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he astrology - is a doctrine about influence of both - stars and planets on character and destiny of the human beings. Through ages astrology aspired to grope and to interpret this connection between the man and space. Shall we ponder deeply, we will see, that not only all history of mankind and our culture, but also all our life are penetrated by astrology.
All kinds of religions have also absorbed the bases of a science about the stars in their devotions. It is known that many religious beliefs are rooted in astrology, proving the idea that there is interdependence between man and space. On the walls of ancient churches and on ancient temple's frescos we can find images devoted to planets, stars, and space in general. The Tibetan branch of an astrology where monks are in the role of both servants of a cult and the astrologists exists even to this very day. For these people astrology is like a bridge between science and religion.
It is known that the ancient scientists - astronomers, who simultaneously were also astrologists, connected the position of planets in the sky with such natural phenomena as earthquakes, volcanos' eruption, epidemics, and had no doubt that it influenced the people's destiny as well. The first scientist of the modern age, who examined interrelation between the arrangement of heavenly bodies and events on the earth, was Kepler. It was he who found connection between ebb and flow and lunar attraction. Science today has explained how planets influence on biological and geological spheres and organism, and scattered all sceptics' doubts about scientific character of the astrology. Has been proved that everything in astrology build on physical laws but not on mystics.
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