Astrology
The Beginners Guide to Master your Destiny and Spiritual Growth. How to Discover Yourself and Understand Others through Horoscope, Tarot, Numerology, Zodiac Signs, and Wicca
By Lisa woods
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Text Copyright Lisa Woods
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Introduction
Zodiac, Astrology, and other practices of divinity are everywhere but just how much are these horoscopes truly connected to the original practices? Historically, these practices of Divinity helped people make decisions regarding agriculture, love, and war strategies. In modern day, horoscopes and the like are primarily treated like fortune cookies fun, cute, but mostly unappreciated. The truth of the matter is that these practices have deep roots within our history as a society. In addition to this history, they also have much more complicated values and beliefs than just the surface level we see in the media. To give you, the reader, some background, here is a quick, comprehensive history of each branch of divinity.
Since the beginning of human thought and consciousness, one part of the human existence has connected all of life. It is a part of everyday life that all humans have experienced past, present, and future. It has brought about wonder and amazement upon all generations and all cultures and people. This is, of course, the sky. The night sky has been the subject of many a love song, or an incredible story, and is generally a magical experience. The sky above us has been used for centuries as a scientific tool, a navigational map, and (possibly the most important) a source of emotional and spiritual thought. It is due to this incredible phenomenon that we call a sky that we now have modern-day Astrology. However, how did we get here? To fully understand this, we have to start at the beginning the beginning of Astrology as a thought process, that is.
The earliest observations of the night sky began with ancient Mesopotamia. The early civilizations of Mesopotamia saw the first names of our most prominent constellations and the five wandering stars. When added with the sun and the moon, these form the seven original planets. It is within this early civilization that we find the early Babylonians beginning the very science known as Astronomy (not to be confused with Astrology). It is through the studies of these ancient people that the very first studies of the Zodiac are produced. The Zodiac originally was a map-like distinction of the night sky breaking up the different constellations to help judge the time of the year based on the location of certain Wandering stars within each constellation. Not only was this very useful from a scientific standpoint, but the different portions of the sky were also connected to different gods; thus, giving them different personality traits. This is the origin of the 12 Zodiac signs as we know them today.
The origin of modern-day Tarot cards goes back much farther than the average person may realize. The actual origin of these mystical decks is widely debated among historians, but one of the most common beliefs is that they first appeared in the 14th century in Turkey. At this time, they were most likely known as Mamluk game cards but later received their modern name from an Italian game known as Tarrochi Appropriati, which later shortened to the modern term Tarot.
The history of Numerology is long and widespread almost every civilization with a hand in the formulation of mathematics connects some form of meaning to numbers. We will focus on the three most common forms of numerology: Kabbalic, Chaldean, and Pythagorean. Kabbalic numerology originates from Hebrew mysticism with a connection to the original Hebrew alphabet. This form of Numerology is usually used to interpret names. The original Hebrew alphabet, having 22 letters, gives more significance to the Tarot deck of 22 trump cards. Chaldean Numerology is more closely related to Astrology due to its origin in ancient Mesopotamia, which we know is the ultimate origin of modern-day Astrology. Within Chaldean Numerology, each number is believed to have its own vibration and is given a level of energy from one to eight based on its energy. The final and most commonly used system of Numerology is the Pythagorean numerology, which was developed by the Greek mathematician Pythagoras. In this system of Numerology, numbers are given to the letters in the Greek alphabet based on location. This system also uses a system of vibrations but, unlike the Chaldean Numerology system, the Pythagorean system uses numbers one through nine and 11 through 22.
Kundalini Rising is certainly one of the lesser-known of the four divinities but has very powerful ideals and origins. The actual origin of the Kundalini idea is somewhat unclear in a historical context not much is understood of who first theorized about Kundalini and how the awakening within a person may affect them. Whats found, though, is the written record of several Vedic and Tantric texts that describe Kundalini. The earliest known currently is a record by a man named Adi Sankaracharya, who lived around the seventh to eighth century AD and gave his record here: Having filled the pathway of the Nadis with the streaming shower of nectar flowing from the Lotus feet, having resumed thine own position from out of the resplendent Lunar regions and Thyself assuming the form of a serpent of three and a half coils, sleepest thou, in the hollow of Kula Kunda (Kula Kunda means the hollow of Mooladhara Sacrum bone).