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Western astrology is the system of astrology most popular in Western countries. It is historically based on Ptolemy 's Tetrabiblos (2nd century CE), which in turn was a continuation of Hellenistic and ultimately Babylonian traditions.
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Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, [1] [2] that propose that information about human affairs and terrestrial events may be discerned by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects.
Judicial astrology – Form of astrology for forecasting events; Locational astrology – Astrology that factors in locations on Earth; Medical astrology – Astrology of the human physiology; Meteorological astrology – Using astrology for weather forecasting; Mundane astrology – Branch of astrology dealing with politics, government, and law
A diagram in Johannes Kamateros' 12th-century Compendium of Astrology shows the Sun represented by the circle with a ray, Jupiter by the letter zeta (the initial of Zeus, Jupiter's counterpart in Greek mythology), Mars by a shield crossed by a spear, and the remaining classical planets by symbols resembling the modern ones, without the cross ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. Area of the sky divided into twelve signs For the East Asian zodiac, see Chinese zodiac. For other uses, see Zodiac (disambiguation). The Earth's orbit around the Sun causes the apparent motion of the latter along the ecliptic (red). Earth is ...
Detail of the Ishtar Gate in Babylon. Babylonian astrology is the earliest recorded organized system of astrology, arising in the 2nd millennium BC. [12] There is speculation that astrology of some form appeared in the Sumerian period in the 3rd millennium BC, but the isolated references to ancient celestial omens dated to this period are not considered sufficient evidence to demonstrate an ...
Astrologers have been interested in relating world history to the astrological ages since the late 19th century; [4] however, most astrologers study horoscopes, not astrological ages. The pop-culture concept of the Age of Aquarius referring to major societal changes of the 1960s , popularized in the 1967 musical (and subsequent 1979 film ) Hair .