Astrology is not specifically mentioned in the Torah, the five books of Moses. There are two commandments which have been used by some authorities as a basis to forbid the practice. However, the Hebrew word Mazarot is used twice in the Jewish Bible, and it literally means "constellations" or "zodiac" (See Book of Job 38:31-33, & II Kings 23:5) These commandments are understood by some rabbinic authorities as forbidding astrology, while others limit these mitzvot to other forms of soothsaying, and thus view astrology as permissible.