What does astrology mean?

Astrology is an ancient knowledge, which detects the movements of planets and stars and predicts the influence of human destiny according to their positions and angles.

I. History

1. Astrology originated from ancient Babylonian civilization and was later introduced to Egypt, Greece, Rome and other countries. In the early days of the development of astrology, people regarded it as a kind of religious belief and mysterious theory, and thought that God's will and future destiny could be understood by observing the astronomical phenomena.

2. In the Middle Ages, astrology gradually became a popular entertainment for European royalty and aristocrats. With the progress of science and technology, astrology was regarded as superstition and pseudoscience, and it was not paid attention to again until the 20th century.

Second, the purpose

1. The main purpose of astrology is to predict the fate and future development trend of mankind by studying the positions and interactions of celestial bodies (such as the sun, the moon, planets and stars).

2. The basic theory of astrology is that all celestial bodies will have an impact on human beings, and everyone's fate will be different because of the different positions of celestial bodies at birth.

Astrology infers the development of human character, career, wealth and health by observing and analyzing the positions and movements of these celestial bodies.

Third, modern astrology.

1. Modern astrology is mainly divided into two types: traditional astrology and psychological astrology. Traditional astrology refers to making predictions according to the principles and methods of ancient astrology; Psychological astrology pays more attention to predicting the influence on people's inner world.

2. The analysis method of modern astrology is becoming more and more scientific and accurate. Using computers and complex formulas to assist prediction, astrology is applied to psychology, medicine, business and other fields.

3. In astrology, astrolabe (also called astrolabe) refers to the chart used to describe the various influences of energy in different positions of stars on organisms when they are born.

4. Take the Earth in the solar system as an example. From the outside to the inside, the structure of the star map is usually: Xiantiangong District, Zodiac Longitude Area, Houtiangong District, Astral Area and Geocentric Area.