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Its really not that easy.
Don't be a dick and let others be their kind of weird is in general good advice but you can make fun of someone without being a dick and "their kind of weird" might turn into something harmful.
It might be okay, not okay or there might even be a need to ridicule certain ideas depending on the situation.
If don't think it is reasonable to expect the public to entertain any ridiculous idea at all times, if you want to voice your believes/opinions you will have to let others do the same and they might not be nice about it. But lets be honest here a lot of "believes" aren't that nice themselves so......
A harmful ideology is not the same, and nothing close of what we are talking about.
Everyone have stupid believes, but not everyone is mocked. You cannot expect others to change their mind if you do not try yourself to consider what need is fulfill by this believe. As pointed in another comment, astrology is a way to make emotional connection with others. But one may have other reason we could not discover if we do no take their need and point of view seriously.
This is a critical approach, and how we made science. Disdain produce ignorance and social domination.
And even if one refuse to get medical assistance because of this believe (which is not in the core believe of astrology), you have more chance to convince that person after that honest investigation.