david starling
Well-known member
Incidentally
It is common knowledge amonst many astrologers that
the word astrology derives from Greek, from "astron" aka star
One wonders why
Clearly astrology is the study of the stars
Even today stars are clearly visible twinkling in local night skies worldwide
HOWEVER
these stars are in fact SUNS
that are so bright they DWARF our puny sun by comparison
but are so far distant
in fact light years distant
so they seem miniscule
and so
in ancient times, observers of the skies
referred to those distant brilliant SUNS as “Fixed Stars”
because as well
in comparison to other visible celestial bodies
that REFLECTED THE LIGHT OF THE SUN SUFFICIENTLY SO AS TO RENDER THEM VISIBLE
those distant SUNS were apparently “Fixed”
regarding their visible location in night skies worldwide
in contrast
the ancients referred to the seven classical planets as “wandering stars”
simply because the seven classical planets were
and
continue to be
“wanderers”
when compared with more distant SUNS aka “Fixed Stars”
The seven classical planets are:
Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
all clearly visible
BECAUSE THEY REFLECT THE LIGHT OF THE SUN
hence astrology is based
on visibility of both “Fixed” and “Wandering Stars”
Actually, Astrology is based on the Ecliptic, which is a combination of one star (which we call the "Sun"), one planet, in the centre, which we call "the Earth", and one satellite of Earth, which we call the "Moon".