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This is an incomplete list of the different traditions, types, systems, methods, applications, and branches of astrology
Astrology

Astrology is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs which hold that the relative positions of astronomical object and related details can provide useful information about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial matters....
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This is an incomplete list of the different traditions, types, systems, methods, applications, and branches of astrology
Astrology

Astrology is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs which hold that the relative positions of astronomical object and related details can provide useful information about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial matters....
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Current traditions

Traditions still practiced in modern times include:
  • Chinese astrology
    Chinese astrology

    Chinese astrology is based on the astronomy and traditional calendars. The Chinese astrology does not calculate the positions of the sun, moon and planets at the time of birth....
  • Electional astrology
    Electional astrology

    Electional astrology is a branch found in most systems of astrology. In western culture one can see remnants of this in ceremonies such as the cutting of a ribbon to open a new building....
  • Horary astrology
    Horary astrology

    Horary astrology is an ancient branch of horoscopic astrology by which an astrologer attempts to answer a question by constructing a horoscope for the exact time at which the question was received and understood by the astrologer....
  • Horoscopic astrology
    Horoscopic astrology

    Horoscopic astrology is a form of astrology which uses a horoscope, a visual representation of the heavens, for a specific moment in time in order to interpret the inherent meaning underlying the alignment of the planets in astrology at that moment....
    • Natal astrology
      Natal astrology

      Natal astrology, also known as genethliacal astrology, is the system of astrology based upon the concept that each individual's personality or path in life can be determined by constructing a natal chart for the exact date, time, and location of a person's childbirth....
  • Indian astrology
    • Sidereal astrology
      Sidereal astrology

      Sidereal astrology is the system of astrology used by some Western and all Jyotish astrology who base their interpretation around the use of the Sidereal time zodiac....
  • Western astrology
    Western astrology

    Western astrology is the system of astrology most popular in Western countries. Western astrology originated in Babylonian astrology during the 2nd millennium BC, from where it spread to much of the world....
    • Tropical astrology
      Tropical Astrology

      Tropical astrology is a type of astrology based on a zodiac whose points of reference are the tropics. The word tropic comes from the Greek for "turning point," and originally meant the point at which the sun at sunrise and sunset appears to turn, and to move north in the northern hemisphere and south in the southern hemisphere along the...
  • Astrological Ages


Historical traditions

Traditions which were once widely used but have either partly or fully fallen into disuse:
  • Agricultural astrology
  • Arab and Persian astrology
    Arab and Persian astrology

    Persian Astrology has its roots in the Zend-Avesta, parts of which are very similar to the Rig Veda. Much of the ancient cosmology of Persia/Iran has been lost because of the advent of the Koran and the systematic destruction of Pre-Islamic libraries....
     and Islamic astrology
    Islamic astrology

    Islamic astrology, in Arabic ilm al-nujum or ilm al-falak, is the study of the heavens by early Muslims. In early Arabic sources, ilm al-nujum was used to refer to both Astrology and astronomy....
  • Babylonian astrology
    Babylonian astrology

    In Babylonia as well as in Assyria as a direct offshoot of Babylonian culture , astrology takes its place in theofficial cult as one of the two chief means at the disposal of the priests for ascertaining the will and intention of the deity, the other being through the inspection of the liver of the sacrificial animal ....
  • Celtic astrology
    Celtic astrology

    Early Irish astrology is the obscure astrology system practiced by the ancient Irish people. Little is known about this native system of astrology, as it is only described in a few Old Irish manuscripts, none of which have been published or fully translated....
  • Egyptian astrology
    Egyptian astrology

    Classical astrology in Egypt only developed after it was conquered by Alexander the Great....
  • Hellenistic astrology
    Hellenistic astrology

    Hellenistic astrology is a tradition of horoscopic astrology that was developed and practiced in Hellenistic Egypt and the Mediterranean, whose texts were written in Ancient Greek , sometime around the late 2nd or early 1st century BCE....
  • Judicial astrology
    Judicial astrology

    Judicial astrology is the art of forecasting future events by calculation of the planetary and stellar bodies and their relationship to the Earth....
  • Katarchic astrology
    Katarchic astrology

    Katarchic astrology is the application of horoscopic astrology to determine an auspicious moment to begin a venture or undertaking, otherwise known as electional astrology, as well as to interpret the auspiciousness of an inception that has already taken place....
  • Mayan astrology
  • Medical astrology
    Medical astrology

    Medical astrology is an ancient medical system that associates various parts of the body, diseases, and drugs as under the influence of the sun, moon, and planets, along with the twelve astrological signs....
  • Medieval astrology
  • Meteorological astrology
    Meteorological astrology

    Meteorological astrology is the practice of applying the astrological/astronomical placements of the Sun, Moon, and planets to forecast the weather....
  • Mundane astrology
    Mundane astrology

    Mundane astrology is the application of astrology to world affairs and world events, taking its name from the Latin word Mundus, meaning "the World"....
  • Nadi astrology
    Nadi astrology

    Nadi astrology is a form of Hindu astrology practised in Tamil Nadu, India. It is based on the belief that the past, present and the future lives of all humans were foreseen by Hindu sages in ancient times and written down as Palm leaf manuscript ....
  • Political astrology
  • Tibetan astrology
    Tibetan Astrology

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Recent Western developments

Traditions which have arisen relatively recently in the West:
  • Cosmobiology
    Cosmobiology

    Historically, the term 'Kosmobiologie' was used by the Germans medical astrologer Dr Friedrich Feerhow and Swiss statistician Karl Krafft in a more general sense "to designate that branch of astrology working on scientific foundations and keyed to the natural sciences"....
  • Evolutionary astrology
    Evolutionary astrology

