Question:
"Chinese" and "Indian" astrology systems are much newer than "Western Astrology"?
2018-06-07 00:25:54 UTC
these "Asian" astrology systems seem to me something like an implanted "hoax" ...total nonsense what they seem. however I am a deep believer and student of "Western Astrology" which is based on Babylonian and Egyptian and Greek studies which are much older than "Vedic Astrology"?
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2018-06-10 21:53:29 UTC
Not much newer, at least Hindu astrology isn't. I don't know a damn thing about Chinese astrology and unlike the skeptics, I don't critique things I don't know anything about.



Roughly it went this way. Babylonian astrology became Greek Astrology. Greek astrology is the basis of both Hindu and contemporary Western astrology, but in the early middle ages western astrology was changed by or adapted by the so-called Arab astrologers. They all weren't Arabic, but they pretty much wrote in Arabic except for one main Jewish astrologer, Ibn Ezra. He wrote in Hebrew.



Hindu astrology maintained much of the Greek format and still uses whole sign houses, a Greek technique. Some of Hindu astrology simply uses different names than western astrology for the same thing.



The Egyptian contribution is still, somewhat up in the air or our understanding of it is still up in the air. When I first became interested in traditional Western astrology the generally accepted belief was that the Egyptian contribution was minimal and that Egyptian math wasn't up to the more complex calculations needed. Lately, with the discovery and translation of some previously unknown documents, this opinion is undergoing a serious revision. The Egyptian contribution may be far more significant that previously believed. A lot of this has still to be sorted out and this isn't the place to do it.



However Hindu or "Indian" astrology is also called Vedic astrology and the Vedic period is far older than Greek or Babylonian astrology. "Vedic" astrologers claim great antiquity for their astrology. My sources tell me there was very little and perhaps no astrology in the Vedic period of Indian history, so that claim is dubious.



If we look at the practice of astrology objectively, and one doesn't need to " believe in" it to do that, we'll find a lot of the differences are cultural. Indian culture is quite a bit different than Western culture, so we would expect such differences to manifest in the respective practices of astrology and they do. But there are similarities as well. The planets pretty much represent the same sorts of things in both for example.



Older isn't necessarily better or worse. The idea that everything old is bad and everything new is wonderful is, frankly, stupid. I could never get interested in Indian astrology. I'm not an Indian. But I'd never judge it as inferior.
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2018-06-08 14:42:42 UTC
Life is Progressive and Evolves. So no matter the ancient ''timeline'' when mankind looked up at the sky and used imagination to define events and their fellow man..the system is outdated, does not work and those dead astrologers were not prophets nor the wisest to ever be born..

Their world was much smaller and unexplored back then. This means they were limited and could only observe their small little world, when so much more was the reality.



Today, a kindergartener has at their fingertips, access to more knowledge than all the dead astrologers put together. Mankind has new insights into our planet, it's inhabitants and beyond. This means whatever revelation science brings forth now, can be improved upon by new minds.



We don't need a Lantern to see in the dark anymore.This is how I see your point of view. Very outdated and limited in scope. And of course, I am just sharing my truth and respect your truth from whatever century you appear to be stuck in.



have a nice day
2018-06-07 22:32:37 UTC
Idk. I think Western astrology says that moon in Capricorn is evil however from exp moon in Sagittarius is. I therefore think there's sth wrong with both. i think moon in Sagittarius is narcissistic/with no boundaries. But everywhere it says moon in cap is like that. Not true in my op. All my abusive haters have had this placement occasionally moon in cancer. x I find them too dramatic and dishonest and also with not much intelligence so I don't get why when they hurt/harm others they get a lot of support. I think they might be convincing towards fellow racist or ignorant people but they can't fool smart individuals. It's sad when people act wrong and go unpunished. But for some reason these people think they are above the law and their supporters too. They think their behaviour is justified by the fact that they've been trusted with whatever illusory power. I don't like how ignorant unethical and dishonest they are. Also too racist for me. I prefer moon in Libra or fellow Virgo.
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2018-06-07 15:32:14 UTC
I don't consider Chinese or Vedic astrology that new ... its roots are at least 2000 years old.

Western astrology has roots that go back to Babylonia about 300 BC.

And Chinese astrology has roots that go back to 500 BC.



All of these have undergone drastic changes since their first originated.
2018-06-07 05:45:03 UTC
Astrology is magic not nature. No statistics exist for magic claims. You’re better asking which type of used flying carpet works best.



There is no interest by promoters of any type to show their method outperforms randomness. Or each other. It’s still fraud.


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