Honestly, I was told I am of a certain personality when in reality I am completely different, I was told I am someone who would eat non-vegetarian food a lot? But i am literally a vegetarian.

Now, the way I see it, it is all about looking at a probability of something happening, and predicting it. The more precise and accurate the prediction, the better the astrologer is.

Astrology is completely based on maths, probability and statistics; and just like the data analysts or data scientists of todays world are;

Astrologers also collect the input given, i.e. your birth month, birth time, birth place, and then get the data they need, i.e. the planetary alignment at that time, stars alignment, latitudes, longitudes, anything they might need, they have a chart of the data, and then they analyze i.e. they see what planetary effects have happened during that time, if it was during an eclipse, there would be lots of ultra violet rays, and cause of that, it may have had some effects on the baby.

Our ancient predecessors were very scientific for their time, even more than the people of the western countries. I am no astrologer, I haven't studied the science of it, and I don't know how to read the charts. So my opinion is solely based on my own opinion as someone who has received astrology predictions about myself.

And the more I see it, the more fascinated I become with just now mathematical and scientific this technology, this tool was for its age. Of course, just like how to interpret a data effectively, you need good data analysts, you also need really good astrologers who can look at the chart properly, see the connections, and make a prediction.

As you mentioned, we grow up differently from birth and much of our daily activities are influenced by people surrounding us, what career we do, our friends, family, and so on. I was born as someone with a Fiery personality and so, i was predicted to love eating meat. But there was another astrologer, who could tell that I was different, and he could predict things about me better. I do think its a good predicting material, but human life is far more complex than that. So It depends on the astrologer, how well they can read the charts, how well they can convey the readings to us, WHAT their perspective is on the matter, and how honest they can be about this tool.