Name required. Email required. Please note: comment moderation is enabled and may delay your comment. There is no need to resubmit your comment. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Written by : lanceaksh. User assumes all risk of use, damage, or injury. You agree that we have no liability for any damages. And each night when they looked up to the sky, they would make observations of the celestial bodies, wonder as to their origin, and create stories associated with their religious beliefs.
Over time, the stars were organized into constellations. In the East, India and China developed intricate systems for using the position of the planets and stars to foretell the future. Finally, the practice traveled on towards Rome, the rest of Europe, and the Middle East. In Mesopotamia , the ancient Babylonian s were famed for their knowledge of the heavens. Although, back then astrologers were not assigned separate roles for predicting celestial phenomena astronomy , or interpreting their divine meaning astrology.
Instead, astronomer-priests performed both functions. A Babylonian priest could apparently divine what the gods were planning by observing and interpreting the movements of their gods represented by the various celestial bodies.
From to BCE, the Greeks changed astronomy from a religious observational study into a theoretical science whose prime concern was discovering the structure of the universe.
Nevertheless, astrology continued to enjoy popular support and was commonly practiced throughout history. Its acceptance or rejection, however, fluctuated with the fashion and taste of royal courts and other powerful figures of the era.
These scholars, academics and scientists increasingly viewed the practice as being superstition, and lacking any evidential support. Ancient Egypt and Babylon are notable examples of civilizations that placed a heavy emphasis on the study of the night's sky. But all civilizations throughout history have been completely enthralled in one sense or another about the 'heavens'.
Today they are widely considered to be two completely separate fields altogether. Astronomy is the scientific study of the universe and everything in it, whilst astrology is a more esoteric, superstitious and generally pseudo-scientific practice. Today astrology is still widely practiced with forecasts about the future in the form of 'Star Sign' sections which are a common feature of many magazines and newspapers.
Whilst many believe the veracity of such 'readings' many considers them pure superstition. In fact, the Barnum Effect , or Forer Effect, might explain why so many people take them seriously at all. The former tends to look at the universe critically, whilst the latter tends to use observations of the universe as a means of divination of future events. They are, in no way, directly related to each other today.
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Why is astronomy a science and astrology not? First of all, let's start with some definitions of the two. Astronomy is widely defined as: - "The branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole. In spite of this, mysterious speculations have little legitimacy. Astrologers don't differentiate between differing cases using logic. These contentions spin around the idea of energy strategies, like yoga and Feng Shui, which likewise have negligible logical help.
With little proof and with prominence given to fantasies and superstition, astrology falls under the umbrella of pseudoscience. A star diagram or star map like ours are guides of the night sky.
Algorithms map the alignment of the stars on any given date. Astronomers partition these into frameworks to render the findings more effective.
They are used to distinguish and find groups of stars and cosmic items, for example, stars, nebulae, and galaxies. Note that a star graph contrasts from a galactic index, which is a posting or arrangement of cosmic articles for a specific reason. Devices using a star diagram incorporate the astrolabe and plan sphere.
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