THE BEGINNING OF  ASTROLOGY

Have you ever looked up at a clear night sky, felt the magic of so many twinkling bright stars, and wondered whether there is any special meaning in the patterns they make?

Millennia of observations on the changes in the sky and the events on Earth showed that there was a connection between the two. This connection was passed on orally from generation to generation. All the observations and the information involved with the basic and simple astrology were trusted with certain families. These families then went on to further closely examine and understand the things happening above and around them. So, that’s when the study of Astrology began its baby steps.

As time passed, Astrology twisted together with divinity and these families grew to be well respected. Once writing came into existence, the families wrote down the knowledge passed on to them by their forefathers, along with that which they learned on their own, as notes and laws. The initial astrology was confined to important parts of that time like crop yields, rains, winds, kings and wars.

“Astrology was the real mother of modern astronomy”. The ancient astrologers thought that the planets were gods who ruled people's lives. Modern astrologers no longer believe this, but they do still believe that in some fascinating way there is a relationship between the Sun, the Moon, the planets and the lives of each one of us.

Trivia

Venus was added to the line of Gods c. 3000 BC, a time period belonging to one of the first civilizations – Sumer. This was also right in the middle of the chrysalis of the birth of writing. It was believed that love making would last longer when Venus was high in the sky. However, the first temple dedicated to her was only around 295 BC.