Along the history, it is proven that the horoscope has been used by many cultures as a method of prediction or divination, both by kings, rulers or people in general. For this reason, countless types or styles of this divinatory procedure have originated, which today is part of astrology and has triggered different horoscope trends in the world.
If we look for the concept of horoscope, we will find that it refers to the prediction and interpretation of a person’s future, according to the arbitrary or relative position of the planets of the solar system, at the time of their birth. And if we want to know about the origin of the word, it is said that it comes from the Greek: “Wpa”, which means hour and “skopeo”, to examine; that is to say, “I look at the time”, an allusion to the importance of the time of birth in calculating an astral chart.
The Greco-Latin culture begins to give the horoscope the character that brings it closer to our days; but long before, in Babylon, with the Persian kingdom, horoscopic astronomy was born; and if we go further back, from ancient times, much moreEven marks and signs have been found on stones, sticks and bones in which Upper Paleolithic man, kept a record of the celestial phases. But it is not until the 8th century BC that the division of the zodiacal signs appears.
On the other hand, there is a Mesopotamian tablet that shows in a decisive way the constellations of the path of the moon and that specifies 17 groups of celestial bodies that would be the precursors of the signs of the zodiac; but after three long centuries of doubts and hesitations, where 11 signs were already admitted, in the year 400 BC the horoscope of 12 signs was finally established, Libra being the last to arrive.
However, the figures that make up the celestial bodies are visual associations that correspond to astrology, but not with the astronomical characteristics and, these figures began to vary, according to the interpretation of each culture and the influence of the different religions, substituting the symbols for closer and more representative elements of each people, differing in the number and division of the signs. In this way the horoscopes of the world arose.
In this way, we arrive at the long list of horoscopes in the world and that today are consulted both in the West and in the East. In this opportunity we will only give their names so that you have the curiosity to investigate and choose the one that you like or that suits you best. Starting, then, with: The Western, Aztec, Chinese, Celtic, Arabic, Alchemist, Druid, Indian, Mayan, Orisha, Wuykû, Hindu, Gypsy, Egyptian horoscope.
The important thing is that it is clear that even having certain differences in terms of images ranging from animals, trees, ancient weapons, divinities, objects of daily life, etc. everyone can or tend to the predictions, characteristics, abilities, tastes of the people who are governed by each of these signs.