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/^t/Astrology means the art of observing the position of the stars in the belief that they influence human affairs. Astrology started to develop in antiquity, flourished in the Middle Ages. Now it is very often neglected and treated as a pseudo-science. It was astrology that helped astronomy to develop as priests in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt were so much interested in observing the stars and planets. Nowadays astrology has been using what astronomers have learnt about the heavenly bodies.