What is Astrology?

Astrology is a way to determine the forces of the universe by tracing what effects they have upon the planets. In Astrology, the planets and their coordinate systems are used to make predictions.

Astrology can be referred to as the study of cycles. Everything in this universe is cyclical, meaning that is follows a certain cycle, including human beings. Those who do not believe that our lives are cyclical are ignorant about the clear proof provided by the daily, weekly, and yearly patterns of our lives. Astrology not only looks at this obvious cycle but also at the cycles of life which are not that obvious, such as the ones that go on for three years, ten years, 25 years, etc.

Just as our lives follow a cycle, the planets follow these cycles, too. Tracing the planets in their relatively simple paths is much easier to comprehend than it is to appreciate how human actions flow in the same rhythms, what with them being so complex. Because it is not easy to evaluate your own self, tracking the planets enables you to look into our nature in an approach so as to make predictions which can be the difference between success and failure. This is the heart of astrology and is how astrology works.

Hence astrology can be correctly called the study of the outcome of planetary movements on our lives. It is a science that has its foundations in astronomy, and astrologers have to know the exact positions of the planets at any given time, and also the proper positions of the zodiacal fixed star signs, at any given time, in relation to any place on earth, to be able to make astrological predictions.

The fundamental principle on which astrology works is that all things are linked. Your karma, destiny, fate or fortune, whatever you choose to call it, is determined by a predestined cosmic design. Astrologers believe that every body is just a soul present in the body at a very particular time and place, and that the life of people is just a reflection of the larger whole into which they are born. The study of this pre-set destiny is known as Astrology.