    Evolutionary astrology is a theory most often applied to the practice of natal astrology which says that souls evolve over lifetimes and are born with pre-existing experiences and orientations that affect the native's current incarnation....
  • Financial astrology
    Financial astrology

    Financial astrology is the practice of relating the movements of celestial bodies to events in financial markets. The use of astrology in financial markets is not consistent with standard economic or financial theory, but might be considered heterodox economics....
  • Hamburg School of Astrology
    Hamburg School of Astrology

    The Hamburg School of Astrology originated in Hamburg, Germany, and revolved around the research and teachings of surveyor/astrologer/amateur astronomer Alfred Witte....
    • Uranian astrology
      Uranian astrology

      Uranian astrology is a relatively recent methodological approach to astrology based on teachings of Germany Surveyor /astrologer Alfred Witte , founder of the Hamburg School of Astrology....
      , subset of the Hamburg School
  • Harmonic astrology
  • Heliocentric astrology
  • Huber School of Astrology
  • Locational astrology
    Locational astrology

    Locational astrology is an umbrella term used to describe various types of astrology at specific locations on the Earth. As a result, various texts may differ on its precise definition and range of techniques....
    • Astrocartography
      Astrocartography

      Astrocartography is one of several methods of Locational Astrology, which purports to identify varying life conditions through differences in location....
  • Psychological astrology
    Psychological astrology

    Psychological Astrology, Astrological Psychology or Astropsychology is a recent product of the cross-fertilisation of the fields of astrology with depth psychology, humanistic psychology, and transpersonal psychology....
     or Astropsychology
  • Sun sign astrology
    Sun sign astrology

    Sun-sign astrology is the form of astrology most commonly found in many newspaper and magazine columns. It is a simplified system of astrology which considers only the position of the Sun, which is said to be placed within one of the twelve zodiac signs depending on the month of birth....
  • Tarotscope
    Tarotscope

    Tarotscope - The art of divination using the twin disciplines of Tarot and western astrology.This process was first introduced via the publication Bahrain This Month by noted astrologer Raphael and now enjoys a growing following amongst believers in either or both of the two fields....


Esoteric systems of astrology

Astrological concepts applied to various esoteric schools of thought or forms of divination
Divination

Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of a standardized process or ritual. Diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact with a supernatural agency....
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  • Alchemy and astrology
    Classical planets in western alchemy

    Alchemy in the Western World and other locations where it was widely practiced was allied and intertwined with traditional Babylonian-Greek style astrology; in numerous ways they were built to complement each other in the search for occult ....
    • Astrology and the classical elements
      Astrology and the classical elements

      Astrology has used the concept of classical elements from antiquity up until the present. In Western astrology and Indian astrology four elements are used, namely Fire , Earth , Air and Water ....
  • Chiromancy
    Chiromancy

    Chiromancy or cheiromancy, , is the art of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm, also known as palmistry, palm-reading, chirology or hand analysis....
  • Christianity and astrology
    Christianity and astrology

    Christianity and astrology are seen as incompatible by modern orthodox Christian doctrine. Additionally, astrology stands juxtaposed against the roots of modern scientific reasoning, which most modern Christian denominations prefer....
  • Esoteric astrology
    Esoteric astrology

    Esoteric astrology is a branch of Astrology that focuses on the spiritual evolution of a person or groups of persons. Mundane astrology focuses on the Personality type, or one's individual identity....
  • Geomancy
    Geomancy

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  • Kabbalistic astrology
    Kabbalistic astrology

    Kabbalistic astrology is a system of astrology based upon the Hebrew Kabbalah; it is used to interpret and delineate a person's Natal chart, seeking to understand it through a Kabbalistic lens....
  • Numerology
    Astrology and numerology

    Some astrologers believe that each number from 0 to 9 is ruled by a celestial body in our solar system -- the layout below is the most widely accepted system amongst modern astrologers but there are other conflicting systems as well ....
  • Physiognomy
    Physiognomy

    Physiognomy is the assessment of a person's character or personality from their outer appearance, especially the face. The term physiognomy can also refer to the general appearance of a person, object or terrain, without reference to its implied characteristics....
    • Phrenology
      Phrenology

      Phrenology is a defunct field of study, once considered a science, in which the personality traits of a person were determined by "reading" bumps and fissures in the skull....
  • Rosicrucian
    Rosicrucian

    The term Rosicrucian describes a secret society of mystics, allegedly formed in late mediaeval Germany, holding a doctrine "built on esoteric truths of the ancient past", which, "concealed from the average man, provide insight into nature, the physical universe and the spiritual realm....
    ism
  • I Ching
    I Ching

    The I Ching , or ?Y? Jing? ; also called Classic of Changes or Book of Changes is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts....
  • Tarot divination


See also

  • Astrology and astronomy
    Astrology and astronomy

    Astrology and astronomy are historically one and the same discipline , and were only gradually recognized as separate in Western World 17th century philosophy ....
  • Astrological symbols
    Astrological symbols

    Astrological symbols are images used in various astrological systems to denote relevant objects. A number of such images are shown below....
  • Cultural influence of astrology
    Cultural influence of astrology

    During its long history astrology has had a profound impact on cultures throughout the world, especially in art, literature and popular customs....
  • History of astrology
    History of astrology

    The history of Astrology encompasses a great span of human history and many cultures. The belief in a connection between the cosmos and terrestrial matters has also played an important part in human history....
    • Archaeoastronomy
      Archaeoastronomy

      Archaeoastronomy is the study of how past people "have understood the phenomenon in the sky, how they used phenomena in the sky and what role the sky played in their cultures." Clive Ruggles argues it specifically is not the study of ancient astronomy, as astronomy is a culturally specific concept and ancient peoples may have related t...