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Introduction:
Astrology is a way to determine the
forces of the universe by tracing what effects they have
upon the planets. In Astrology, the planets and their
coordinate systems are used to make predictions.
Astrology can be referred to as the study of cycles.
According to astrology, everything in this universe is
cyclical, meaning that is follows a certain cycle,
including human beings. Astrology not only looks at this
cycle but also at the cycles of life which go on for
three years, ten years, 25 years, etc.
Just as our lives follow a cycle, the planets follow
these cycles, too. Tracing the planets in their
relatively simple paths is much easier to comprehend
than it is to appreciate how human actions flow in the
same rhythms, what with them being so complex. Because
it is not easy to evaluate your own self, tracking the
planets enables you to look into our nature in an
approach so as to make predictions which can be the
difference between success and failure. This is the
heart of astrology and is how astrology works.
Hence astrology can be correctly called the study of the
outcome of planetary movements on our lives, and
astrologers have to know the exact positions of the
planets at any given time, and also the proper positions
of the zodiacal fixed star signs, at any given time, in
relation to any place on earth, to be able to make
astrological predictions. Interestingly, planets
discovered after the development of astrology, such as
Neptune and Uranus, have no place in astrological
predictions.
The fundamental principle on which astrology works is
that all things are linked. Your karma, destiny, fate or
fortune, whatever you choose to call it, is determined
by a predestined cosmic design. Astrologers believe that
every body is just a soul present in the body at a very
particular time and place, and that the life of people
is just a reflection of the larger whole into which they
are born. The study of this pre-set destiny is known as
Astrology.
In other words, astrology is the study of stars
Is Astrology a science?
It falls more in the category of metaphysics, the study
of that which is beyond the physical. It's similar to
other fields that are founded on ancient theories of
energy patterns, like feng shui, acupuncture and yoga.
Astrology at high levels is a mastery of its particular
science and the intuitive arts. As the earliest known
ordering of existence, long before recorded history,
it's been called the "Mother of all Sciences."
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