Astrology is definitely not written in the stars | Letter

We need to follow rationality and logic, not hocus-pocus, says John Zarnecki

I read with rising horror the piece by Emily Segal (The great conjunction' kicks off a new astrological epoch. So what now?, 21 December). After the third sentence, it is frankly bunkum and hocus-pocus. Especially at a time when surely we must be following rationality and logic, promoting astrological nonsense such as this is quite irresponsible.

As a former president of the Royal Astronomical Society (2016-18), I am sure that I can speak for all astronomers in asserting that there is absolutely no evidence that astrology offers us anything other than an occasional 30-second diversion between other more useful activities.