{"product_id":"astrology-andrea-richards-9783836599801","title":"Astrology","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the beginning of human history, individuals across cultures and  belief systems have looked to the sky for meaning. The movement of  celestial bodies and their relation to our human lives has been the  central tenant of astrology for thousands of years. The practice has  both inspired reverence and worship, and deepened our understanding of  ourselves and the world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e While modern-day horoscopes may be the most familiar form of  astrological knowledge, their lineage reaches back to ancient  Mesopotamia. As author Andrea Richards recounts in Astrology, the second volume in TASCHEN's Library of Esoterica series,  astronomy and astrology were once sister sciences: the King's Chamber  of the Great Pyramid at Giza was built to align with constellations,  Persian scholars oversaw some of the first observatories, and even  Galileo cast horoscopes for the Medicis. But with the Enlightenment and  the birth of exact science, the practice moved to places where mystery  was still permitted, inspiring literature, art, and psychology, and  influenced artists and thinkers such as Goethe, Byron, and Blake. Later  movements like the Theosophists and the New Agers, would thrust the  practice into the mainstream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Edited by Jessica Hundley, this vibrant visual history of Western astrology explores  the symbolic meaning behind hundreds of images, from Egyptian temples  and illuminated manuscripts to contemporary art from across the globe.  Works by artists from Alphonese Mucha and Hilma af Klint to Arpita  Singh and Manzel Bowman are sequenced to mirror the spin of the planets  and the wheel of the zodiac. Astrology celebrates the stars and their mysterious influence on our everyday lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrea Richards","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48172324028659,"sku":"9783836599801","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9783836599801.jpg?v=1764183911","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/astrology-andrea-richards-9783836599801","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}