Editing Kabbalah Centre (section)

===Astrology===
[[File:Beit alfa01.jpg|thumb|right|[[Zodiac]] in a 6th-century [[synagogue]] at Beit Alpha, [[Israel]]]]
The Kabbalah Centre has a strong belief in [[astrology]]<ref name =daph>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/magazine/13kabbalah-t.html?_r=0|title=In Search of the Skeptical, Hopeful, Mystical Jew That Could Be Me|magazine=The New York Times Magazine|first=Daphne |last=Merkin |date=April 13, 2008|access-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref> and asserts that astrology has always been part of Judaism. Astrology was studied by Jewish scholars throughout the Middle Ages, though it was opposed by more philosophically inclined thinkers such as [[Maimonides]].{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

There is a strong belief in the Kabbalah tradition that [[cosmos|cosmic]] forces affect everything, and knowing how to understand them can prove to be valuable to the aspiring Kabbalist. Berg, the founder of the Kabbalah Centre, wrote numerous books on astrology during his career.<ref name=nytimes1>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/21/us/rabbi-philip-berg-who-updated-jewish-mysticism-dies-at-86.html|title=Rabbi Philip Berg, Who Updated Jewish Mysticism, Dies at 86|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Margalit |last=Fox|date=September 20, 2013 |access-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref>