Astrology as a science has been around since early roman, egyptian and greek civilisations.
This is witnessed by the art and remains of historical documents where early thinkers tried to make sense of the universe and our place in it.
Astrology then continued to evolve over time with telescopes and serious academic research until perhaps the 17th or 18th century.
Science of the cosmos changed with the arrival of better science ridiculing a lot of earlier hypothesis and more importantly the rise of metaphysical use of astrology with the emergence of Horoscopes.
Horoscopes
These were printed in newspapers as curios and to fill space with something new.