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Most of the horoscopes published in newspapers make predictions based only on the characteristics of the zodiac signs. So they can give only a general idea of an individual’s character or future. For example, such a horoscope might tell people born under the sign of Taurus simply that they face an important test in their career.
Astrologers may also cast a complete horoscope and study the complicated relationships formed by the houses, planets, and zodiac signs. For example, suppose that Saturn was located in the first house in the horoscope and in the sign of Virgo. An astrologer would probably conclude that the person was extremely neat both in manner of dress and habits. This is because Saturn, a disciplined planet, is in the house of physical appearance planet, is in the house of physical appearance and personality, under the sign of Virgo, which is associated with tidiness.
Astrology is an ancient practice that different civilizations seemed to develop independently. Ancient people may have observed that certain heavenly bodies, particularly the sun, affected the change of seasons and the success of crops. Based on such observations, they may have formed the idea that the movements of other bodies such as the planets also affected or represented other aspects of life. Astrology was widely practiced in Europe through the Middle Ages, though church leadeers were strongly against it. Since such astronomers as Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei made their important discoveries and proved some of the principles of astrology false, few scientists have accepted astrology as a science. But the interest in the subject has revived since the early 19th century. Newspapers in England began publishing horoscope columns during the 1930s. such columns soon appeared in other parts of the world, and people became increasingly interested in astrology.
