The definition of astrology

What is it?  If you search for a few minutes on the internet you will find a number of different definitions.  Unfortunately, most of them wrong.

They are wrong in the sense that does not reflect accurately the way in which many astrologers conceptualize and then define its own theme.  This is often because the definitions of astrology are written by people who have little or no familiarity with the subject, and thus are written from the perspective of an outsider.

The purpose of this article, then, is to outline a definition of astrology which is broad enough to encompass most or all views of the subject by real doctors.   It will then be contrasted this definition with some of the most common ones that exist today.

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Astrology is the study of the correlation between celestial and earthly events.

That's all.  Now, one could argue that the definition is too broad, but I would say that it lacks specificity makes precision.  This here:

Most contemporary definitions of astrology assume astrologers to posit some sort of celestial force that exerts an influence on earthly events, on account of the things certain astrological alignments says that they correlate with.  The problem with this is that such definitions of astrology ignore a discussion of long standing within the astrological community about whether celestial objects that is used in astrology act as signs or causes of things that correlate with here on Earth.

In fact, I would say that most of the modern Western astrologers today argue that movements of celestial stars and planets actually correlate with terrestrial events, but do not cause these events to be held.  Or in other words, celestial objects act as signs of events that correlate with, but does not cause.

This is usually conceptualized in terms of a modified version of the theory of Carl Jung's "synchronicity", where there may be an acausal connecting to objects or events in the time which consists of equivalence in meaning or symbolism.    Thus, for example, while an astrologer might say that the 10 House of a natal chart Mars might "suggest" or "means" someone who has a career as an athlete or someone who is in the army, which does not necessarily mean that they believe that Marte causes that the person may have that path.  Instead, the planetary locations at the time of the birth of a person simply reflect or symbolize different facets of his life and future.

Signs Versus causes in astrology astrological TraditionWestern originated in Mesopotamia as a form of divination, and as a form of divination, astrology was conceptualized as the attempt by the gods to communicate their intentions to humanity through celestial signs and omens.  Despite the celestial omens they thought to convey messages about the future, this does not necessarily mean that it is conceptualized as a cause of these future events to be held.   Francesca Rochberg, one of the top scholars in the field of Mesopotamian Astrology today, explains

The relationship between the phenomenon and the anticipated event has aroused much debate, the consensus is that the relationship is not causal, but most of the simple association or correlation order.  The Declaration of omen would therefore interpreted not as x causes and, but if x, (which also) and.  (Francesca Rochberg, the heavenly writing, Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 58)

The astrological tradition, sometime during the late Hellenistic period, introduced a new conceptualization of astrology that you see the planets as efficient cause of earthly events.  However the earliest conceptualization of based on the sign of astrology still persists as competing or alternative viewpoint and this seems to they have led to a debate within the astrological community.  For example, in the i century CE Seneca recognized both positions during the course of making some brief observations where criticized the usefulness of astrology:

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