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Atmosphere Books & Gifts |
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Astrology & Numeroloy |
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Astrology, has been defined as a form of divination based on the theory that the movements of the celestial bodies—the stars, the planets, the sun, and the moon—influence human affairs and determine the course of life events. However, here at Atmosphere Books & Gifts we refer to Astrology as a Spiritual Science.
Celestial phenomena have been the object of religious sentiment since earliest times. The ancient cultures of Mesopotamia were the first to discard their sky gods in favor of a non-deistic system of divination founded upon astronomy and numerology. They saw the heavenly bodies as exerting an influence upon the lives of individuals and the destinies of empires.
Generally, future events were believed determined beforehand by a universal order that was a result of the motions of the planets and stars. The practices of astrology spread throughout the ancient Middle East, Asia, and Europe, but with the rise of Christianity, which emphasized divine intervention and free will, interest in astrology subsided, although astrologers continued to flourish.
Predictions are performed by use of the horoscope is a map of the heavens at the time of one's birth, showing the position of the heavenly bodies in relation to the 12 “houses” or signs through which they pass and their positions in relation to each other. Each house has as its “lord” one of the heavenly bodies; the one in the “ascendant” is the one of greatest significance to the inquirer, supposedly endowing him with his temperamental qualities, his tendencies to particular diseases, and his liability to certain fortunes or calamities. |
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To contact us: |
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Atmosphere Books & Gifts Locations in: Los Angeles & Palm Springs, CA |
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Phone: 1-888-229-2071 Email: sammirah@atmospherebooks.com |
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Last Updated: 2/12/2010 9:01:07 AM |
