Polly Rogers
Professor Ingram
UWRT 1102
2/5/17
Topic: How has the information provided by Astrology and Zodiacs been proven over time?
SOURCE
Tester, S. J. A History of
Western Astrology.
Woodbridge, Suffolk,
Boydell Press, 1999.
Hartner, Willy. "The mercury
horoscope of marcantonio
Michel of Venice: A study in
the History of Renaissance
astrology and astronomy."
Vistas in astronomy 1 (1955):
84-138.
Annotated Bibliography
ANNOTATION THOUGHTS
This book provides Not found surprise in the fact
information on a good that the ideas of astrology
amount of the history of were brought forth by Greek
astrology in Western culture. philosophers.
It begins with the beginnings
of astrology by philosophers
in Greece in 5th century BC. What exactly about the
It then moves on to the Renaissance caused the idea
progression of astrology from of Astrology to shift?
there by philosophers Plato
and later the Stoics. This
book is one of the first major
examinations of astrologys
origins and foundation. It
explores the relationship
between astrology and
religion, magic, and science.
By second century AD, the
astrological ideas that we now
know today were laid down.
Astrology returns to West
until the shift of ideas in the
Renaissance.
The study discusses the Does 7 months not seem like
accuracy between a statuette too far of a stretch?
of Mercury (1527), that
carries a horoscope and
Marcantonio Michel. The
horoscope shows times and
dates that mark significantly

Gurshtein, Alex A. On the
Origin of the Zodiacal
Constellations. Vistas in
Astronomy, vol. 36, 1993, pp.
171190.,
doi:10.1016/0083-6656(93)90
120-9.
important dates in Michels
life. Michels first son Is the curve being
Vettore was born only 7 interchangeable a true sign
months after the implied that there is truth within
conception of his first child. astrology or is that just a
The second part of the study happy coincidence?
discusses the history of
Ptolemys theory of the
algebraic curve. The curve
itself is practically
interchangeable with
Mercurys ellipse.
Article discusses the Do cults believe and practice
reconstructions of the strongly with astrology and
evolution of zodiacal zodiacs?
constellations. Includes
religio-cultural data and If we had had different
artifacts such as, cult solstices would our zodiac
statuettes, boundary stones, houses be changed?
and cylinder seals. It is
argued that the development
of the twelve houses of the
zodiac in three groups of four
over some six millennia was
dictated by the changes made
by precession in the positions
of the vernal and autumnal
equinoxes and the winter and
summer solstices