Zodiac Signs And Purpose Of Astrology

Attention Getter: Everyone is curious about their futures, we always want to what is to come. We want to know about the person we will marry or what our strengths and weaknesses are. Everyone is longing to know what their future career will be or what kind of friends they might be drawn to. There is a way we can supposedly know all this information, we can learn about our futures through zodiac signs.
Relate to Audience: I’m sure most of you all know your own zodiac sign and might have tried reading your horoscope on snapchat or instagram.
Establish Credibility: To me, horoscopes are fun and entertaining to read every once and awhile and I even follow some horoscope accounts on social media.
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Preview the Body: Today, I’ll be going beyond basic horoscopes and jump into the history of zodiac signs and astrology. I’ll explain the original uses and purpose of astrology. Also, I will explain how they came to be as the horoscopes we read today.

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Stargazing was seen as a form of entertainment before we had TV, cell phones, or even books to read, but it is the Babylonians who are credited with the birth of astrology. Early on, they were following star patterns to predict seasons. Babylonian studies were eventually introduced to the Greeks around fourth century BCE. Astronomers such as Plato or Aristotle took the studies in as science. As it spread to other societies such as the Romans it was used mostly for prediction purposes. The predictions spread beyond weather forecasts and the constellations began to foresee natural disasters and