Most western astrologers adopt the tropical zodiac approach which defines the zodiac as beginning at the Northern hemisphere vernal equinox, thus linking their astrological meanings to northern seasonal changes rather than the actual position of stars in the sky as they are today. Sidereal astrologers claim their approach is more in keeping with the ancient traditions of the subject. When Claudius Ptolemy defined the vernal point as 0° Aries around the 2nd century CE, the tropical and sidereal zodiac would have shown no difference. T ...

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Sidereal astrology, Sidereal astrology - Description, Sidereal astrology - Signs of the zodiac, Sidereal astrology - The Astronomical Constellations of the Zodiac, Sidereal astrology - The 13 Astronomical Constellations of the Ecliptic, Sidereal astrology - The 21 zodiacal constellations of the Planets

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Each day of the week was created in honor of one of the seven celestial bodies (the Sun, Moon and five planets known in ancient times); and in ancient astrology, each day of the week was said to be influenced by the traits of the celestial body it was named after. The system was symmetrical and free of complication until the discovery of Uranus in 1781. The English names, other than the obvious Saturday, Sunday and Monday, are taken from the Teutonic deities that were correlated with the Roman deities that ...

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Astrology, Astrology - Description, Astrology - History of astrology, Astrology - The validity of astrology, Astrology - Effects on world culture, Astrology - Astrology as a descriptive language for the mind, Astrology - Astrology and the classical elements, Astrology - Astrology and alchemy, Astrology - The seven liberal arts and astrology, Astrology - Astrology and the days of the week

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Each day of the week was created in honor of one of the seven celestial bodies (the Sun, Moon and five planets known in ancient times); and in ancient astrology, each day of the week was said to be influenced by the traits of the celestial body it was named after. The system was symmetrical and free of complication until the discovery of Uranus in 1781. The English names, other than the obvious Saturday, Sunday and Monday, are taken from the Teutonic deities that were correlated with the Roman deities that ...

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Astrology, Astrology - Description, Astrology - History of astrology, Astrology - The validity of astrology, Astrology - Effects on world culture, Astrology - Astrology as a descriptive language for the mind, Astrology - Astrology and the classical elements, Astrology - Astrology and alchemy, Astrology - The seven liberal arts and astrology, Astrology - Astrology and the Days of the Week

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Judicial and Natural astrology appear to be the first known forms of ancient astrology. While natural astrology figured in the technical aspects of the science in the forecasting of weather, and daily effects of the influences of stellar bodies; judicial astrology focussed on the interpretation of the celestial transits and forecast their effects on individuals, groups, and nations. Theology formed out of judicial and natural astrology, as many world religions continue to be heavily influenced by the ancient texts and astrological symbols in the major world religions ...

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History of astrology - Western astrology's Babylonian origins. The history of western astrology can now be traced back to ancient Babylonia, and indeed to the earliest phases of Babylonian history, i.e. to about 3000 B.C. In Babylonia as well as in Assyria as a direct offshoot of Babylonian culture (or as we might also term it "Euphratean" culture), astrology takes its place in the official cult as one of the two chief means at the disposal of the priests (who were called bare or "inspectors") for ascertaining the will and intention of the gods, the other being through the inspection of ...

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History of astrology, History of astrology - Overview, History of astrology - History, History of astrology - Western astrology's Babylonian origins, History of astrology - The spread of astrology from Babylonia, History of astrology - Greek and Egyptian contributions to astrology, History of astrology - Medieval and Renaissance astrology, History of astrology - Astrology's 20th century expansion, History of astrology - Astrology in the Jewish community, History of astrology - Noted predictions, History of astrology - Historical proponents of astrology, History of astrology - Historical opponents of astrology, History of astrology - Other miscellany

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The influence of the Medici made astrologers popular in France. Richelieu, on whose council was Jacques Gaffarel (1601-1681), the last of the Kabbalists, did not despise astrology as an engine of government. At the birth of Louis XIV a certain Morin de Villefranche was placed behind a curtain to cast the nativity of the future autocrat. A generation back the astrologer would not have been hidden behind a curtain, but have taken precedence over the doctor. La Bruyère dares not pronounce against such beliefs, "fo ...

