Astrology and religion are two ancient belief systems that have shaped humanity’s understanding of the world for millennia.

Paul Rumsey, "Astrologers" (2020) from Astrology. The Library of Esoterica (TASCHEN, 2021) (all images courtesy TASCHEN) Astrology. The Library of Esoterica (TASCHEN, 2021) Written by Andrea Richards ...

From the earliest days of human civilization, people have gazed at the night sky and wondered what secrets it held. In ancient Babylonia, around 2,400 BCE, priests carefully tracked the movements of ...

James Holden wrote in his 1996 work “A History of Horoscopic Astrology,” that astrology took shape from the Babylonians in the second millennium BC and was predominantly practiced by “wise men.” That ...

Capricorn, one of the 12 signs of the Zodiac, as depicted in “Urania’s Mirror; or, a View of the Heavens,” a set of 32 astronomical star chart cards engraved by Sidney Hall and published in 1824.

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Western astrology assigns a zodiac sign based on a person's birth date, whereas Chinese astrology assigns a zodiac sign based ...

OK, you've probably heard the phrase "Mercury in retrograde" tossed around more than a few times, but are you dying to know what that actually means? And what it means specifically for you. If you're ...

I was recently on a first date with a man who laughed in my face when I told him that I covered astrology as a writer and an editor — before he realized that I was serious, of course. Then he asked if ...