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What is Astrology?

Astrology is a long-established method of exploring ourselves, our relationships and our place within the world. It works by taking a look at the significant environmental influences operating in a particular place at a given time – as expressed through the horoscope in the symbolic relationships of the heavenly bodies.

Astrology, the science of the stars, can give us insight into all manner of situations, from the personal to the political and from the most intimate to the most mundane.

I have put together a brief explanation of what astrology is and how it seems to work. Click on these links to learn more:

• About Astrology
  
• Is Astrology Scientific?
  
• Astrology & Astronomy
  
• How Astrology works
• The Sacred Art

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Astrology, the Science of the Stars

Astrology literally means "the Science of the Stars", from the Greek astrologia: astron (constellation; star) and logia (study of). A person who practices astrology is called an astrologer. A very ancient, but still vital discipline, astrology seeks the meaning and application of the influences of the planets, stars and other celestial phenomena in our lives. To interpret the particular influences on events, character, and relationships, astrologers draw up and interpret a chart which illustrates a symbolic map of the heavens, as seen from a particular place on earth at a particular time. Called a horoscope, or nativity, it's like a snapshot of the cosmic influences at work on that specific place at that particular point in time.

A horoscope, or birth chart, is a personal map; it tracks, in the case of your own natal chart, the planetary influences affecting your exact birthplace, at the very moment you took your first breath. Drawn in a map as unique as your fingerprints, these influences find expression in the course you take throughout the whole of your life.

The symbols drawn in your horoscope express deep meanings in a sort of cosmic shorthand. Astrologers use these symbols as a key to the understanding of your character, personality and relationships. A horoscope can be drawn up for the moment of birth of not just a person, but also a project, an event, a business, even a country.

Experience shows that all the events, people and things on planet Earth can be mapped from beginning to end by the energies symbolised in astrology. It's a beautiful thing!

Click here for important basics on astrology and relationships.

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