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Lastly, we may mention a few distinguished men who ran counter to their age in denying stellar influences. Aristarchus of Samos, Martianus Capella (the precursor of Copernicus), Cicero, Favorinus, Sextus Empiricus, Juvenal, and in a later age Savonarola and Pico della Mirandola, and La Fontaine, a contemporary of the neutral La Bruyère, were all pronounced opponents of astrology. ...

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History of astrology, History of astrology - Overview, History of astrology - History, History of astrology - Western astrology's Babylonian origins, History of astrology - The spread of astrology from Babylonia, History of astrology - Greek and Egyptian contributions to astrology, History of astrology - Medieval and Renaissance astrology, History of astrology - Astrology's 20th century expansion, History of astrology - Astrology in the Jewish community, History of astrology - Noted predictions, History of astrology - Historical proponents of astrology, History of astrology - Historical opponents of astrology, History of astrology - Other miscellany

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Astrology is not limited to Western astrology alone, which by itself has dozens of branches and various offshoots. In modern India the ancient Vedic astrology (or Jyotish) is commonly used to this day, and in China Chinese astrology has existed for thousands of years and continues to flourish. The ancient Greeks formed Hellenistic astrology while the Mayans of Central America also developed their own form of astrology. The ancient Egyptians also had another system of astrology. A unique system of astrology eventually emerged in Tibet as well. Other cultures and civilizations around the world also develo ...

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History of astrology, History of astrology - Overview, History of astrology - History, History of astrology - Western astrology's Babylonian origins, History of astrology - The spread of astrology from Babylonia, History of astrology - Greek and Egyptian contributions to astrology, History of astrology - Medieval and Renaissance astrology, History of astrology - Astrology's 20th century expansion, History of astrology - Astrology in the Jewish community, History of astrology - Noted predictions, History of astrology - Historical proponents of astrology, History of astrology - Historical opponents of astrology, History of astrology - Other miscellany

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In medieval Europe, a university education was divided into seven distinct areas, each represented by a particular planet and known as the Seven Liberal Arts. They were seen as operating in ascending order, beginning with Grammar which was assigned to the quickest moving celestial body (the Moon) and culminating in Astronomia which was thought to be astrologically ruled by Saturn, the slowest moving and furthest out planet known at the time. After this sequence wisdom was ...

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Today, judicial astrology is referred to as mundane, or political, astrology; however, according to the classicists, mundane astrology is but a single branch of judicial astrology. Another branch is genethliacal natal astrology or, the casting and interpretation of birth horoscopes of individuals and families. The classical astrologers had for their study a large database of observations of cycles ...

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Astrology has had a profound influence over the past few thousand years on Western and Eastern cultures, along with the English language. Influenza was so named because doctors once believed it to be caused by unfavorable planetary and stellar influences. The word "disaster" comes from the Latin "dis-aster" meaning "bad star". Also, the adjectives "lunatic" (Moon), "mercurial" (Mercury), "martial" (Mars), "jovial" (Jupiter/Jove), and "saturnine" (Saturn) are all old words used to describe personal qualities said to resem ...

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Astrology, Astrology - Description, Astrology - History of astrology, Astrology - The validity of astrology, Astrology - Effects on world culture, Astrology - Astrology as a descriptive language for the mind, Astrology - Astrology and the classical elements, Astrology - Astrology and alchemy, Astrology - The seven liberal arts and astrology, Astrology - Astrology and the Days of the Week

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To astrological politics we owe the theory of heaven-sent rulers, instruments in the hands of Providence, and saviours of society. Napoleon, as well as Wallenstein, believed in his star. Many passages in the older English poets are unintelligible without some knowledge of astrology. Chaucer wrote a treatise on the astrolabe; Milton constantly refers to planetary influences; in Shakespeare's King Lear, Gloucester and ...

