The Roman Horoscope

November 24, 2008

The roman horoscope is the precursor to contemporary western astrology.

Founded on the principles evolved from the Hellenistic astrology, the Roman horoscope was also a pagan religion. Once the Italians conquered the Greeks they advanced the school of thought on their theory that God equals sky.

The roman elite considered astronomy an acceptable form of science. Where the Romans advanced their thinking was, they introduced the concept of astrology as it pertained to astronomy. Astronomy predicted the movement of the heavens and astrology interpreted those movements. If a solar eclipse were predicted (astronomy); then famine and bad omens would result (astrology). The roman horoscope became the indicator of daily life for the Romans. The Roman emperor would contact the astrologer up wakening and have them review the daily chart. Is it a good day for visitors? Would travel be safe today? Do the stars foretell war?

Unexpected astronomical events such as shooting stars or eclipses could mean the difference between life and death for individuals depending in the interpretations from the stars. The astrologers held immense power over the political, social and spiritual lives of the Romans.

This uncontrolled power that the astrologers held led some Roman emperors to cast aside the use of Roman horoscopes as slight of hand technique to keep the emperors under their fist. The roman horoscope’s reputation became soiled and followers became known as Chaldeans; the charlatan’s of their age.

The philosophers of Rome included astrology into their theories. Ptolemy viewed astrology as part of the philosophy that all of nature is absolute. The stars and planets were placed in their patterns as in intentional message for the observer. This philosophy agreed with the interpretations of the Roman horoscope.

Religious holidays were honored during events cast by astronomy such as celebrating the solstice, the wavering of the moon. The Romans felt by honoring these astronomical occasions, they would be able to persuade the gods to look down upon them favorably.

The Roman horoscope interpretation of an astronomical event was not founded in a hard science. From studying the stars, twelve deities were determined from the constellations. These twelve deities later became the twelve signs of the zodiac. The Romans believed that a child born under a certain constellation was directly tied to the God that represented them. The child took on the spirit of the god. This was the inception of horoscopes astrology rather than a mythic horoscope. The locations of the planets determined the personality of the individual at the time of their birth.

The roman horoscope involved charting from a birth wheel, determining the location of the houses at the time of birth and predicting the nature of the child born with those characteristics. The differences between the Roman horoscope and contemporary horoscope is that the Roman’s also viewed direct control from the gods on the child; a puppet string was attached from the child to the stars controlling their every thought and move, yet without the influence of the Roman horoscope, western astrology would have not have evolved as it is today.

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