This is the first comprehensive examination of astrology's origins and it examines the foundations of a major feature of popular culture in the contemporary wes

The story of the history of Western astrology begins with the philosophers of Greece in the 5th century BC. the Greeks added numerology, geometry and rational t

Superb general account.' Times Literary Supplement The story of the history of Western astrology begins with the philosophers of Greece in the 5th century BC. T

Astrology is a major feature of contemporary popular culture. Recent research indicates that 99% of adults in the modern west know their birth sign. In the mode

This first volume comprehensively charts the origins and development of Western astrology from 30,000 BCE up to the 5th century. >