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'''Astrology''' (from Greek αστρολογία : ἄστρον, astron, "constellation, star"; and -λογία, -logia, "the [[study]] of") is a [[group]] of [[system]]s, [[tradition]]s, and [[belief]]s which hold that the [[relative]] positions of celestial bodies and related details can provide [[information]] about [[personality]], human affairs, and other [[terrestrial]] matters. A practitioner of astrology is called an astrologer. The [[scientific]] [[community]] considers astrology a [[pseudoscience]] or [[superstition]].[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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'''Astrology''' (from Greek αστρολογία : ἄστρον, astron, "constellation, star"; and -λογία, -logia, "the [[study]] of") is a [[group]] of [[system]]s, [[tradition]]s, and [[belief]]s which hold that the [[relative]] positions of celestial bodies and related details can provide [[information]] about [[personality]], human affairs, and other [[terrestrial]] matters. A practitioner of astrology is called an astrologer. The [[scientific]] [[community]] considers astrology a [[pseudoscience]] or [[superstition]].
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Numerous traditions and applications employing astrological [[concepts]] have arisen since its earliest recorded beginnings in the 3rd millennium BC. Astrology has played an important role in the shaping of [[culture]], early [[astronomy]], the [[Vedas]],[7] and various [[discipline]]s throughout [[history]]. In [[fact]], astrology and astronomy were often indistinguishable before the modern era, with the desire for [[predictive]] and divinatory [[knowledge]] one of the motivating factors for astronomical observation. Astronomy began to diverge from astrology after a period of gradual separation from the [[Renaissance]] up until the 18th century. Eventually, astronomy distinguished itself as the [[scientific]] [[study]] of astronomical objects and [[phenomena]] without regard to the astrological understandings of these [[phenomena]].
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Numerous traditions and applications employing astrological [[concepts]] have arisen since its earliest recorded beginnings in the 3rd millennium BC. Astrology has played an important role in the shaping of [[culture]], early [[astronomy]], the [[Vedas]], and various [[discipline]]s throughout [[history]]. In [[fact]], astrology and astronomy were often indistinguishable before the modern era, with the desire for [[predictive]] and divinatory [[knowledge]] one of the motivating factors for astronomical observation. Astronomy began to diverge from astrology after a period of gradual separation from the [[Renaissance]] up until the 18th century. Eventually, astronomy distinguished itself as the [[scientific]] [[study]] of astronomical objects and [[phenomena]] without regard to the astrological understandings of these [[phenomena]].
 
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''Astrology''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Astrology this link].</center>
 
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''Astrology''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Astrology this link].</center>
Astrologers believe that the [[motion|movements]] and positions of celestial bodies either directly influence life on [[Earth]] or correspond to events [[experience]]d on a human scale.[8] Modern astrologers define astrology as a [[symbolic]] [[language]],[9][10][11] an art form, or a form of divination.[12][13] Despite differences in definitions, a common assumption of astrology is that [[celestial]] placements can aid in the interpretation of past and present [[events]] and in the [[prediction]] of the future.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology]
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Astrologers believe that the [[motion|movements]] and positions of celestial bodies either directly influence life on [[Earth]] or correspond to events [[experience]]d on a human scale.[8] Modern astrologers define astrology as a [[symbolic]] [[language]], an art form, or a form of divination. Despite differences in definitions, a common assumption of astrology is that [[celestial]] placements can aid in the interpretation of past and present [[events]] and in the [[prediction]] of the future.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology]
 
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[[Magic]] was the branch off the [[evolution]]ary [[religious]] tree which eventually bore the fruit of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_Age_of_Enlightenment scientific age]. [[Belief]] in '''astrology''' led to the development of [[astronomy]]; belief in a philosopher's stone led to the mastery of metals, while belief in magic numbers founded the [[science]] of [[mathematics]].[http://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper88.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper88.html&line=107#mfs]
 
[[Magic]] was the branch off the [[evolution]]ary [[religious]] tree which eventually bore the fruit of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_Age_of_Enlightenment scientific age]. [[Belief]] in '''astrology''' led to the development of [[astronomy]]; belief in a philosopher's stone led to the mastery of metals, while belief in magic numbers founded the [[science]] of [[mathematics]].[http://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper88.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper88.html&line=107#mfs]

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