
Tarot and Astrology as Forms of Divination
The Astrology Podcast
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The Evolution of Astrology
As the Mesopotamians studied astrology more and more, they realized that the movements of the planets were cyclical and predetermined. So it was something that might have been applying more broadly to like the city or the state as a whole in some way so that astrology started getting this more elevated position. And eventually we get the development of things like natal astrology, which is the notion that you look at the alignment of the cosmos at the moment a person is born and it will tell you something about the future of that person's life basically. It starts bringing up an issue with astrology that makes it unique to me at least compared to other forms of divination.
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