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Separately from the [[Egyptian astrology|Egyptian astrological]] tradition, Babylonian astrology began to study the sky and record omens of the future around 1800 BC. Babylonian astrologers divided the night sky into 12 signs, which are nearly identical to the modern tropical [[zodiac]]. The first, undisputed personalized horoscope created to divine the future of a person was written in Persia in 408 BC, only four years after the Persian conquest of Egypt. | Separately from the [[Egyptian astrology|Egyptian astrological]] tradition, Babylonian astrology began to study the sky and record omens of the future around 1800 BC. Babylonian astrologers divided the night sky into 12 signs, which are nearly identical to the modern tropical [[zodiac]]. The first, undisputed personalized horoscope created to divine the future of a person was written in Persia in 408 BC, only four years after the Persian conquest of Egypt. | ||
After Alexander the Great invaded Egypt, Egyptian astrology melded with Greek and Persian astrology and the original system of decans gave way to a lunar division of 27 or 28 lunar stations, also known as ''manzil'' (lunar | After Alexander the Great invaded Egypt, Egyptian astrology melded with Greek and Persian astrology and the original system of decans gave way to a lunar division of 27 or 28 lunar stations, also known as ''manzil'' ([[lunar mansion]]s) and to a zodiac of 12 signs, based on an anthropomorphic pattern of constellations, and their use can be seen in the Dendera zodiac dated to circa 50 BCE. | ||
Throughout the Graeco-Roman Period, personalized horoscopes were extremely popular, a practice which persisted throughout the Middle Ages. During the Medieval Period, although astrological skills remained in high demand, there were serious penalties for casting horoscopes of [[Christianity|Christian]] monarchs. [[Magician]] Roger Bolingbroke was sentenced to death for casting a horoscope for King Henry VI. [[Richard III]] had his brother, the Duke of Clarence sentenced to death for ordering a horoscope of King Edward. [[John Dee]] was arrested for casting a horoscope for Queen [[Mary I of England]]. In the 1500s, French astrologer [[Nostradamus]] was careful to conceal his predictions with cryptic wording to avoid charges of treason or [[heresy]]. | Throughout the Graeco-Roman Period, personalized horoscopes were extremely popular, a practice which persisted throughout the Middle Ages. During the Medieval Period, although astrological skills remained in high demand, there were serious penalties for casting horoscopes of [[Christianity|Christian]] monarchs. [[Magician]] Roger Bolingbroke was sentenced to death for casting a horoscope for King Henry VI. [[Richard III]] had his brother, the Duke of Clarence sentenced to death for ordering a horoscope of King Edward. [[John Dee]] was arrested for casting a horoscope for Queen [[Mary I of England]]. In the 1500s, French astrologer [[Nostradamus]] was careful to conceal his predictions with cryptic wording to avoid charges of treason or [[heresy]]. | ||