Chapter 78 Astrology is "God's Will"

Astrology is a kind of alchemy that predicts good, bad, misfortune, and blessings in the world based on celestial phenomena.Astrology is generally considered to be a form of divination practiced in the medieval West.Such an argument is a bit too one-sided.In fact, as early as in ancient China, astrology existed and used. It was mainly based on various rare or abnormal celestial phenomena to predict national events and the fate of emperors and generals, and promoted astronomical observation.In the West, the fate of individuals is predicted mainly based on the positions of the sun, moon, and five stars in the starry sky.

In fact, astrology can be classified as a discipline. It is originally a method of predicting human affairs based on astronomical phenomena.In an era when people's knowledge level and productivity were relatively low, there were many natural phenomena that humans could not explain, so they would naturally combine these natural phenomena with their own good and bad fortune.And because the stars are celestial bodies that humans cannot touch, astrology also has the soil to breed. In the early days, astrology was mainly used for divination of relatively important historical events, such as the outcome of wars, the rise and fall of countries or nations, and the fate of kings or ministers.With the passage of time and the research and development of astrologers everywhere, astrology has gradually been applied to divination of personal fate and trivial matters in daily life.Because astrology itself has a very complex and self-contained system of calculation methods, in the eyes of the general public, this method of fortune-telling is even more mysterious.

Astrology first sprouted in ancient Babylon more than 7,000 years ago, and then spread to the whole of Europe from ancient Greece and Rome.At that time, in the streets and alleys of European countries, people who lived by astrology and divination could be seen everywhere. This was also the first climax of astrology in human history.But with the decline of the Roman Empire and the constant disputes on the European continent, astrology was almost lost in the war-torn years.It wasn't until the Renaissance that astrology gradually stepped out of the trough and began to be re-recognized by the world.

It's just that the astrology spread at this time is no longer simply the alchemy of ancient Babylon.At that time, astrology spread in India came to the European continent with the Arabian caravan.Under the impetus of the Renaissance, the ancient astrology has regained its brilliance.At that time, astrology courses had been publicly offered in the astronomy college. It was during this period that astrology began to develop in the direction of a professional discipline.As Newton, Galileo, Kepler and other top scholars joined the research one by one, astrology ushered in a second chance to flourish on the European continent.

But then, modern science came along and it became a knife that killed astrology.Moreover, astrology is also farther and farther away from astronomy, which is also the study of celestial bodies, and is finally abandoned by modern science, and people's interest in astrology has also dropped to the lowest point in history.Even in mainstream science, many scientists have joined forces to boycott astrology.It was not until the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century that the reborn modern astrology developed falteringly.Modern astrology includes knowledge in the fields of humanistic astrology, psychological astrology, etc. With the help of the development of science and technology and people's cognition of the universe and nature, the views of the universe mentioned in modern astrology have also been recognized by many people , and thus the third climax of astrology in recorded history.

It is generally believed that astrology first originated from the ancient Semitic, Indo-European or Heluo people in China, and then it became popular in Babylon.Then centered on Babylon, it spread eastward to Persia, India and China, and westward to Greece, Egypt, Rome, Spain and the entire hinterland of Europe.Therefore, when it is mentioned that astrology also existed in ancient China, it should not be particularly surprising. A fragment left over from ancient times has been found in China, which is the historical data of divination popular in Asia. Fortunately, it has been preserved in Tibet, a region with less wars.The fragments record the teachings of Fuxi, the mystical king of ancient China, who wrote a book on divination and astrology.According to legend, in the era of his reign, a monster with a horse body and a human head came to the country, with gossip engraved on its back, all of which are symbols composed of three lines, which is the basis of the foundation.

However, Huangdi determined the complete system of yin and yang, five elements, ten directions and twelve houses, which could not be separated from Qibo's observation of the stars in the sky. This can also be understood as a deformation of astrology, and astrology with Chinese colors is Thus was born.Chinese astrology is familiar with yin and yang, five elements and palaces, and divides the sky into twelve houses just like the West.The only difference is that the astrology that spread in China has been gradually replaced by the book of deduction of alchemy with more local characteristics.

In the whole of astrology, there are actually only two issues being discussed - the "big universe" and the "small universe".The so-called "big universe" refers to the sky or firmament full of stars, and the "small universe" refers to human beings and human activities.Experts in astrology believe that the stars in the sky have an invisible power bestowed by the gods. The gods use the stars to convey the information they want to tell humans, so any changes in the stars are closely related to the dynamics on the earth.As a member of the earth, human beings are naturally also affected by changes in astrology. From psychological state to behavior pattern, everyone's destiny is inseparable from astrology.

Therefore, astrologers call the unchangeable and innate connection between humans and the stars "fate", and the behavior of human beings due to their different psychological states as "luck".In a "fate", "fate" is doomed and cannot be changed. Only by transferring "luck" can the lack of "fate" be made up, so that human beings can have a better future. The personal astrology or "natal chart" familiar to modern people was born on this basis. With the development of astrology today, both astrologers and those who seek divination have no intention of linking the results of divination with unknown fates. People prefer to use astrology to guide their psychology.