Astrology

Astrology

The study of heavenly bodies to explain and understand the relationship between the universe and human beings.

Enuma Anu Enlil

A collection of seventy tablets with around 7000 astronomical observations from the Old Babylonian period.

Zi Wei Dou Shu

A classic Chinese work used by emperors to tell fortunes based on the interpretation of 28 Chinese constellations.

Deterministic system

A system where the outcome is determined by initial conditions with no randomness, as seen in astrology's use of heavenly body positions.

Ancient Mesopotamia

The region often credited with the earliest documented evidence of astrology, around 2000 BCE.

Horoscopes

Individual-level predictions primarily associated with modern astrology.

Babylonian sky-priests

Ancient astrologers who made observations of the stars to improve their predictions.

Imperial astronomers

Chinese astrologers who interpreted the positions of stars to give fortune predictions to emperors.

Randomized inputs

Factors that are influenced by chance, often used in other ancient systems of divination, unlike astrology's deterministic nature.

Astrological predictions

Predictions based on the interpretation of celestial body positions, often intricate and detailed.