Babylonian astrology

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Babylonian astrology is an ancient Mesopotamian system of celestial divination that laid much of the foundational structure and symbolism later adopted by Western astrology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astrological tradition
cultural practice
divination system
appliesToJurisdiction Babylonian kingship
basedOn observation of planets
observation of stars
observation of the Moon
observation of the Sun
coreTenet celestial phenomena reflect divine will
countryOfOrigin Babylonia NERFINISHED
developedFrom Mesopotamian celestial omen traditions
differentFrom Chinese astrology
Egyptian astrology
fieldOfWork Babylonian astronomers
followedBy Hellenistic horoscopic astrology
hasConcept celestial portents
correspondence between heaven and earth
omen series
planetary gods
zodiacal signs
hasPart Enuma Anu Enlil NERFINISHED
MUL.APIN NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Neo-Assyrian period NERFINISHED
Neo-Babylonian period NERFINISHED
inception late 2nd millennium BCE
influenced Greek astrology
Hellenistic astrology NERFINISHED
Roman astrology
Western astrology
language Akkadian NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity ancient Mesopotamia
partOf Mesopotamian religion NERFINISHED
practicedBy Babylonian scholars
court astrologers
temple priests
use celestial divination
omen interpretation
prediction of military outcomes
prediction of political events
prediction of weather
royal policy guidance
state decision-making
uses eclipse omens
fixed stars
hepatoscopy correlations
lunar omens
planetary omens
zodiac
writingSystem cuneiform

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Western astrology developedFrom Babylonian astrology