จุดกำเนิดโหราศาสตร์: เมื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ ตำนานเทพ และคำทำนายมาบรรจบกัน
Summary
Astrology may be humanity’s oldest discipline, being the point where sky observation, mythology and the wish to understand one’s fate all meet.
The talk traces it from the Sumerians and Babylonians over five thousand years ago, through Greece, Rome, India and on to Thailand.
The question it answers is how each planet acquired its meaning: Mars and war, Venus and love, Jupiter and teaching and wisdom.
Key points
Astronomy and astrology start from the same place
Systematic sky-watching began because someone wanted to predict, which is the source of both.
A planet’s name is a god’s name
Their meanings come not from the planets but from the deities they were named for, which explains everything downstream.
The system travelled and changed on the way
What reached Thailand carries an Indian layer and an older one beneath it, stacked without anyone noticing.
Explaining an origin is not ruling on validity
The talk shows how these meanings arose without deciding for the viewer.