Astrology

The Amazing Golden Hats of Bronze Age Astronomers

16/12/202413/08/2025 Jessica Davidson3 Comments

Last time we explored the way ancient peoples tracked the cycles of the sun and moon using stone circles, passage tombs and massive earthworks. They also encoded the angles of the solstices and lunar standstills into objects like the gold lozenge found near Stonehenge. There are many ways to encode astronomical information into objects and… Continue reading The Amazing Golden Hats of Bronze Age Astronomers

Astro Journal

A Brief History of Astrology

21/11/201606/02/2025 Jessica Davidson2 Comments

Nobody knows when astrology first started, although the study of the stars and cycles of time goes back into prehistory. The first lunar calendar, which was etched into a bone, dates to 32,000 BCE. And there are cave paintings at Lascaux that date to around 17,000 BCE which some say depict the earliest constellations, although… Continue reading A Brief History of Astrology