The History of Astrology

The history of astrology can be traced back to the 2nd millennium BC, the time of the ancient Babylonians. It was during this time that they had started assembling their system of celestial omens. These omens slowly gave rise to the astrological principles and methods that were found to have developed in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Infact, it is these celestial omens that are believed to have spread from Babylonia to the other countries, like India, China, Greece, etc, and merged with the pre-existing native forms of astrology.

Infact, the Babylonian astrology is said to have influenced the Greeks as early as the mid-4th century BC. Its influence in Egypt was noticed somewhere around the late 2nd or early 1st century BC, after the Alexandrian conquests. Babylonian astrology merged easily with the Decanic astrology of the Egyptians and made way for the Horoscopic astrology. Even though the origin of the Horoscopic astrology was limited to Egypt, it soon spread to the ancient world of Europe, the Middle East as well as India.