Latin translation of Abū Maʿshar's De Magnis Coniunctionibus (‘ Of the great Conjunction ( astronomy and astrology ) | conjunctions ’), Venice, 1515. Astrology was taken up by Islamic scholars following the collapse of Alexandria to the Arabs in the 7th century, and the founding of the Abbasid empire in the 8th.

Astrology and astronomy became an important area of knowledge, and the role of astronomer / astrologer developed with the support of political and religious patronage.

* Astrology, which led to the development of astronomy

Astrology and astronomy were archaically one and the same discipline (), and were only gradually recognized as separate in Western 17th century philosophy ( the " Age of Reason ").

Astrology and astronomy were indistinguishable for a very long time – the funding from astrology supported some astronomical research, which was in turn used to make more accurate ephemerides for use in astrology.

Astrology is a folk taxonomy, while astronomy uses a scientific classification system, although both involve observations of the stars and celestial bodies and both terms seem equally scientific, with the former meaning " the teachings about the stars " and the latter " the rules about the stars ".

Astrology is as much a part of Celestian's faith as astronomy is, and his worshippers are encouraged to discover the secrets within the patterns of the stars and other celestial bodies.

Astrology is cited for its insights into the organisation of human life, while astronomy is required for the understanding of sundials.

Image: Guercino-Personification of Astrology-circa 1650-1655. jpg | Personification of Astrology, ca.

These are the astrological symbols / glyphs as most commonly used in Western astrology | Western Astrology

These are the planets and their astrological glyphs as most commonly used in Western astrology | Western Astrology.

Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world.

Astrology is a pseudoscience, and as such is rejected by the academic and scientific communities.

Astrology, in its broadest sense, is the search for meaning in the sky.

Astrology is a pseudoscience that has not demonstrated its effectiveness in controlled studies and has no scientific validity.

* The Treatise on Astrology of the Kaiyuan Era, compiled by Gautama Siddha, is a Chinese encyclopedia on astrology and divination.

" Astrology itself is mentioned only twice in Nostradamus's Preface and 41 times in the Centuries themselves, but more frequently in his dedicatory Letter to King Henri II.

It is understood that the constellations of the Zodiac within the belief system of Astrology,

Kukkuta Sastra ( Cock Astrology ) is a form of divination based on the rooster fight and commonly believed in coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, India.

* Astrology is based upon the belief that an individual's life is influenced by the geocentric positions of the Sun, Moon, and planets in the sky or below the horizon at the moment of birth ; a natal chart is calculated using the exact time, date, and place of birth to try to interpret these cyclical influences on a person's life.

It is believed that Palmistry originated in India with its roots in ( Hindu ) Astrology ( known in Sanskrit as Jyotish ), Chinese Yijing ( I Ching ), and Roma ( Gypsy ) fortune tellers.

Astrology has influences upon the Earth, but does not dictate our actions, and wisdom is gained when we know what these influences are and how to deal with them.

* Late 12th century: The great Buddhist educational centre at Nalanda, India, ( the origin of Buddhism ) where various subjects were taught subjects such as Buddhism, Logic, Philosophy, Law, Medicine, Grammar, Yoga, Mathematics, Alchemy, and Astrology, is sacked, looted and burnt by Islamic invaders.

In Tibetan Astrology ( partially based on the Kalachakra Tantra ) the southern node is named Kalagni.

In Western Astrology only the north node is usually marked in horoscopes, as the south node is by definition at the opposite point in the chart.

He is also a professor of Vedic Astrology and Ayurveda at the Hindu University of America at Orlando, Florida.

Maharishi Vedic Astrology ( also known as Maharishi Jyotish ) is said to address planetary influences on individual health.

According to the Maharishi and his successor, Tony Nader, there is a correspondence between the nine Grahas of Vedic Astrology and the structure of DNA, the brain and the structure of cells.

As with his theories on Astrology, the dichotomy of contact and distance is present in al-Kindi's writings on this subject as well.

Browne is the author of dozens of books on paranormal and spiritual topics, including The Other Side and Back, Adventures of a Psychic, Astrology Through a Psychic's Eyes, and, most recently, All Pets Go To Heaven: The Spiritual Lives of the Animals We Love.

Sankranti is the Sanskrit word in Hindu Astrology which refers to the transmigration of the Sun from one Rāshi ( sign of the zodiac ) to another.

