכְמַת הַמַּזָּלוֹת, romanized: ḥāk̲əmat̲ hammazzāloṯ), "the science of the constellations".