Star Light, Star Bright

Today there are numerous places where one can look up a daily horoscope: magazines, newspapers, and a plethora of online websites. Horoscopes are not just randomly thought up each day by the writer. They are carefully researched, interpreted, and written by analyzing the placement of the stars and planets on a given day. The growth of astrology, and the resulting knowledge, is closely tied to the study of constellations. Astrology has grown from the past and by researching the history of astrology and constellations one can infer that they have a similar history and future to the world.

Understanding constellations provides a basis for understanding what astrology is, and how the constellations fit into that particular form of science. Constellations are groups of stars that form a shape in the sky, as interpreted by people who study the stars. Astrology is the study of how events in peoples daily lives correspond, and are effected by, the positions and movements of celestial bodies. As the concepts of astrology became more widely used and understood, many ancient civilizations like the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Romans and Greeks began to add onto the ideas of astrology.

As the awareness of astrology increased many people/civilizations around the world developed new ideas about how to apply astrology into their lives. They began to see how it could apply to their own individual lives, as well as major world events. Ancient people believed that the stars were a reflection of what the gods were doing in the heavens. Farmers began to use stars as a source of how and when to plant their crops and maintain cattle. For example, whenever Polaris, the North Star, appeared in the sky, farmers used its guiding light to safely get ...

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...e the many who turn to the constellations for a source of entertainment and reference. The references that stars provide could be for the month, time of day, or for a source of a future omen as to what sort of day is to come. As futuristic technology begins to sweep over the nation, constellation are beginning to be forgotten, but the few believers of the constellations use still them as a source of guidance and entertainment. For wishing or for dazing, constellations are a steady source of wonder.

“Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight I wish I may, I wish I might have this wish I wish tonight.” Even as a young child we learn to use the stars as wish granters to grant our fortune. Although the immature minds of children do not really know what the stars in the sky represent, they are capable to using them as if they have been mastered in astrology.