In Chinese Astrology, wood is included in the 10 heavenly stems ( the five elements in their yin and yang forms ), which combine with the 12 earthly branches ( or Chinese signs of the zodiac ), to form the 60 year cycle.

Examples of esoteric religious movements and philosophies include Alchemy, Astrology, Anthroposophy, early Christian mysticism, Magic, Mesmerism, Rosicrucianism, Swedenborgianism, Spiritualism, the Alawites, the Christian Theosophy of Jacob Böhme and his followers, and the Theosophical currents associated with Helena Blavatsky and her followers.

In Britain, new grimoires continued to be produced throughout the 18th century, such as Ebenezer Sibly's A New and Complete Illustration of the Celestial Science of Astrology, which became particularly popular with cunning folk.

Nancy later wrote, " Astrology was simply one of the ways I coped with the fear I felt after my husband almost died ... Was astrology one of the reasons attempts did not occur?

I do but make bold to predict ( not that I guarantee the slightest thing at all ), thanks to my researches and the consideration of what judicial Astrology promises me and sometimes gives me to know, principally in the form of warnings, so that folk may know that with which the celestial stars do threaten them.

* Lilly's account of his life and the story of Christian Astrology — PDF download of Lilly's introduction to his work, with annotations by Deborah Houlding

Astrologers using Cosmobiology and Uranian / Hamburg Astrology work with many more minor aspects than were used prior to 1970, i. e. multiples of 15 ° ( 15 °, 75 °, 105 °, & 165 °) and multiples of 22. 5 ° ( 22. 5 °, 67. 5 °, 112. 5 °, & 157. 5 °).

The Fasli, Qadimi and the Shahanshahi all ( notionally ) start each of the 30 day long months with the Sun entering a new constellation, similar to the Vedic ( Hindu ) Solar calendars as reflected in the Jyotisha ( Vedic Astrology ), and the Armenian calendar, but different from the Iranian ( Jalaali ) Calendar, the Julian Calendar, the Mayan Haab Calendar and the French Revolutionary Calendar, whose epochs of the months are fixed to the equinoxes / solstices, as are the signs of Western Astrology.

Expanded edition ( now containing the previously untranslated ' Astrology '), with a new introduction by Neil Badmington, published by Vintage ( UK ), 2009.

Stephen Schmidt in 1970 introduced Astrology 14, a system with additional signs based on the constellations of Ophiuchus and Cetus.

“ A few months before the session of the Surat Congress, Suranath traveled in the guise of a Tantric priest all over Bengal (…) preaching sedition … went Calcutta and stayed there for a month at the Sandhya office … He then formed a central committee (…), Mokshada, Shyamsundar Chakravarti, Arabinda Ghose, Tara Khepa, Annada Kaviraj and others as members .” A few days before the publication of the Yugantar, at Benares, Preonath with Hrishikesh and Suranath “ convened a public meeting as well as a meeting of the pundits wherein it was settled by quotations from the Hindu Astrology and Astronomy and announced firmly that the sinful Iron Age was now over …”

In Vedic Astrology, the basic tenet of astrology was integrated with celestial events and thus was born various branches of Vedic Astrology and the Panchānga.

Some Western astrologers have argued for an association between wood and the element Ether, on the grounds that ether is associated with Jupiter in Vedic Astrology.

In Chinese Astrology, metal is included in the 10 heavenly stems ( the five elements in their yin and yang forms ), which combine with the 12 earthly branches ( or Chinese signs of the zodiac ), to form the 60 year cycle.

Ulla Koch-Westenholz, in her 1995 book Mesopotamian Astrology, argues that this ambivalence between a theistic and mechanic worldview defines the Babylonian concept of celestial divination as one which, despite its heavy reliance on magic, remains free of implications of targeted punishment with the purpose of revenge, and so “ shares some of the defining traits of modern science: it is objective and value-free, it operates according to known rules, and its data are considered universally valid and can be looked up in written tabulations ”.

Astrology was traditionally regarded highly in China, and Confucius is said to have treated astrology with respect saying: " Heaven sends down its good or evil symbols and wise men act accordingly ".

* Hellenistic Astrology – An Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry outlining the development of Hellenistic astrology and its interaction with philosophical schools.

Not to be confused with Astrology by tradition.