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I don't know of any religion that includes zodiac signs. I think it is mysticism, more the hope that there is order and not just chaos, rather than the belief that some specific force created a zodiac system. Some Greek god tossing something or someone's remains up into the sky to create a constellation is not the same as noting a correlation between the moon phase and people's actions.Zodiac Signs are just more religious superstition
Taoism and Greek Paganism are some good examples. Zodiac signs also played a part in with the Babylonian Religion thousands of years ago.I don't know of any religion that includes zodiac signs.
The official definition of mysticism is "belief that union with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute"mysticism
but I don't think you can pin zodiac mysticism on a religion.
I can agree that Astronomy and Religion are two very different things that often get thrown into the same boat together for the benefits of a person's religious beliefs (confirmation bias).Some Greek god tossing something or someone's remains up into the sky to create a constellation is not the same as noting a correlation between the moon phase and people's actions.
Taoism has a similar philosophy that your personality is affected by the year you were born. Kind of odd, an entire year's children having similar personalities, much worse than the discussion above finding fault that everyone born in a specific month-long segment of time would have a similar personality.Taoism and Greek Mythology
"Belief" in zodiac I feel is a bit overblown. I consider trying to understand our own personality is a good thing, and astrology is an interesting tool to examine it. Similarly I consider tarot to be an interesting tool to understand situations from a different perspective.
An online acquaintance of the Desk asked:
"You might be able to answer this: 'One of my relatives' reads their horoscope every day and really believes in it. Is there really anything to it?"
Sure, give us a bit to do some research and we'll see.
And while we're at it, we'll look at the larger worlds of Astrology/Astromancy (all puns at no extra charge) in its Sidereal, Judicial, Tropical, and other forms, as well as whatever else we find in that file drawer. And, of course, there will be however many tangents and side trips and even a look at the ancient science of melothesia in light of the electrical properties of our Solar System and maybe even what happened to the Thirteenth sign of the Zodiac.
And, as is the way of things, we'll drop by our old stomping grounds of Alchemy and tie the two together before moving on again to look at a couple of other applications of the subject, such as the famous Astronomical Town Clocks and other topics that come up as we go. Then later, perhaps toward the very end, we'll look at why some Western religious doctrines categorically condemn it in the same breath they do the practice of witchcraft even while they glorify and sing songs about a small group of its practitioners from long ago.
Then later we'll wonder if it is a case of:
Nisi credideritis, non intelligitis. "Unless you believe, you will not understand."
- Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430), early Christian Theologian. (another quote below)