Far beyond the transparent domed roof of the Constellation Chamber, here in the Astral Gallery, the stellar patterns circle in everlasting orbit, waltzing to the music of the spheres. Each tine of the twelve-pronged star, whose nucleus resides in the center of the marbled floor, points the way to a circular window of crystal, which focuses upon a specific astrological sign.Ah...you are wondering if this is a true science or simply a concoction of mumbo-jumbo? One thing is certain, if you discard the ancient occult art of astrology completely, then there is no romance or poetry within your soul, for this is an art with a tradition of mysticism and ancient lore which reaches back for thousands of years.
While it cannot be denied that an early accurate history of astrology is not available, and it is impossible to state with any surety exactly when the technique was first practiced, it would not be beyond the realm of possibility that the earliest astrologers plied their skill in the plains of Chaldea, centuries before the emergence of Christianity. It may certainly be traced to Babylon in the First Millemmium BC, but the Zodiac used during those antiquated times was very different...containing eighteen signs. The first Zodiac comprised of twelve signs appeared in Babylon and Ancient Greece between the Fifth and Third Centuries BC. However, not all the same animals were used as are employed today and not always in the same time periods as we know them in the modern age. The word "zodiac" itself stems from the Roman "zodiacus," which in turn is derived from the Greek "zodiakos," and literally means "circle of animals."
For many a long year, the secrets of this art were closely guarded, but when the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Babylonia and Chaldea fell into decay, their sciences (among them, the rules of astrology) passed to the Greeks and Romans. There, even in a sceptical and material age, the most enlightened of men continued to believe in the message of the heavens. "Astrology" is, after all, a Greek word..."astro" meaning "star" and "logos" meaning "words." In short, "star words" or "star messages."
Later, the Arabs became the greatest practitioners of astrology and even today, it plays a very important role in the daily life of Mohammedan nations. When this doctrine of astrology finally arrived in Europe from Arabia, kings, emperors and princes of the Church all began to harbor an implicit faith in the influences of the stars and it was far from unusual for a rich man to retain his own domestic astrologer who would advise and forewarn him.
Many famous astrologers of those and later times are also celebrated for their achievements in other sciences. Regiomontanus, Bishop of Ratisbon, for example, who reformed the calendar; Johann Keplar, who discovered the fundamental laws on which the solar system is built; Tycho Brahe, the gifted Danish astronomer; Jerome Cardan, physician, philosopher and mystic; Pierre Gassendo, one of the greatest mathematicians in history; Philip Melacthon, pioneer of the Reformation; and John Flamsteed, famous astrologer and the first Astronomer Royal of England.
Indeed, in 1675, it was Flamsteed who selected Greenwich, England, for the erection of an observatory. The reason for his choice? When he made his mathematical calculations during the 1670s, the meridian running through Greenwich was the geodetic equivalent of no degrees of Aries...the first of the Zodiac signs and the beginning or spring point. London was then the world's greatest city and the center of learning. Greenwich lies on the zero degree of longitude and, from that line, the meridians are numbered. Also from that line, comes "Greenwich mean time," upon which time in every corner of the Earth is based.
Astrology does not compel, it impels. Because it divines only the human soul itself, indicating the road along which your moral and mental qualities are likely to propel an individual, astrology can be an unfailing signpost to the future. Astrology can aid in overcoming the potential pitfalls in an individual's path, just as it can provide fair warning of the opportunities and luck that are to come along the way, making a person alert and ready to seize at every chance with both hands.
Humbug, you say? Hogwash, you mutter? Maybe. Of course, you are free to turn away now and leave this domed tower, if you so choose. An exit may be found in the south wall to transport you back to the Towers of Penumbra and there are no forces at work to restrain you, with one possible exception...the glimmering pointer which beckons you toward the window where your own particular astrological sign is shimmering. Beyond that portal, secrets are waiting to be revealed: personality traits, portents of fortune, specifications of an ideal partner...and more.
Abraxas, the wizened, wizardly Steward of the Constellation Chamber seeks no converts but, in his papery-thin voice, does whisper invitingly:
"Aren't you just a little bit curious?"
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