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  Did You Know ... People In History And Astrology
  Types of Astrology  

  • At one time Astrology was taught in Universities and tolerated by the Christian church.


  • Currently you can earn a four year Bachelors degree in Astrology from the Kepler College in Washington state.


  • You can also earn a Masters degree in Astronomy and Astrology from the Bath Spa University College in the city of Bath, United Kingdom.


  • The word Horoscope is Greek for “I look at time”.


  • Hippocrates said, “A physician cannot safely administer medicine if he is unacquainted with astrology.”


  • The oldest surviving Horoscope is believed to be Babylonian ca. 410 b.c.e. The Horoscope had been on exhibit in the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford England.


  • Astrologia was the name given to both Astrologers and Astronomers until about 700 c.e.


  • Astrology and Astronomy were basically the same until about 1700.



  • Astro-meterology: Concerned with weather as well as earth quakes and volcanic events.


  • Electional Astrology: Is used to determine precise timing for a desired outcome. It is often used to select a marriage dates, business start and for choosing the best dates to make important purchases or sales.


  • Horary Astrology: Is used to answer pressing questions. It is also used to locate missing possessions.


  • Mundane Astrology: Looks at disasters, general events, countries and groups of people.


  • Natal Astrology: Is used in the interpreting of an individual's horoscope. A natal chart is most often used when one wants to look at ones life path, potential, and to assist in therapy. The purpose is to assist you in improving your life.


  • Relocation Astrology: Is used to determine the most appropriate place for a person to live, to enhance ones career or personal life experience as well as other areas of ones life.


  • Synastry Astrology: The focuses is on relationships. Synastry is the comparison of two people's charts to determine compatibility.



  • Al-Kindi (ca. 801 c.e in Kufah, Iraq – 873 c.e) : Translator of Greek scientific manuscripts, Philosopher, Mathematician, Scientist and Astrologer.


  • Aristotle (384 b.c.e in Stagirus, Macedonia, Greece - 322 b.c.e): Philosopher, Naturalist, Geographer, Astronomer (at the time Astrology and Astronomy were the same), Author and Lecture.


  • Benjamin Franklin (1706 c.e in Boston, Massachusetts - 1790): Scientist, Inventor and Astrologer.


  • Carl G. Jung (1875 c.e Kessewil Switzerland – 1961 c.e): Psychiatrist, Philosopher and Astrologer.


  • Hippocrates (ca. 470 b.c.e in Chios (now Khios), Greece – ca. 410 b.c.e): Physician, Astrologer and Founder of a medical school.


  • Ibn Yunus (950 c.e in Egypt – 1009 c.e) :Astrologer.


  • Li Chunfeng [a.k.a Li Ch'un-feng] (602 c.e in Shaanxi province, China – 670 c.e): Astrologer, Prophet, Historian, Mathematician, Numerologist and Philosopher.


  • Paracelsus [a.k.a Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim]  (ca. 1493 c.e Einsiedeln, Switzerland - 1541 c.e): Army Surgeon, Chemist, Astrologer, Natural Philosopher, and Professor of Physics, Medicine, and Surgery.


  • Plato (427 b.c.e in Athens, Greece - 347 b.c.e) : Philosopher, Mathematician, Scientist, Author, trained in Astrology / Astronomy and founder of the Academy.


  • Ptolemy (ca. 85 c.e in Egypt - 165 c.e ) : Astronomer (at the time Astrology and Astronomy were the same), Geographer, Mathematician and Author.


  • Pythagoras (ca. 569 b.c.e in Samos, Ionia – ca. 475 b.c.e): Pure Mathematician, Astronomer (at the time Astrology and Astronomy were the same), Philosopher and founder of a philosophical and religious school.


  • Zhang Heng (78 c.e in Nan-yang, China - 139 c.e) : Political Philosophy of Confucianism, Court Astrologer, Writer and Inventor.


     
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