An Introduction To Astrology March 5, 2008
Posted by StarMorgan in : Astrology , trackbackAstrology is one of the earliest sciences in human history. There are astrological records that originated in Babylon in 1645 BC. Other cultures, such as the Egyptians and Greeks developed timekeeping and calendar methodologies. From the time man began to observe and track the world around him, he’s also contemplated his own relationship to the earth, stars, planets and elements. Astrology may have been one way that the earliest civilizations helped define their place in the cosmos. They perceived it as being greater than themselves; not something to be conquered, but to be understood.
While in modern times astrology is seen as new age and not as credible as sciences like astrophysics or chemistry, at one time it was as credible a science as any other. Astronomers like Galileo and Copernicus were also practicing astrologers. With the evolution of more quantitative sciences, astrology’s influence and position began to diminish. It enjoyed a resurgence in the 1930s with the birth of England’s Princess Margaret. The London Sunday-Express ran her astrological profile, and that event was the origin of the modern daily horoscope in the newspapers.
Everyone who’s read a really good astrological profile of themselves has to admit there are some uncanny coincidences. Can we really pretend we’re so knowledgeable of the universe that we can reject the discipline of astrology? Maybe Shakespeare had something there when he wrote in Hamlet, “There are more things on heaven and earth Horatio than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
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