In general terms, the answer to your question rather depends on one's view of astrology. For my own part, I don't believe that it is possible to predict the future using astrology, but many others do. With regards to "The Astrologer's Day," one would also have to express skepticism. We don't know much about the astrologer's success at predicting the future. The fact that people regularly beat a path to his door is not necessarily an indication of his skills in this regard. Technically speaking, he is indeed completely accurate in the advice he gives to the stranger, but that's only because he knows for certain that it was him who threw the man down a well all those years ago and left him for dead. The astrologer can also be fairly certain that the man who committed this heinous act is indeed dead, though not in a literal sense.
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