Astrological fortune-telling _ astrological fortune-telling terminology

Why did the ancients know the future by looking at the stars at night?

Astrology is also called astrology, astrology, astrology. Predicting human affairs according to astronomical phenomena is a magical method. In the early stage of primitive social and cultural development, because people's knowledge level and productivity were very low at that time, they didn't grasp some laws of natural phenomena, so they linked the good fortune and bad fortune in people's lives with some natural phenomena. Early astrology mostly used astrological observation to predict more important events, such as the victory or defeat of war, the rise and fall of a country or nation, the fate of a king or minister, etc. Later, it gradually expanded to personal destiny and trivial matters in daily life. With the gradual revelation of the law of the movement of the sun, the moon and the five stars, various systems and complex calculation methods have appeared in astrology, showing its mystery more and more. Ancient astrology completely belongs to the government and is an important work content of astronomical institutions established by the government. The vast majority of ancient astronomers were astrologers, and most of the early astronomical works had astrological factors. The existing ancient astrology books mainly include Yi Sizhan by Li in the Tang Dynasty, Kaiyuan by Qu Tansida, Lingtai Secret Garden rebuilt by Wang Anshi in the Northern Song Dynasty and Watching the Elephant and Playing the Ancient in the Ming Dynasty. In the west, some medieval kings regarded astrologers as senior advisers and often asked them to make decisions on major political events according to astrology. But later, western astrology gradually developed into personal astrology. For example, according to the position of the sun, the moon and the five stars in the zodiac when a person is born, a "fortune-telling horoscope" is calculated to predict the fate of a person's life. Astrology is unscientific in its far-fetched connection between astronomical phenomena and personnel. However, astrology also promoted the development of ancient astronomy to some extent. In order to occupy the starry sky, people pay attention to the observation of astronomical phenomena. The rich astronomical records in ancient China were mostly recorded by the ancients for astrological reasons. They are not only valuable historical heritage, but also have academic value for solving some major astronomical problems in contemporary times. Ancient astronomers were often astrologers; Ancient astronomical works often contain astrological elements. Landlord, from this information, we can see that astrology is not so magical, let alone predicting the future, and many things are often just coincidences. Believe in science and study hard is the right way.