An overview of the history of astrology over the past 4,000 years, starting in ancient times and ending in the present, with astrologer Chris Brennan.

The talk begins with the ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian astrological traditions, where the concepts of the zodiac and birth charts originated.

Later we discuss Hellenistic astrology, where the fourfold system of chart interpretation was first established, which uses planets, zodiac signs, houses, and aspects.

After that we move into medieval astrology and the development of different branches of the tradition such as horary astrology and the study of JupiterSaturn conjunctions in world history.

Eventually we move into the Renaissance traditions and the decline of astrology during the scientific revolution, followed by the revival and flourishing of astrology in the 20th and 21st centuries.

This talk is based on a lecture that Chris has been giving at conferences since 2006 about how UranusNeptune conjunctions have historically coincided with periods in which there is a major transmission and revival of older forms of astrology, which are then synthesized with whatever the prevailing paradigm is at the time. 

Part of the purpose of the talk is to contextualize some of the current trends in our own time period, and the recent revival of older forms of astrology.

This is episode 280 of The Astrology Podcast:

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Intro
00:02:36 Mesopotamia
00:07:44 Invention of natal astrology
00:16:21 Egypt (Decans)
00:20:58 Conquest of Alexander the Great
00:24:23 Emergence of Hellenistic Astrology
00:32:04 Thema Mundi, rulerships
00:36:19 Aspects
00:37:42 Houses
00:39:08 Planetary Joys
00:41:45 Elements and Zodiac
00:43:00 House significators
00:44:48 Core of the New System
00:47:00 Roman Empire in the 2nd Century CE
00:47:42 Transmission to Persia and India
00:51:40 End of Hellenistic Tradition
00:54:20 Expansion of Islamic Empire
00:55:17 Early Medieval Astrology
01:01:30 Four Traditional Branches
01:05:34 Transfer of Light
01:06:51 Late Medieval Astrology
01:12:10 Renaissance Astrology
01:17:12 Late Traditional Astrology
01:23:30 The Astrological Recession
01:29:06 Rebirth in 20th Century
01:33:12 Modern Astrology
01:43:00 Revival of Traditional Astrology
01:54:33 Uranus Neptune Conjunctions
01:59:30 Chart of historical timeline
02:05:03 Value of Studying the Tradition
02:10:40 The Current Revival
02:15:40 Contributions of Each Tradition
02:21:58 The Hermetic Nature of Astrology
02:26:25 The Future
02:32:34 Further Reading
02:36:10 Concluding remarks