Astrology has been practiced by man for thousands of years; it is one of the world’s oldest religions.
“What is your Sun sign?” is one of the most commonly asked questions between two people who are trying to get to know each other. Astrology fascinates people. For over 9.000 years man has looked to the heavens for insight into his troubles and for meaning in his life.
The earliest horoscope (2767 B.C.) was cast by an Egyptian named Imhotep, the architect of the Great Steppe Pyramid at Saqqarah. Astrology was practiced by the Greeks, Babylonians, Indians, Chaldeans and Chinese. Many early astronomers including Ptolemy, Kepler, Copernicus and Nostradamus also practiced Astrology, as much of Astrology as we know it today is a result of these and other famous astronomers and the research they did.
The movements and the cycles of planets as they rotate in their designated, patterned orbits act as a huge cosmic clock that ticks off the time and events, past, present and future. The path followed by the ten planets is called the ecliptic. The patterns that are revealed in the rhythmic motions of the planets seem to shed light on the shelter skelter of our everyday lives.