There are many BOOKS about astrology that prove that astrology works. So far, I have not seen a single one that explains w h y it works. After all, the distances between an earthling and the cosmic bodies, which are the determining factors of a horoscope, are immense. It makes sense that the sun and the moon influence life on earth because of their relative proximity and the radiation coming from them. It dos not make sense that, for instance, the planet Pluto, which is a small object at the outer limits of the solar system, should affect life on earth. And yet it can have profound effects on someone's life because this planet moves so slowly that its influence through a specific aspect.
3 How, where, when, did astrology originate? How, where, when, why did man first begin to believe that the Sun, Moon and visible planets influence his character and life, the health of his beasts, the quality of his crops, the weather — indeed, every aspect of life on earth?
The answer must be, almost as soon as he was capable of intelligent thought, for he then realized that the Sun as a source of warmth and light ruled all living things; that with the Moon the tides swelled and sank, that it affected other natural cycles, that it had an effect upon emotional stability. Here was the basis of an astrological theory. Interestingly, some of the earliest astrological artefacts to have survived come from the Middle East where, in about 15,000 BC, the earliest agricultural systems evolved — gardeners have always recognized that there is a difference between the quality of morning and afternoon light, and that the times at which plants are planted, herbs picked, seem to affect their growth and virtue.