ABOUT ASTROLOGY
Mankind’s study of the heavens and the relationship between movements of the heavenly bodies and events on earth is probably the most ancient of all our attempts to understand the nature of our relationship to the universe at large. Notches on the bones of reindeer and tusks of mammoths representing the phases of the Moon have been found, dating to between 25,000 - 10,000 B.C. By 5,000 B.C.Astronomy/Astrology was well developed in Mesopotamia and by 3,500 B.C. Egyptian cosmology was recorded in the Coffin texts. (Egyptian Book of the Dead) The first written astrological maxims were recorded by the Babylonians.around 3,000 B.C.
In fact, until a comparatively short time ago in historical terms, Astronomy - observation of the stars and planets - and Astrology - interpretation of changes within the heavenly sphere in terms of their potential effects upon the earth and its inhabitants - were part of the same discipline of Natural Philosophy. It has only been in the more recent “scientific” period of our history that the two have become parted. Today, the advent of the personal computer and the development of a variety of astrological and astronomical software has provided modern astrologers with the means to investigate literally thousands of charts in the continuing effort to further our understanding of how we on earth are affected by the changing patterns of the heavens.
