The foundations of western astrology started long before the ancient Greeks. The people who settled in Mesopotamia (roughly, present-day southern Iraq) around 4000 BC considered the sun, the moon and Venus to be gods, or the homes of gods. Among them were people who were thought to have the ability to communicate with the gods. They were able to tell of future events such as eclipses through keeping an eye on the planets and stars. The astrological theories that were gradually developed in ancie