I think that ancient astrology was extremely practical. It had to do with when were you planting your crops? When were you moving because of seasonal flooding and stuff like that. There were also people who read information from the sky that was less practical. Ancient Babylonians were among the first to not just track the motion of stuff in the sky, but to assign divine meaning to it. They had astrologer priests who spent their lives learning how stuff in the air moved.

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