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EtymologyMarcantonio Raimondi engraving, 15th century

The word astrology comes from the early Latin word astrologia,[10] deriving from the ree! noun"#$%&%'(), *account of the stars*+ strologia later -assed into meaning *star.divination* with

astronomia used for the scientific term+[11]/istoryMain article /istory of astrology

Many cultures have attached im-ortance to astronomical events, and the ndians, 2hinese, andMayans develo-ed ela3orate systems for -redicting terrestrial events from celestial o3servations+n the 4est, astrology most often consists of a system of horosco-es -ur-orting to e-lainas-ects of a -erson*s -ersonality and -redict future events in their life 3ased on the -ositions ofthe sun, moon, and other celestial o36ects at the time of their 3irth+ The ma6ority of -rofessionalastrologers rely on such systems+[7]87

strology has 3een dated to at least the 9nd millennium :2E, with roots in calendrical systemsused to -redict seasonal shifts and to inter-ret celestial cycles as signs of divine communications+[;] form of astrology was -ractised in the first dynasty of Meso-otamia 51 :2E?+2hinese astrology was ela3orated in the @hou dynasty =95> :2E?+ /ellenistic astrology

after 779 :2E mied :a3ylonian astrology with Egy-tian Becanic astrology in leandria,creating horosco-ic astrology+ leander the reat*s conCuest of sia allowed astrology to s-readto ncient reece and Rome+ n Rome, astrology was associated with *2haldean wisdom*+ fterthe conCuest of leandria in the Dth century, astrology was ta!en u- 3y slamic scholars, and/ellenistic tets were translated into ra3ic and ersian+ n the 19th century, ra3ic tets wereim-orted to Euro-e and translated into Latin, hel-ing to initiate the Euro-ean Renaissance, whenma6or astronomers including Tycho :rahe, Fohannes Ge-ler and alileo -ractised as courtastrologers+ strological references a--ear in literature in the wor!s of -oets such as Bante

lighieri and eoffrey 2haucer, and of -laywrights such as 2hristo-her Marlowe and 4illiamHha!es-eare+

Throughout most of its history, astrology was considered a scholarly tradition+ t was acce-ted in-olitical and academic contets, and was connected with other studies, such as astronomy,

alchemy, meteorology, and medicine+[A] t the end of the 1Dth century, new scientific conce-ts inastronomy and -hysics