How did astrology come into existence?

The signs of the zodiac are subdivided into four groups: Fire Signs: Aries, Sagittarius, Leo; Water Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces; Air Signs: Libra, Aquarius, Gemini; Earth Signs: Capricorn, Taurus, Virgo. Each of these four groups is inscribed in its own quadrant, or group of "houses," on a circle. read more

Astrology is the language (LOGOS) of the Stars (ASTER) Aster stands for stars and logos is language, therefore astrology is the derivative of these two words. Astrology is commonly called the Shastra which tells us the facts about the planets. read more

Astrology came first, then astronomy. Astrology is thousands of years old, BC (Before Christ) and has been traced to many ancient civilizations, Bablyon, Sumerian, Hellenistic Egypt, Greece, Rome, Medieval, Renaissance Europe, etc. Pretty much astrology was astronomy until the Age of Enlightment, 17th and 18th Century (1600s & 1700s). read more

Find how astrology came into existence by the history of astrology. Information on origin of astrology. read more

Astrology is science of probability and statistics. Our ancestors were intelligent people. They could predict movement of planets, eclipses, transitions, retrogrades quite precisely. Every branch of science rely heavily on observations. read more

In India there was basic school for Vedic astrology and it was called as Parasara School of astrology, which was named after the last of the Rishis (great sages) of the Vedic age.Howevere after his period there were so many distinguished scholars into Vedic astrology of which there were two notable eminent persons namely Satyacarya and Varaha Mihira.They did a detailed study on astrology and wrote many books on the same. read more