ASTROLOGY PHILIPPINES

By Mari Garcia The Cross of Matter is a fundamental principle of Astrology and as such is the backbone of any chart. Its components are the four angles: the Ascendant, the MC, the Descendant and the IC. The concept is based on divisions of the circle described by the path of the sun and planets across the sky as seen from the earth. Indeed, the Greek word ‘horoskopos’ means the ‘watcher of the hour’ describing the fact that originally, the celestial observers would record what stars or planets were rising at different hours of the day. These were used as markers in the construction of calendars for religious observances. The earliest records of natal astrology go back to the Babylonians whose astrology we would describe as ‘omen’ astrology, in the sense that they used not only the planets and the stars, but the winds, the flight of birds, comets and other phenomena. These were recorded on stones and were used to describe the nature of the time in which they appeared. ...