Astrology & Astronomy

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Study the Stars

Astrology is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs in which knowledge of the relative positions of celestial bodies and related details is held to be useful in understanding, interpreting, and organizing information about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial matters. A practitioner of astrology is called an astrologer, or, rarely, an astrologist. Numerous traditions and applications employing astrological concepts have arisen since its earliest recorded beginnings in the 3rd millennium BC. It has played a role in the shaping of culture, early astronomy, and other disciplines throughout history.


Astrology and astronomy were often indistinguishable before the modern era, with the desire for predictive and divinatory knowledge one of the primary motivating factors for astronomical observation. Astronomy began to diverge from astrology after a period of gradual separation from the Renaissance up until the 18th century. Eventually, astronomy distinguished itself as the scientific study of astronomical objects and phenomena without regard to the astrological meaning of these phenomena.


Astrologers have defined astrology as a symbolic language of cosmic influences on human life, a science or an art form. From ancient times astrologers have sought to identify planetary placements that allow them to explain past and present events and predict the future. Astrology is also considered a form of divination.The majority of the scientific community consider astrology a pseudoscience or superstition as no scientific evidence has been found to support its claims. Belief in astrology remains widespread in the general public.
The Earliest Observers of the Stars and Planets


There are clues hidden in the archaeological findings of pre-history that show that the heavens inspired and shaped the beliefs of the earliest civilizations. The first peoples saw that the Moon was linked to the tides and to women’s monthly cycles. Later they observed a belt of fixed stars (constellations), along with five prominent ones (planets) that had their own irregular movements.


Gradually, the early sky gazers noticed patterns, and began associating them with events happening around them. Creation myths often came from observing the sky and seasons, with important rituals timed against an astronomical calendar. At Machu Picchu in Peru, for example, an Inca ceremony took place during the winter solstice (June 21st in the Southern Hemisphere) to “tie the Sun” and keep it from moving too far north on its daily arc.


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