This background casts light on the significance of the invention of the zodiac 2500 years ago. Ossendrijver calls that the mathematical turn, which was part of the zodiacal turn. Second, the Babylonians went beyond mere empirical observation and developed various mathematical techniques and tools that enabled them to mathematically calculate and predict the orbits of the planets and stars. First, they had already observed and recorded the movements of the celestial bodies, the stars and planets, and recognized regularities and patterns in them. Ossendrijver points out that several elements had to come together in order for the Babylonians to be able to invent the zodiac signs and the horoscope. This is advantageous in that the ZODIAC project aims to deal with the birth of Babylonian astral science, i.e., horoscopy. Mathieu Ossendrijver is not only specialized in the history of ancient science and Assyriology, but he is also an astrophysicist. However, all of the components – the zodiac (in Latin zodiacus, from the Greek word zodiakós), the zodiac signs, the astronomical calculation of the planetary positions, and the astrological interpretation of the whole – can be traced back to a scientific and cultural revolution that is being investigated and interpreted at this new Institute for the History of Knowledge in the Ancient World.Īs head of the research project “ZODIAC – Ancient Astral Science in Transformation” in the newly established institute, historian of science Professor Mathieu Ossendrijver will spend the next five years exploring this zodiacal turn, which took place in ancient Babylon 2500 years ago, i.e., around 500 BCE. Of course, many people would say that such predictions and horoscopes are nothing but superstition.
#OLD ZODIAC GLYPHS PROFESSIONAL#
Jupiter in the 6th house indicates that it will adhere to high standards in professional dealings with others. At 11:00 a.m., the time the opening ceremony began, the Sun was in the 9th house and Mercury in the 8th house, suggesting that the institute might be quite curious and geared toward understanding people. Is it specious to ask whether the opening of a new institute at Freie Universität took place under a lucky star? Born on June 17, 2022, the Institute for the History of Knowledge in the Ancient World has the zodiac sign Gemini with Virgo ascendant.
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