The beginning of the western astrology originated in Mesopotamia.In two thousand BC, when the sumerians in ur and uruk built the temple of the seven, each level represents an object: the moon, the sun, mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.The seven object should be the trainers are paving the way to god.The sumerians already has his own constellation, they will be the sky is divided into three parts, they also know that the white.They believe that the object according to the will of god to run.In 2778 BC in ancient Egypt the most accurate calendar was born.The egyptians to realize the rising of Sirius and the relationship between the Nile waters.They tried to infer the location from Sirius political development.And around the ancient Egyptian pyramid is set according to the days of four directions, they should pave the way for method after old soul ascend to heaven, while the pharaoh's soul is the north star.At Babylon, they will be under the influence of the zodiac are divided into twelve constellation.In Europe, Britain's Stonehenge before (about 2200) might also have meaning of astrology.

Western astrology is mainly inherited from the ancient Greek, Roman astrology.Before the Renaissance, astrology is mainly for the royal family and church services, and in the hospital, a professor and the study.With the western Roman empire, the invasion of continental Europe Middle East Arab nation, destroy the burned the west of the cultural relics, and astrology is not immune, and the inheritance of western astrology also disrupted.Astrology also regain favour during the Renaissance, many Kings, the Pope, there are many religious reformers who believe in astrology.But this time start the criticism of intellectuality of astrology is also more and more.Comes at the beginning of the Renaissance, Italy, Spain, Britain and other Arab astrologers translation astrology books, introduced by the preserve of astrological knowledge in ancient Greece, astrology and prosperity in Europe.Astrology applied widely at that time, the emperor crowning moment, medical appeal, so that the lost people finder, v. to astrology.Astrology hence become solve everything phenomenon of general knowledge.Until this time astronomers often also astrologer.Tycho?Mr Lage, Johannes?Kepler is astronomers and astrologers.Kepler will obviously astrology as an academic.Although he does not believe that the position of the object can be used to predict things that happen on the earth, but he believed that the celestial body for things on the earth.

In the 17th century, caused the Renaissance to the pursuit of scientific thought, the europeans with a new view to study astrology.After the telescope was invented, the path of astronomy and astrology is completely separated.Copernicus, Galileo and others published astronomical observation results, put forward the heliocentric theory point of view, from basic theory to against astrology.Scientific thought growing in Europe, intelligence gradually open, astrology lose the original charm, and become the folk Fang Ji, tributaries and the occult.

By the 18th century, the European experience the French revolution, Britain's industrial revolution, such as a series of revolutions, in the change of political thought of the people at the same time, further carry forward the idea of scientific progress.Astrology at this time in Europe gave way to science, but still in folk have a certain influence, and astrologers to absorb the spirit of scientific research, reform astrology silently.Uranus, Neptune was discovered in 1846, was discovered in 1785 and some asteroids, astrology is introduced, and the ancient astrological QuWuCunJing skill.

By the 19th century, astrology started to popularization.Astrology advocate creation of secret societies, the study astrology and other occult knowledge.With the British astrologer Aaron. Leo (Alan Leo) contributed to the popularization of modern astrology.He and his friend founded the journal of astrology, astrology books published, astrology course, popular simple and easy to explain the astrological terms difficult to understand.Newspapers and magazines horoscope for a week, and now the sun sign is used by he set up a year.By Aaron. Leo, astrology to another form to sink or GNP popularization.(The zodiac /astro/)

In the 20th century, the psychologist Carl jung and others combine western astrology and psychological astrologers, used to analyze people's character and mentality, found that become the face of astrology.Astrology to modern development, mainly in two directions.One is the creation of new techniques, and the other is to rediscover the ancient astrological techniques.In creating new astrological techniques, mainly is the introduction of Pluto discovered in 1930, collectively known as the modern planets, with Neptune and Uranus astrology occupies an important position in modern times.