How did the constellation theory come about?

Astrology, or astrology, is a method for astrologers to predict all kinds of things in the world by observing the positions of celestial bodies, the sun, the moon and the stars and their various changes.

Astrology believes that celestial bodies, especially planets and constellations, predict the changes of everything in the world in a causal or accidental way. The theoretical basis of astrology existed in ancient Greek philosophy from 300 BC to 300 AD, about 600 years. This philosophy combines astrology with the "omen" of ancient Mesopotamian celestial bodies. Astrologers believe that the movements and changes of some celestial bodies and their combinations are related to the appearance and disappearance of four elements on the ground: fire, air, water and earth. The complexity of this connection reflects the complexity of the ever-changing human world. This ever-changing human world is beyond the control of the world, so it is easy for astrologers to find excuses for any mistakes. Astrology has different views on the role of God. Some people think that the universe is completely mechanized. They reject both the possibility of God's intervention and man's free will. Others think that astrology is not as accurate as astronomy, it can only point out the development trend of things, and this trend can be controlled by the will of man or God. Others believe that the planets themselves are powerful gods, and their will can be changed through prayer, while the stars only show the will of God to those who are familiar with astrology. The latter view is very close to that of ancient Mesopotamia. They mainly warn the imperial court of the coming good or bad, which may affect the growth of human beings, animals and plants in the form of weather or disease, or affect the affairs of state or the lives of royal family members in some form, and so on. But they think that the omen of celestial bodies does not determine the future of things, but only shows people the will of God as a sign.

The original purpose of astrology is to predict the fate of a person's life according to the position of the planet and the zodiac when he was born. Later, it developed into several branches, one of which specializes in the relationship between major astronomical phenomena (such as the appearance of solar eclipse or vernal equinox) and human beings, and is called holistic astrology; An auspicious moment to choose action is called timing astrology; The other is called astrology, in which fortune tellers answer questions according to the astronomical phenomena.

Astrology originated from the celestial omen in ancient Mesopotamia. From18th century BC to16th century BC, the first cuneiform writing of celestial omen appeared in the Babylonian dynasty. From the 6th century BC to the 4th century BC, the theory of astronomical phenomena was introduced to Egypt, Greece, the Near East and India. Later, it spread to Central Asia through Indian monks. Since the 3rd century BC, some people have mathematized the concepts of the big universe and the small universe. The so-called "small universe" refers to the human body They further subdivide the zodiac and think that the five stars have their own primary and secondary roles in different arc segments of the zodiac. The influence of a star on people depends on its arc and its relationship with other enemies and friends. The zodiac signs correspond to specific parts of the human body, and the ever-changing material world and human character are also related to the zodiac signs. Astrologers calculate the influence of planets according to the five-star coordinates of the sun, the moon and the zodiac at a certain moment, and their complex geometric relationships, and then use astrology to find out the corresponding relationship between the above factors and ground events and get astrological results. This result is sometimes contradictory, which requires scryer to deal with it flexibly according to the occupier's situation and scryer's own experience. 1 century later, the above method has been finalized.

Greek astrology was also introduced into Indian, Iranian and Islamic cultures. /kloc-After the 7th century, with the establishment of Heliocentrism and the rise of modern science, astrology lost its scientific support. However, in recent years, astrology began to rise in the West, and some people tried to introduce the exoplanets discovered in modern times into astrology, trying to find out the statistical relationship between the positions of planets and human life.

Astronomical basis of astrology

Astrology and astronomy have been inseparable since ancient times. From a historical perspective, we can see the relationship between astrology and astronomy. At least we can say that they belonged to the same family 500 years ago, and the earliest astrology is no different from astronomy. Because people who observe astronomical phenomena do so because of the need of astrology, no one specializes in observing astronomical phenomena without astrology. Astrology and astronomy can be said to be studied from different perspectives under the same sky.

After the scientific revolution, some scientists began to regard astrology as an ancient and backward superstition and parted ways with astrology, so a group of people only cared about the stars in the sky, regardless of whether they were related to what happened on earth. Today, in order to know the position of the stars more accurately, astrologers mostly have astronomical knowledge as the basis, and the data used have also undergone precise astronomical operations. Unfortunately, most modern astronomers have lost their astrological ability.

Astrology is closely related to astronomy, and astrology must rely on astronomical observation and calculation to calculate the position of stars. Therefore, to learn astrology, we must first understand the basic astronomical knowledge. To understand astrology, we must understand the relationship between astrology and actual astronomical stars.

Correct astrological concept

Some people think that astrology is just nonsense or childish things; Others regard astrology as a god, regardless of size. Look at the astrological results before making a decision. But obviously these ideas are extreme and bad.

Personally, I think astrology is a kind of statistics, a kind of statistics that classifies human personality characteristics. Through the year, month, day, time and place of birth, a unique star chart can be obtained, and a person's personality characteristics can be known through analysis.

Some people question the accuracy of astrological divination and think that the result of astrological divination is sometimes wrong, so they arbitrarily think that astrological divination is just a deceptive thing. The person who said these words obviously lacked astrological knowledge. True astrology is not just the analysis of a single magazine constellation. Do you think that there are so many people in the world, and all of them add up to only twelve personalities? This is obviously impossible. Those who want to study astrology only by the weekly astrology of a magazine are undoubtedly insulting their wisdom.

A person has at least 22 representative constellations, namely the first to twelfth houses, the sun, the moon, mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Each house and planet have different symbolic meanings, so the more representative constellations a person can provide, the more accurate the analysis of personality characteristics will be. The twelve constellations classified by birth date in magazines and newspapers are actually just the constellations represented by the sun (referred to as the Sun Constellation for short). Only one-twenty-two representative constellations are used to measure a person's personality characteristics, and the accuracy rate is naturally low! This is one of the reasons why people think that the results of astrology are out of date.

But it should be noted that astrology is not everything. Excessive reliance on astrology (especially those who are not proficient in learning) is bound to backfire. In fact, this is true of any type of divination. We must not blindly believe and avoid dependence. There is no 100% accurate divination in this world. Seriously, nothing is 100%. Can you find something mathematically 100% round? The answer is certainly impossible. Therefore, always remember that the results of divination can only be used as a "reference". Maybe the result of astrology is true in A, but in B, there may be deviation. There are too many variables in this world, so the results of astrology will have some errors in different situations. Therefore, we should understand the result of astrology "good use+analysis+textual research"!

"Before you know the whole thing, any conclusion is unreliable. 』