Astrology- pt 1

It is quite easy to dismiss Astrology as the new age hocus pocus…. But, Astrology has been in existence from as far back as 1645 BC, where Astrological records retrieved show a strong practice of Astrology among the Babylonians. |Astrology is the study of a person’s personality, traits or characters using the position of the bodies of the solar planet at the time the person to do so;|Natal Astrology is the form of Astrology that is being popularly practiced nowadays…. This is an arm of Astrology that focuses on the individual and seeks to predict certain events based on the star the individual is born under.

The rise of Astrology began as the Early Man made a concerted attempt to study and understand the environment around him Things like times and season eventually gave man the understanding of the Earth’s power and led to the study of the solar system eventually Thus, Astrology was born.|The workings of Astrology is affected by the four Earthly elements of wind, Earth, air and fire; all zodiac Stars are grouped under these elements and each determine the compatibility of each sign with the other.

Knowing the exact time you were born and the exact place can help an astrologer prepare an accurate natal chart which will give you a very good idea about how your life will turn out to be. |Each sign has specific traits or characteristics that are manifested by the individuals born under them; for instance the Arian tends to exhibit the stubborn traits of the ram sign the Gemini confuse people with the duality of the twin sign.|Astrology was used from time to time by ancient doctors or medicine philosophers such as Hippocrates to better understand the personality of their patients; it was not rare for a doctor to have the Astrological profile of a patient charted for medicinal purposes.

The popularity of Astrology in these recent times can be seen in the proliferation of Astrological websites, books, seminars and newspaper; it seems with the advancement of man comes the burning desire to know what happens next. |Western Astrology uses the solar calendar to draw its deductions where as the Chinese Astrology uses the lunar calendar to make its deductions; both are alike in that their deductions revolve around people and their personalities.

You can have your star sign checked out just in case you don’t know what it is, there are several materials that can give you a fairly good idea about your star sign and what to expect in the future Newspapers are a good source as most of them have daily horoscope readings. Despite the fact that a chart of the solar system carefully drawn up can predict what will happen to you seems far fetched to some people, Astrology can do that, and quite accurately too. Astrology has become an excellent source of dating; astrologers now match people under various signs according to their compatibility and can produce a match made in Heaven.

The most conclusive material ever written on Astrology to this date was the Tetrabiblos (the four books. It was written by Ptolemy Claudius and contains detailed information about the principle of ideology… the book was used by many Arabian and European scholars because of its cohesiveness. The ascendant star or rising star is an Astrological term that refers to the star that was rising up on the Eastern horizon, the second you were born It is said to determine the external characters of a person and is responsible for the face displayed in public.