What Criss Angel did was fell far short from what astrology is.Astrology is the ancient term for Astronomy.Astronomy being a seperation from the "intuitive" aspects the study of the stars.Astro = Astor = Star.From where we get the word Easter and Pastor for example.Easter = the Eastern Star which is usually applied to the Sun rising in the east , Pastor = Father Star ,the Sun or in a microcosmic sense a representative in human form that studies the stars.Studying the stars is where humanity developed geometry,mathematics and written language.The Zodiac is a calendar.From measuring out the stars in the sky (in ancient days the stars in the sky were referred to as the "heavens")humanity arrived at the symbols representing the stars and the symbols representing calculations between those stars and earth.In ancient days "numbers" and their quantitive values were also used to record the language used in describing or defining what they were looking at and how the ideas were communicated between one another.To better remember this calendar(zodiac) great stories of heroic situations were applied to the stars and as language developed the stories were written or recorded with the symbols applied to them.In this way we may have an epic story of a heroic character with anaologies to a seasonal change with the characters surrounding the lead role in the story actually representing the movement of stars in the sky or "heavens".The heroes were also known as what we term today as "gods".Gods = Heroes.Ones who for one "reason" or another attained and achieved more than the "average" person can does or has.Like the NFL record holder for most receptions in a super bowl.
As for the interpretive aspects of the influence of planets and stars (suns) on individuals,this for of astronomy (astrology) is much older than a centuries.Most people in the western world are familair with the "BIBLE" and in it are good examples.One instance is in the book of Job.Old testament Job or the trials of Job in Judaen lore and other ancient Judaen Sumerian Egyptian text contains these passages :
Job 38:31 - Gideon Bible King James Version - Canst thou bind the sweet "INFLUENCES" (<---important word to take note of) of Pleiades,or loose the bands of Orion?( Pleiades and Orion - Star Groups = constellations etc.)Job 38:32 - Canst thou bring forth "MAZZAROTH" in due season? ( Mazzaroth = Zodiac)or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? (Arcturus = constellation).Job 38:33 Knowest thou the oridinance of heaven? Canst thou "set" the "dominion thereof" "ON EARTH"?Clearly what's being spoke of is the physical AND intuitive qualities of the study of the stars.
What is meant by the intutitive or "spiritual" aspects of suns and planets on the living things on earth?It's a scientific as well as spiritual understanding and use.when Criss Angel conducted his performance he was using astrology in the sense that you read an daily or weekly forecast in a magazine or newspaper.Those forecasts are for entertainment purposes and though dervived and concentrated down come from a wider view of Astrology.The forecasts are based on where in the calendar or Zodiac the Sun is in the month you were born.The idea is that the energy emitted from the Sun arrives to earth in different magnitudes at different times of the year.The light and radiation at those different times of the year have different affects on all aspects of life at those various times.Simple example is that some plant life grows better in the Summer than the Winter.So we see indeed that the where the Sun is in the sky has an influence on life at different times.When one decides to sow seed is important to the development of some plants more than others.When one harvests ,and how much light or darkness a living organism receives during a 24 hour period etc etc.
More than just where the Sun was at in relation to ones birth is where it was during the 9 months one was carried in his/her mothers womb.How the climate change affected the mother during this period physically and leading to the mothers mental and emotional state during those seasons.How the mothers "mood" during pregnancy affected the developing life form in utero.How hot was it outside the womb during the childs first months of development etc etc.
Astrology goes farther in it's intuitive aspect than just where the Sun was.The study goes into where all of the planets were when one was born, the physcial relationship between the planets, and where you were on the planet at birth in relationship to where the planets and stars were positioned at that moment.Why would it matter scientifically?Stars and planets have gravity,magnetic polarities,radiation etc.Where they are positioned, how close to earth, how close to each other may affect aspects of living on our planet.In a simple sense a person born in august during a 110 degree plus heatwave to a poor family whose parents are angry and fighting probably just because it's so damned hot will "probably" develop differently than one born to a wealthy family during a blizzard who keep the thermostat set at 74 degrees.
Understanding these things and interpreting them was important in ancient days.Kings were chosen monuments temples cities were built according to the position of stars in the heavens.They still are to this day.Just as persons are born at precise point on the globe with the planets and suns in the universe in an particular arrangement, so were and are nations born.
The interpretaion is an application(applying) seasons (moods) "the spice of life" to the "tiny universe" or man.
I'm not saying here that I believe in or follow the astrological "readings".I do though find it an interesting subject to wonder about both scientifcally and spiritually.In conclusion, it's a shame that people wouldtake any sort of knowledge or understanding to use to take advantage of otherswho do not have an equal share of that understanding or knowledge.
Edited by RasHelio1 (08/02/07 05:46 PM)
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