Astrological Myths. From the Star of Bethlehem and the Celestial Cow to the Babylonian Horoscope and the Mysteries of Mithras

In this book, you will learn about the history of the zodiac, star charts, constellations, and the first horoscopes, as well as how our ancestors came to these knowledge and what they sought to find in the endless sky. In a convenient pocketbook format.

Astrological myths originated in deep antiquity from cosmogonic legends and religious beliefs. They were formed not only based on hours of observations of the starry sky but also as a result of reflections on fate, the interconnection of all things, the random and the regular in life.

Ideas about stars as a flock of sheep driven by the shepherd-Moon, about eclipses as a dragon devouring the Sun, about the Heavenly River, and other mythological motifs developed throughout Eurasia: from India and China to Greece and Scandinavia.