And this academic thinks astrology tried to bring this idea under control; it domesticated it.

这位者说，星象想要控制这种想法，将其通俗化。

It seems to me that in order to meet with other students I really need informal, colloquial English.

在我看来，要想跟他们打成一片，我需要练习一些非正式的，通俗化的口语。

At the same time we suddenly get these horoscope columns appearing which I see as a kind of domestication of astrology.

然而，同一时间，这些星座运势的专栏突然出现了，在我看来这是星象的一种通俗化。