Which came first, astrology or astronomy?

Archeoastronomy reveals lots of evidence that the two were intertwined as far back as the paleolithic era. Daniel Giamarrio and the folks at Shamanic Astrology have done extensive study on this. 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

Astrology and astronomy were archaically treated together (Latin: astrologia), and were only gradually separated in Western 17th century philosophy (the"Age of Reason") with the rejection of astrology. During the later part of the medieval period, astronomy was treated as the foundation upon which astrology could operate. 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. read more

To do astrology one needed to do astronomy, and to do astronomy one needed mathematics, therefore chairs for mathematics. In about 1470 Germany got its first chair for mathematics at the University of Ingolstadt, established for the same purpose. read more