HISTORY OF ASTROLOGY India had its own system of astrology from millennium BC The indian Sages are dis!

o"ered a#out the $lanet and !elestial #odys and their efffe!ts in human life In %aha#harat & Ramayan astrology is widely used whi!h indi!ates that this s!ien!e is dis!o"ered from Satya 'uga ("iden!es $ro"e that the early !i"ili)ations had dee$ *nowledge of the s!ien!e of Astrology Astrology was germinated in the Hindu *ingdom %eso$otamians and Ba#ylonians de"elo$ed it se$arately ("en in $rehistori! times +ays, -a*sh, Ayan, %onths and (ra were *nown %oon was greatest !lo!* at those times .ritten around /000B C 1edas ha"e referen!es of or#it of -lanets, 2a*shatras, Yug, %onths, Tithis, (!li$se, %eteors, Comets et! 3Three things !annot #e long hidden4 The Sun, The %oon and The Truth3 Hindu -rin!e Gautama Siddharta 5/6789:7 B C ; The english word Astrology !omes from the Gree* word Astrologia, whi!h means star study

The Babylonians are generally credited with the birth of astrology. Their astrological charts enabled them to predict the recurrence of seasons and certain celestial events. So in the beginning and for more than 2,000 years, astrology and astronomy were the same science. Babylonian astrology was introduced to the Greeks early in the th century B.!. and, through the studies of "lato, #ristotle, and others, astrology came to be highly regarded as a science. $t was soon embraced by the %omans &the %oman names for the 'odiacal signs are still used today( and the #rabs and later spread throughout the entire world. )hile earliest astrology was used to bring a sense of order out of apparent chaos, it was soon utili'ed to predict weather patterns, primarily for agricultural purposes. $t was eventually broadened to include forecasts of natural disasters and war and other events in the course of human affairs. #massing successes in these fields, it was a natural progression for astrology to be used as counsel for kings and emperors and, in time, for all of us. The #merican *ederation of #strologers, $nc. was established and incorporated +ay , ,-./ at ,,0./ a.m. 1ST in )ashington, 2.!. to encourage the study of all scientific methods of astrology, both current and future, leading to the spread of astrological knowledge and its understanding throughout the world. #*#3s mission is education, research, cooperation, progress. $n addition, #*# is today fulfilling its mission of astrological education through its correspondence course, which provides the student with all the tools necessary to become an astrologer.