History Astrology:Origin,Ancient Significance,Regional Contexts"-Zoom-Sep16

History & Anthropology Lovers don't miss this Zoom talk by Dr. James Rietveld "History of Astrology: Origins, Ancient Significance, Regional Contexts" on Wednesday, September 16, 8 p.m.

Pay What You Wish: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1998522626976

Most of us have been asked, "What’s your sign?" which carries a range of subtexts from someone wanting to forecast your future, to thinly veiled pick-up lines.

Whether you believe in its intrinsic spiritual value, see it as a science on a cosmic order, feel it’s a load of rubbish, or view it as a doctrine of demons, like it or not, astrology is part of our collective past and still a feature of contemporary life within many contexts. Every ancient culture at some point or another created a complex astrological system, whether it was in Ancient China, India or Egypt.

For the ancients, astrology and what we consider today as the science of astronomy were viewed as one and the same, so to separate the two from one another would be out of context to understanding how the ancients viewed the phenomenological universe.

We will delve into the HISTORY OF ASTROLOGY, revealing the development of this system of belief over time. A truly fascinating topic!

This lecture will be posted on the Dr. James Rietveld Salon Lecture You Tube channel, where you can also watch previous lectures: dr.jamesrietveldsalonlectu2903

Dr. James Rietveld is a professor at CSU, Fullerton and Cal Poly Pomona, CA of History, Anthropology, Religion with a PHD from Claremont School of Religion, is the author of two books, and can be seen on History channel's "Crazy Rich Ancients."