Astrology

Literally, the “language of the stars,” from the Greek logos astra, a scientific
analysis of the mathematical relationships linking human character and the
prediction of future events to positions and movements of the heavenly bodies.
In the ancient world, astrology and astronomy (the observation of celestial
events) comprised a single discipline. They finally split apart only in the early 19th
century, when astrology was banished by rationalists to the realms of metaphysics
or superstition.
Astrology undoubtedly emerged after and from astronomy, when correspondences
between cosmic activity and human behavior were first noticed. This interrelationship
was embodied in the mythic personality of Atlas, the founder of both
sciences. In Greek myth, he was the first astronomer-astrologer. Indeed, his capital
city, Atlantis, was the child (“Daughter of Atlas”) of his astronomical character,
in that its layout of concentric rings was a reflection of the cosmic order.
The city and the Titan were architectural and mythic expressions, respectively,
of the Atlanteans’ own founding of and excellence in astronomy-astrology, as
evidenced by the numerous stone structures that still survive in what was once the
Atlantean sphere of influence. Many of these monuments (Britain’s Stonehenge,
Ireland’s New Grange, America’s Poverty Point, etc.) not only conform to the era
and construction styles of the Atlanteans, but were skillfully aligned with significant
cosmic orientations and built to compute often sophisticated celestial data.