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History of astrology, History of astrology - Overview, History of astrology - History, History of astrology - Western astrology's Babylonian origins, History of astrology - The spread of astrology from Babylonia, History of astrology - Greek and Egyptian contributions to astrology, History of astrology - Medieval and Renaissance astrology, History of astrology - Astrology's 20th century expansion, History of astrology - Astrology in the Jewish community, History of astrology - Noted predictions, History of astrology - Historical proponents of astrology, History of astrology - Historical opponents of astrology, History of astrology - Other miscellany

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A few salient facts may be added concerning the astrologers and their predictions, remarkable either for their fulfilment or for the ruin and confusion they brought upon their authors. We may begin with one taken from Bacon's Essay of Prophecies: "When I was in France, I heard from one Dr Pena, that the queen mother, who was given to curious arts, caused the king her husband's nativitie to be calculated, under a false name; and the astrologer gave a judgment, that he should be killed in a duell; at which the queene laughed, thi ...

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History of astrology, History of astrology - Overview, History of astrology - History, History of astrology - Western astrology's Babylonian origins, History of astrology - The spread of astrology from Babylonia, History of astrology - Greek and Egyptian contributions to astrology, History of astrology - Medieval and Renaissance astrology, History of astrology - Astrology's 20th century expansion, History of astrology - Astrology in the Jewish community, History of astrology - Noted predictions, History of astrology - Historical proponents of astrology, History of astrology - Historical opponents of astrology, History of astrology - Other miscellany

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To those who practice astrology professionally see it as a science that seeks to investigate the influence of celestial bodies relative to the Earth and the influences therein. Through direct observation of the influences of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars; astrology is essentially a study of patterns and cycles in time and space. They reject claims by skeptics and scientific cynics that astrology is "unscientific" or defined as a "pseudo-science" by conventional science, when it was astrologers who invented such mathematics used in modern ...

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Some astrologers maintain that gravitational or tidal forces are the mechanism behind astrology, but the idea that tidal forces from the gravitational influence of the Moon affect biological organisms is only recently gaining some scientific support after years of resistance and debunking from the conventional scientific commuity. Moreover, some modern astrologers state that the solar wind emanating from the Sun regulates weather on Earth and fuels the solar system with powerful magnetic energy that planets orbit through - thus modulati ...

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There is no viable conventional scientific case for astrology, and there are currently no credible scientists who support the idea. Here are some common arguments used by astrology skeptics. Validity of astrology - Gravitational forces aspect. There are various claims by astrologers that distant planets affect us through either gravitation, electromagnetism, or some other as yet undetected force. However, scientifically we know of no force whatsoever that is caused by distant stars and planets that is capa ...

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ASTROLOGY

Is the science, which is able to interpret the influences of the heavenly bodies on human beings and their affairs. Just as it is known that the moon has a profound influence on our oceans’ tides, so are humans affected in a similar way. We are, after all, about 80% water.

Using the birth or natal chart, which maps the positions of the planets at the time of birth, is each individual's information derived. The interpretation of the chart includes the understanding of the relationships between planets and the signs of the zodiac. Including the area of the chart in which they will fall, symbolic factors, the location of birth, which assists in the examination of the different levels of the emotional and spiritual psychology, and physiology of the individual.

Astrology can help someone to explore deeper individual potential and meaning, to see how aspects of the personality may be integrated. This facilitates an understanding of the cycles of life and creation, thus promoting ways to achieve the greatest practical application and fulfillment from the energies symbolized in the chart.

