![]() Throughout the Indo-Greek period of 200 BC to AD 10, the Hellenistic influence of the Babylonians spread the study of the stars and movement of the sky to the East. I feel that it is very important to first acknowledge the modern Western derivation of astrology as being a product of its origins: based on historical Indo-Greek concepts. And so, to all those people who read their weekly horoscopes, check their astrological compatibility with their significant other, and look forward to their sun sign season, this article is the unashamed embrace of astrology that you deserve. As such an individual, I feel the need to address this condemnation. ![]() Those who unashamedly blame their burnt coffee, missed bus, or recent breakup on Mercury’s rude transition into retrograde, are often perceived as absurdly irrational individuals who refuse to take responsibility for their actions. ![]() ![]() Quite often, these debates are filled with the sanctimony and academic elitism that is regularly found alongside the rejection of a ‘pseudo-science’. Astrology has become a truly polarising subject within pop-culture people either find themselves thoroughly convinced that the “stars don’t lie”, or they merely dismiss the entire movement as the fabricated and less-successful cousin of astronomy. ![]()
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