In this soft-spoken sleepy bedtime story, I tell you about the History of Astrology: how it appeared as a discipline that was not formally separated from Astronomy across different cultures (Babylon, China, India, Egypt, Greece, the Islamic World, the Maya...), and how it evolved. Western Astrology, with its zodiac signs, birth charts, horoscopes, and individualized predictions, is a tradition that began to form more than 2,000 years ago in the Eastern Mediterranean. Even though critiques of the practice are probably as ancient as Astrology itself (some Roman authors, Muslim scholars, and various religious traditions were vocal about their rejection of it), Astrology survived its separation from Astronomy and even thrived in the West since the 20th Century.
Timestamps
00:00 Mysterious Celestial Bodies
06:17 First Astrological Systems 12:29 Babylonian Astrology 20:30 From Babylon to Greece and Rome 25:47 Antique Critiques 36:36 Chinese Astrology 40:20 Mesoamerica and India 45:43 Medieval Astrology 1:03:22 Modern Resurgence
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