Magi? Magicians? Astrology/Zodiac followers?

This passage has me rethinking something I said the other day (to a degree).
I said "I think why on earth would people believe stars and planets can predict our future? But yet people base their money, job, spouse,time, etc on a horoscope... smh"

But the "stars" led these astrological sign watchers to Jesus.

I know that the stars and the planets and all that stuff plays roles on our earth such as high tide or low tide and other earthly events but does it really have anything to do with our lives? I don't think it does but if it led the magi to Christ... then what are it's abilities and limitations?

Or maybe by some off chance is this just showing that God can use anything to bring you to him?

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magi says....

Main Entry: ma·gus
Pronunciation: \ˈmā-gəs\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ma·gi \ˈmā-ˌjī, ˈma-\
Etymology: Latin, from Greek magos — more at magic
Date: 1555

1 a : a member of a hereditary priestly class among the ancient Medes and Persians b often capitalized : one of the traditionally three wise men from the East paying homage to the infant Jesus
2 : magician, sorcerer

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magi partly says...

Pervasive throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia until late antiquity and beyond, Greek mágos "magian"/Magician was influenced by (and eventually displaced) Greek goēs, the older word for a practitioner of magic, to include astrology, alchemy and other forms of esoteric knowledge. This association was in turn the product of the Hellenistic fascination for (Pseudo-)Zoroaster, who was perceived by the Greeks to be the "Chaldean" "founder" of the Magi and "inventor" of both astrology and magic. Among the skeptical thinkers of the period, the term 'magian' acquired a negative connotation and was associated with tricksters and conjurers. This pejorative meaning survives in the words "magic" and "magician".

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