astrology

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There are three main branches of astrology today, namely Western astrology,

Vedic astrology, and Chinese or East Asian astrology. The study of Western

astrology and the belief in it, as part of astronomy, is first.[citation needed]

found in a developed form among the ancient Babylonians; and directly or

indirectly through the Babylonians, it spread to other nations. It came to

Greece about the middle of the 4th century B.C., reached Rome before the advent

of the Christian era, and India with the Hellenistic Indo-Greek

kingdoms.[citation needed]

 

With the introduction of Greek culture into Egypt, both astronomy and astrology

were actively cultivated in the region of the Nile during the Hellenistic and

Roman periods. Astrology was further developed by the Arabs from the 7th to the

13th century , and in the Europe of the 14th and 15th centuries astrologers were

dominating influences at court. The Mayans of Central America and the Aztecs

also developed their own form of astrology. Other cultures and civilizations

around the world also developed their own astrological systems independently.

 

The terms astrology and astronomy have long been closely related. An Astrologer

is an interpreter of celestial phenomena, while an Astronomer is a predictor of

celestial phenomena. Astrology itself can be divided into two camps: " Natural

astrologers " (i.e. astronomers) study the motions of the heavenly bodies, timing

of eclipses, etc. " Judicial astrologers " study the supposed correlations between

the positions of various celestial objects and the affairs of human beings