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History of Astrology

Astrology is a type of divination based uponimprove life. Astrology is studied and
the idea that information about the future orpracticed by many in India. It is regarded as
about a person's personality can bevital in Indian culture. It is used to make
discovered through the examination ofdecisions about marriage, starting of new
heavenly bodies such as stars, planets, thebusiness, and moving into a new house etc.
moon, comets etc. Astrology means the studyAncient Hindu Scriptures too gives a lot of
that assumes and attempts to interpret theimportance to the various aspects of
influence of heavenly bodies on humanplanetary motions and its effects on humans.
affairs. American Heritage Dictionary definesChinese astrology stresses on the five
Astrology as the study of the positions andelements, metal, wood, water, fire, and
aspects of celestial bodies in the beliefearth. Even the zodiac signs used by them are
that they have an influence on the course ofalso different from other forms of astrology.
natural earthly occurrences and humanChina was isolated from the western for a
affairs. The practice of astrology waslong time. That is why Chinese astrology was
prevalent in the ancient times too. Some ofunknown to the western world. As Chinese
the well-known civilizations of the worldastrology developed independently, a lot of
used this field extensively. For example, thedifference can be seen between the western
ancient Chinese civilization, the Egyptianconcepts of astrology and the Chinese
civilization, the ancient Indianversion. But the Chinese and Indian
civilization, etc all practiced astrology atastrologers were in touch every now and then.
some point or the other. Arabs too practicedTherefore, these two schools have a few
Astrology before the advent of Islam. Thethings in common. In spite of the
ancient Babylonians were probably the firstgeographical isolation, there are a few
to use Astrology. After that this sciencesurprising similarities between the western
moved to countries like China and India.and the Chinese thoughts on astrology. It can
Greek astronomer Ptolemy was the first everonly be termed as a coincidence. Even though
person to write a book on Astrology. Hethe science of astrology was started and
codified the sun sign astrology that we knowdeveloped in the east, the west was never
today. Ptolemy tried to predict thewithout its share of astrology. Recently, the
positions of celestial bodies relative totrend of reading the daily horoscopes have
each other and the earth through knowledge ofcaught up the western world. Suddenly, the
their orbital motions. During his time,western world has woken up to the possibility
astrology was a part of astronomy. Later,of knowing and improving their future with
astronomy became an exact science andthe use of astrology. More and more
Astrology remained a part of Theology.westerners have started to believe in the
Planetary observation is the basis ofpossibility of getting affected by the
Astrology.powerful planets and stars. Western scholars
have included the subject of astrology in
History of Astrology is an important part oftheir research. Astrology was never
civilization and goes back to the early daysscrutinized and researched ever before the
of the human race. Apart from being centersway it has been done over the last few years.
of learning in medicine, Baghdad and DamascusThe astrologers in India claim that it is a
were also known as centers of astrology andscientific method to predict the future. They
astronomy. Arabs were pioneers in astronomystill club this field of study within the
before the advent of Islam. The Babyloniansparameters of Hinduism. They say they can
were the first to name the days of the weekprove that astrological predictions are
after the Sun, Moon, and planets. They wereindeed scientific. Hindus almost unanimously
also the first to set out the twelve housesbelieve in astrological predictions. In fact,
of the horoscope. Egypt was one of the mostreligious Hindus cannot imagine life without
important places in the development ofAstrology. More and more Indians have started
astrology. It is thought that some of theto build their houses according to the
astrological signs of the zodiac originatedprinciples of Vastu Shashtra. This ancient
in Egypt. Astrology was practiced even in theIndian tradition is also governed by
Vedic times in India. Astrology is one of theastrological implications. Hindus believe
six disciplines of vedanga. The Hindusthat the overall prosperity and benefits of
believe that human fortune or misfortune inthe occupants is dependant on the Vastu
life is due to karma, and karma is believedprinciples while building the house. Feng
to be influenced by the movements of theshui is one of the ancient Chinese practice
planets. Among the Hindus, Brahmins areof placement and arrangement of space to
considered to be the best authorities onachieve harmony with the environment. It is
astrology. In Modern India too, astrology isalso an off shoot of Chinese Astrology. This
extensively used to determine the future andagain is said to be scientific in nature.



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