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Astrology systems

Babylonian Astrology

The first known organised system of astrology, reading the sky as omens for the king and state.

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This page describes the practice. There is deliberately no automated reading for it — see the notes below.

Background

Babylonian astrology was the first known organised system of astrology, arising in the second millennium BC. Hellenistic and later Western astrology developed from it.

How it works

Celestial phenomena were interpreted as omens concerning the king and the state.

At a glance

Also called
Mesopotamian astrology, Celestial omens, Enuma Anu Enlil
Traditions
Mesopotamian
Regions
Middle East & Persia
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Price
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