Articles on Western Astrology
The Church and Astrology It almost goes without saying that resistance to astrology has emerged from a number of sources over the years, and centuries for that matter. It doesn’t go down well with some orthodox religions, and the Christian Church has been particularly vociferous about it over the centuries – but then probably not […]
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Article: The Backstory to Astrology Part 1 Francis O’Neill A bitesize look into the roots of Western astrology, in two parts. Some misconceptions First let’s take a look at a couple of misconceptions… 1. Astrology is a new age belief For people who don’t know better, astrology is often labelled a “new age” belief, a
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Article: The Backstory to Astrology Part 2 Return to Part 1 Identifying four broad stages of in the development of Western Astrology To look at Western Astrology’s development it will help to divide it up a bit. Astrologers generally recognise four broad stages in the history of Western astrology. These are as follows –
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The Twelve Star Signs Welcome to the twelve star signs and descriptions… In Western (tropical) astrology, your star sign will be the sign that the Sun was passing through at the date of your birth. Of course, we need to keep in mind that the Sun doesn’t move around us, it’s the other way around.
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Article: Erecting Birth-charts Getting hold of a birth-chart is easy these days. You can either get it done for you or, you can do it for yourself – with the right software of course… Getting your birth-chart done for you You can easily get your birth-chart done for you, and for free, on the
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Article: What is a birth-chart and how can it help me understand myself better? “What is a birth chart and how can it help me understand myself better?” is a general interest question that I answered on Quora. Visit my Q&A Blog for many more questions and answers on astrology and other topics. This is
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Article: What is Astrology? A Quick Tour of Western Astrology Well, what is astrology? When contemplating this question, probably most of us will be thinking of our star sign and/or what we read of, or around astrology in our newspapers and magazines, or on the Web. This is mostly, what I call, “pop astrology.” It
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Twelve inspirational life books you must read …while you are here, alive and kicking… by Francis (note books on astrology – see suggestions at bottom) Give yourself (or someone else for that matter) a head start: Here are twelve inspirational life books you must read to help you find your spiritual path, find happiness
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Can astrology help bring you a baby? by Pat Harris (Dec 2014) Can astrology help bring you a baby? I was asked this question by a literary agent in 2006 when I had finished my research into astrology and fertility and, based on that research, the answer to this question is a very clear “Yes.”
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