Types of Astrology and horoscopes
Posted by Abhilasha | Under Astrology Friday May 9, 2008
Astrology is a group of system, tradition and beliefs in which knowledge of the apparent relative position of celestial bodies and related details is held to be useful in understanding, interpreting and organizing information about personality, compatibility, human affairs and other terrestrial matters. Astrologers define astrology as a symbolic language an art form of divination.
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CORE BELIEFS:The connection between celestial mechanics and terrestrial dynamics was explored first by Isaac Newton with his development of universal theory of gravitation claims that the gravitational effects of the celestial bodies are what account for astrological generalization are not substantiated by scientific research, nor are they advocated by most astrology. Astrological tradition are based on the relative position and movement of various real or construed celestial bodies and on the construction of implied or calculated celestial pattern as seen at the time and place of the events being studied.
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TRADITIONS:The main traditions used by modern astrologers are
1] Vedic astrology: It is based on the law of Karma which states that human being’s present life is a fruit of his actions in his prvious life.
2] Western astrology : it is based on the position of sun and other planets at any particualr moment. It is used to make horoscopes based on the time of birth and planetery positions at that particualar position.
3] Chinese astrology : this is more popularly known as chinese zodiac which predicts human behaviour based on characteristics of 12 different animals . these different animals are knowns as 12 chinese zodiac signs.
ASTROLOGY AND SCIENCE:By the time of Francis Bacons , newly emerging scientific discipline acquired a method of systematic empirical induction valiated by experimented observation which led to the scientific revolution. Astrology is now regarded as a scientific study and some individual scientists have also labeled it as a Pseudoscience.
HOROSCOPIC ASTROLOGY:The horoscopic astrology is a system which was developed in the Hellenistic Egypt around the late 2nd or 1st century. A horoscope was calculated based on the moment of an individual’s birth or at the beginning of an enterprise or events because alignment of the heavens of that moment were thought to determine the nature of the subject in question.Horoscopic astrology has been the most influencial and widespread form of astrology across the world, especially in Africa,India,Europe and middle East.There are several major tradition of horoscope astrology, whose originate from hellenistic,including Indian medieval and most other modern western tradition of astrology.
BRANCHES OF HOROSCOPIC ASTROLOGY:
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Natal astrology: the study of a person’s natal chart to gain information about the individual’s life experience.
Katarchic astrology: It includes both electional and event astrology which gives you information about auspicious time of starting some new venture. It also gives you clues about the future of new venture.
Horary astrology: It is used to answer a particular question by studying the natal chart ,
Mundane astrology : it is used to predict common world events like weather, earthquakes and the rise and fall of empires or religion. This includes the astrological ages, such as the age of the Aquqrius, Pisces and so on.Each age is about 2,150 years in length and many people believe that these massive ages correspond to major historical events and current developments in the world.