Astrology:
A Brief History
Astrology is the most accurate of the psychic sciences. It is found in the roots of our society and appears in the pages of the bible. Its origin began over 5,000 years ago in the plains of ancient Chaldea and Mesopotamia, in what is now called modern day Iraq. The study of astronomy as well as astrology was first developed during this period. In fact, the term “Chaldaean” eventually became synonymous with the word “astrologer”, especially among the Romans. These ancient cultures noticed that certain planets and stars were overhead when they were doing various activities on earth. Jupiter was overhead or dominant in the sky when the culture, tribe or community was migrating, and Mars was dominant when they were waging war. Hence, these cyclical observations helped them know when to anticipate certain events in their communities, like the best times to plant, to harvest, to migrate or when to expect war. As observation
As you might expect, the ability to predict certain events gave ancient astrologers a seat of power in their community, but the more important issue is that it provided a semblance of order and organization in what probably felt like a rather chaotic existence at that time in history. By observing what was going on in their community and linking it to what was happening in the sky, the ancients were in effect conducting an empirical study or scientific inquiry into the cyclical nature of human existence. Astrology was never used for individual readings during this time, not like it is today. It was when the Greeks came along thousands of years later that astrology
Astrology and Carl Jung: As a strong proponent of astrology, Carl Jung wrote several letters extolling the virtues of it.
In a letter dated December 8,