What does your distinction rely on? Aren’t biblical prophets making claims about the soul’s future after death? I’m interested in how it relates to the OP’s question which is about how people take in prediction more generally. It could equally have applied to a bookie’s analysis of super bowl odds, as to an astrological prediction about an exam.
I was responding to david's comment. But psychologists don't mean oracles of God speaking in the context of self-fulfilling prophecy either. But judging from the words in the OP including oracle and prophecy on an astrology board, I think he claims that astrology is a prophetic practice that can only come from God (I've heard some astrologers claim to have the mind of G-d). Or maybe he meant it metaphorically?
As for the promised future life in the Bible, that is unconditional, as God made an oath and an unbreakable covenant with Abraham and his descendants.
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