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This is a drawing of the chart of the inception of the astrology wikiproject that I made myself. I plan to use it in the project's main template. Image File history File links Commons-logo. ...

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User Chris Brennan on en.wikipedia

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Other versions Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is (was) here * 18:00, 10 June 2006 [[:en:User:Chris Brennan|Chris Brennan]] 330×336 (25,631 bytes) <span class="comment">(This is a drawing of the chart of the inception of the astrology wikiproject that I made myself. I plan to use it in the project's main template.)</span> * 17:54, 10 June 2006 [[:en:User:Chris Brennan|Chris Brennan]] 330×336 (26,906 bytes) <span class="comment">(This is a drawing of the chart of the inception of the astrology wikiproject that I made myself. I plan to use it in the project's main template.)</span>

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It has been suggested that astrologer be merged into this article or section. ... Western astrology is the system of astrology most popular in Western countries. ... Chinese astrology (as it is known today) is the divination of the future from the Chinese calendar, particularly its 12-year cycle of animals, referred to as the Chinese Zodiac. ... Jyotisha (, in Hindi and English usage Jyotish) is the Hindu system of astrology, one of the six disciplines of Vedanga, and regarded as one of the oldest schools of ancient astrology to have had an independent origin, affecting all other schools in and around India. ... The symbols used in Western astrology to represent the astrological signs Both Western and Vedic astrology employ a zodiac which divides the ecliptic into twelve astrological signs of equal length. ... The History of astrology encompasses a great span of human history and many cultures. ... Mundane Astrology is the application of astrology to world affairs and world events, taking its name from the Roman word Mundus, meaning the World. Mundane astrology is widely believed by astrological historians to be the most ancient branch of astrology in the history of the world. ... In astrology, planet differs from its modern usage. ... The term Celtic Astrology is used to refer to the tree calendar invented by Robert Graves, freely based on the historical Ogham script, described in The White Goddess (1952). ... This is a sub-article of Islamic science and astrology. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Hellenistic astrology is a tradition of horoscopic astrology that developed in the Mediterranean region and specifically Hellenistic Egypt sometime around the late 2nd or early 1st century BCE. Endnotes Note 1: See David Pingree - From Astral Omens to Astrology from Babylon to Bikaner, Roma: Istituto Italiano per LAfrica e... Egypt was one of the most important places in the development of astrology, although astrology first originated in Babylon. ... Much of the survival of classical sciences like astronomy, mathematics, geography and philosophy in the Western world is due to the fact that it was preserved and used by the Arab world from about the 8th Century, when Europe was going through its Dark Ages. ...


 

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