Astrology For Dummies
Chapter One
An Astrological Overview:
The Horoscope in Brief
In This Chapter
* Picturing the solar system
* Rambling through the zodiac
* Classifying the signs by polarity, modality, and element
* Contemplating the Sun, the Moon, and the planets
* Introducing the rulers of each sign
* Discovering the Ascendant
* Wandering through the houses
Legend has it that Sir Isaac Newton, widely considered the greatest genius
of all time, may have explored astrology. Newton had a complex, curious
mind. In addition to inventing calculus and discovering the universal law of
gravity, he was interested in alchemy (the quest to turn ordinary metals into
gold), the Bible, and astrology. When his friend Edmund Halley (after whom
the comet is named) made a disparaging remark about it, Newton, a conservative
Capricorn, shot right back, "Sir, I have studied the subject. You have
not." Or so the story goes.
Like every other astrologer, I like to think that story might be true. After all,
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