Evolution
of Astrology
First, what is astrology, Astrology is the language stars speak to us. But to understand it we need some knowledge. This is not the belief that was created now. It has been a part and parcel of also the primitive people. The ancient people believed and studies these stars and planets and thus passed it on to their generations.
Now people use astrology for everything including house
building, work acceptance, and it might extend up to even what should we see
first in a day. But back then people used this knowledge of astrology in the
field of agriculture to know when to cultivate and harvest plants.
How we got Zodiac Signs ?
The ancient people started with the observation of the constellation patterns of stars that formed. They first related these patterns to animal figures. Then they started to give them names and future predictions. Which can now be said as the Zodiac signs , which have the animal forms with each of its name.
People
even started writing stories and poems about these stars presence and their
benefits. A proof for this one is from the poem composed by the poet Hesidon
which was from the period of 700BC . Even as early as this time, the poem
describes the creation of the world and the gods guarding them, and the reason
for the gods to create us.
Edutainment
These
stars and the ancient animal forms were used in story telling . Rather than as
an entertainment, these information’s were used by the storytellers to educate
children. And this helped in improving children and youngsters to have a good
morel value.
The first prediction
About
5000 Years ago the then astrologers observed changes in the raise of sun and
moon And the position of the moon and sun , using this they predicted the most
important events of the year like summer, winter, Autumn and Fall. Using this
information, the people planned their crop plantings etc., ancient sailors used
these stars to guide them way to the shores. They even observed that certain
constellations occur only in the north and some other occur in the south. These
constellations also served them as a guide for them when there where no
Lighthouses.
While
the Phoenicians looked to the suns movement to tell the upcoming climate
changes. The most ancient civilizations believed that observation of movement
in planets would help in predicting the future and determine the upcoming ventures
of an individual’s life.
The Evolution
After conforming that, life predictions are possible using these methods, the concept of astrology got popular in the late 7th century and early 8th century. During these times, the rulers and the kings started to have an astrologer always with them to see whether they are going in the right path or not. Then the evolution of Vedic astrology begin. Numerology also evolved. know more about numerology.
Later in the 12th centuries, the astrologers
even got prestigious positions in the kings ministry. From then the concept of
astrology has evolved a lot as some new concepts are added as technology
developed, like the plant consideration and vastu etc.
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