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Astrology's origins

research page ASTROLOGY’S HISTORICAL ORIGINS by Roy MacKinnon It seems to me that if you wish to pursue the history of astrology then it is necessary to go back to its origins. It seems sensible either to start with current views and work backwards historically or perhaps more sensibly to start with its origins and work forward to more recent views - but not to start somewhere in the middle as with Mediaeval Astrology and stay stuck there. Let us start by looking at the sinister nature of eclipses. It is easy to waffle about how some eclipses are more sinister than others depending on this, that or the other. What interests me is that historically eclipses have always been regarded as sinister. Ancient astrology is insistent that the disappearance of the face of the Sun or the face of the Moon is 'fatalistically evil'. 'Light' is good and positive. 'Darkness' is bad and negative. But who bothers to ask where this came from and why it should be ? So, I'll ask the question: why was the eclipse of the Sun or the Moon and the temporary disappearance of their faces always in ancient times seen as evil? Another and related point is that a look at text translations from times of some 2,000 years ago or longer show a much higher incidence of comets. Comets when they appear are invariably mentioned, and, they are mentioned because they are or rather were feared. Consequently, they were seen as evil. They were seen as malefic. They were 'DISASTROUS' - that is 'evil' or 'bad destiny' coming from the 'star'. So, here is another question: Why were comets much more commonplace even as recently as two thousand years ago and why are/were they seen as evil and disatrous? When the question is asked about the origins of astrology the answer is surreptitiously swept under the carpet in a mist of incomprehensible gobbledegook. Romantic images of men on clear nights looking up and marvelling awe inspired by the stars and the wanderers (planets) are offered by way of explanation. This ridiculous fairytale is proffered to student astrologers as though such simplistic waffle is suitable mental fodder for people like you and I. A cursory look at ancient history establishes that in very ancient historical times, when one might have expected the Sun to be the object of worship, instead there was the Golden Age of SATURN. Saturn ruled the cosmos but was then centuries later supplanted by JUPITER. This Jupiter was all powerful, flashing with giant bolts of lightning and making his voice heard through enormous thunderclaps. He was master of the universe - and he punished all who disobeyed his laws. We are told this is nothing more than the psycho-mythical imagery of our primitive ancestors. At this point my patience runs dry at the unmitigated arrogance of such pompous ignoramuses who give out this viewpoint as if it were fact and my thought language indulges in justifiable profanity. However, it does offer the opportunity to ask another question: If the supreme astronomical God has always been the Sun, why is it that the majority of ancient cultures place such strong emphasis on planets such as Jupiter and Saturn? Is it not the case that ancient peoples were justified in giving priority to such planets as Jupiter and Saturn because these planets controlled the destiny/fate of people – not the Sun? Is it not the case that disturbances in the heavens in ancient times, disturbances involving planets such as Jupiter and Saturn (wanderers) demonstrate how a Fatal-istic astrology was born?

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