how do they come up with the horoscopes?

Question

yahoo horoscops blow my mind..they are always dead on, its like my life is truly already planned for me and i cant change it haha

Answer 1

HOROSCOPES - HISTORY

Astrology is one of the most ancient philosophies still in existence in this world. Some estimate it to be more than 3,000 years old but recent study of more esoteric beliefs place it further back into the clouded past of human history.In ancient times , and up until today Astrology has been used to predict what happens to countries, the outcome of wars, economic trends and much more about personal course of actions as well.

Around the world, farmers know that for most crops, you plant in the spring and harvest in the fall. But in some regions, there is not much differentiation between the seasons. Since different constellations are visible at different times of the year, you can use them to tell what month it is. For example, Scorpius is only visible in the northern hemisphere's evening sky in the summer. Some historians suspect that many of the myths associated with the constellations were invented to help the farmers remember them. When they saw certain constellations, they would know it was time to begin the planting or the reaping.In course of time this dependence on the sky became a strong part of many cultures.Many nomadic tribes followed the night skies to move from one location to the other.


Horoscopes and astrology began with the ancient Greeks some thousands of years ago. They evolved the belief that the position of the sun and the planets also had an effect on a person's life and what future events would happen to them can be predicted based upon their location.



The word "astrology" is a Greek word that means "Science of the Stars." Astrology was used by the Chaldeans who lived in Babylon as early as 3000 BC. The people of China in Asia later became interested and began practicing Astrology . It is said that these people first noticed how the position of the sun influenced the seasons as well as the planting cycles of their agricultural practices.

Then, somewhere in the year of 500 BC, philosopher Plato used Astrology and studied it further. This kept it alive, and it continued to spread on through the ages. However, it took a downturn when Galileo Galilei was the first astronomer to use a telescope in the 1500's. However, as time went by, astronomy once again took an upswing in popularity when it flourished in Egypt around the years of 300 BC. Then, during the Middle Ages, the practice of astrology quietly hid itself as the Christian Church became the predominent leading voice of the new world. It wasn't until the 1600's when an astrologer named William Lilly renamed astrology as being "Christian Astrology" in order to avoid the wrath of the Church and to

Answer 2

Astrology is the interpretation of motions and positions of celestial objects in an attempt to predict events on Earth. This was a very natural extension from the great success of keeping track of the sun's apparent motions to predict the seasons. Todays' horoscopes are determined by logarithms to determine the exact position of every star/planet in the sky at the time of your birth assuming earth is at the center as opposed to the sun. The time of birth and place are essential for an accurate horoscope and that which makes two people with the same sun sign totally different.

Answer 3

Your personal horoscope is determined by the time and location of birth. With that information, an astrologer can find out where the stars and planets were at the time of your birth. Then they find where the planets are in each of the twelve houses. It gets complicated, but it is really eerie how dead on the horoscope can be, even when it is generalized like the ones in the news paper. :)

Answer 4

I have no idea how those yahoo horoscopes are derrived. The yearly overview is from St. Clair, and they never reflect anything going on in my life--especially if it's something I hope happens to me:)

My guess is that some of them are like fortune cookies, and some of them are based on clever wording interpretations of daily transits to your solar houses.

Every once in a while, I see something in one of them that indicates the astrologer went a little deeper into astrology than what I just described, but that's rare.

I don't envy whoever tries to do daily horoscopes however.

Answer 5

Well, I guess you will know for sure by the end of the day tomorrow. I hope it does, it sounds wonderful. Honestly, I do not believe in this stuff but it's fun to read once in awhile. Maybe you should take the chance and call someone whom you have had your eyes on for awhile and see where it leads. Maybe you will make someone else float through the rest of the day. That would be the best feeling.