(See also: ASTROLOGY, Alternative Health, Holistic Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Main article:Pluto (astrology) To some modern western astrologers, Pluto is the ruling planet of Scorpio. Called "the great renewer", Pluto is considered to represent the part of a person that destroys in order to renew. A commonly used keyword for Pluto is "transformation." Many (traditional and modern) astrologers do not use Pluto as a ruling planet but do use the planet for chart interpretation and predictive work. Pluto is also associated with extreme power and corruption and the discovery of Pluto in 1930 coincided ...

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Solar system in astrology, Solar system in astrology - The Sun, Solar system in astrology - The Moon, Solar system in astrology - Mercury, Solar system in astrology - Venus, Solar system in astrology - Mars, Solar system in astrology - Jupiter, Solar system in astrology - Saturn, Solar system in astrology - Uranus, Solar system in astrology - Neptune, Solar system in astrology - Pluto, Solar system in astrology - Modern Planets Asteroids and Comets, Solar system in astrology - Ruling planets of the zodiacal signs

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In Hellenistic, Vedic, Medieval and Renaissance astrology each house is ruled by the planet that rules the sign on its cusp. For example, if a person has the sign Aries on the cusp of their 7th house, then the planet Mars is said to "rule" their 7th house. This means that when a planet is aloted a house, it's nature comes to have some bearing on that specific topic in the person's life, and that planet is said to be very important for events specifically pertaining to that topic. The placement of this planet in the chart will have at least a ...

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House astrology, House astrology - Rulership, House astrology - Signification, House astrology - House systems, House astrology - Placidus, House astrology - Equal, House astrology - Whole sign, House astrology - Regiomontanus, House astrology - Meridian, House astrology - Campanus, House astrology - Porphyry, House astrology - Koch, House astrology - Topocentric, House astrology - Krusinski

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Skeptics believe that astrology is a form of pseudoscience, which attempts to lay claim to the prestige of science without submitting itself to the discipline of scientific method. Skeptics consider astrology to lack falsifiability. That is, it is not possible to construct a test for astrology that it could demonstrably fail. Given that most astrologers claim to make predictions about future events, it should be possible to construct an experiment that at least measures its accuracy. No such experiment has ever demonstrated the object ...

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The ancient Chinese astronomers called the five major planets by the names of the element they were associated with: Venus corresponds to Metal (gold); Jupiter to Wood; Mercury to Water; Mars to Fire; Saturn to Earth. It is said that the position of these planets, along with the positions of the Sun, Moon, any comets in the sky as well as time of birth and Zodiac Sign can determine a person's destiny according to Chinese Astrology. A laborious system of computing one's fate and destiny based on one's birthday and birth hours (known as ...

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Chinese astrology, Chinese astrology - Background, Chinese astrology - Cycles, Chinese astrology - Five Elements, Chinese astrology - Water, Chinese astrology - Wood, Chinese astrology - Fire, Chinese astrology - Metal gold, Chinese astrology - Earth, Chinese astrology - The Twelve animals, Chinese astrology - The Twelve Zodiac Animals, Chinese astrology - Inner Animals and Secret animals, Chinese astrology - The Months, Chinese astrology - The Hours, Chinese astrology - Origin Stories, Chinese astrology - The Lunisolar Calendar, Chinese astrology - Table of the Lunar Calendar and Zodiac, Chinese astrology - Chinese Zodiac in other countries, Chinese astrology - Torè Calendar

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In the decade before personal computers became available, astrologers who wanted their charts calculated for them by computer could send payment to Astro Computing Services (ACS) in San Diego and receive printed charts by mail. Founded by 17-year IBM employee Neil Michelsen (5/11/1931 - 5/15/1990) in 1973, ACS published the first computer-generated ephemeris in 1976, The American Ephemeris, providing an alternative to Raphael's Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets' Places from Britain and the Golgge Tages-Ephemeride fro ...

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Astrology and computers, Astrology and computers - History, Astrology and computers - Calculation Features, Astrology and computers - Interpretation Reports, Astrology and computers - Resources

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