still, with all the choices and methods, one has to think that astrology was one of the more popular methods.

--today almost every big city newspaper has an astrology column, (in the US, the NYTimes and WSJ are notable exceptions)--and every 'knows' their 'sign'.

and we do have disastor as a word..

The desire to know the future seems to be a human failing. but there old (Deirde) and new (Dune) stories about the paradox of knowing the future.