History records that since ancient times, human beings have been keenly aware of the influences that the celestial structures have on our earth and its inhabitants.

This process began about six thousand years ago, when human beings began tracking and recording the 'heavenly bodies' and its effects on us, and our environment.

Among the first people known to have kept astronomical records were the Chaldeans in southern Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago; the Indo-Aryans in the Indus Valley; the Egyptians; the Chinese around 2,500 BC, and the Aztec and Mayans.

It began with the Sun and Moon, then the stars, which in time led to the development of calendars.

There was no distinction between Astronomy and Astrology, as the ancient sages recorded every celestial structure and its specific effects on people and their environment.

For the Egyptians, whose economy depended on agriculture, they could easily predict the Nile's annual flood, which would in turn irrigate their fields.

They would wait for the morning in which Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, would first appear after being blocked by the sun. Then, with this 'heliacal rising' they could predict the annual floods.

Navigators sailed vast stretches of sea, by plotting their course by the stars, and Venus played a particularly important role in determining when to travel.

From these early times, there has been a 7 day week, to match each quarter phase of the Moon, and the 12 months of the year reflect the Moon's completion of it's cycle of phases, 12 times a year.

They also grouped stars into constellations and associated specific characteristics to them, based on their observations. Each civilization describing them under their own language and culture.

This gave rise to the Zodiac, which is a belt of 12 specific constellations, signs commonly known by their Greco-Roman names: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.

Other planets were identified, observed and catalogued according to their various significations, in the same way they did with the Sun and Moon. These planets include Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Venus, and North & South Node of the Moon.