The K8535 tablet is a late Babylonian copy of an early Sumerian astronomical tablet which records a comet, in 2193 BC, emerging from the constellation Triangulum, passing the Pleiades, Aldebaran and moving towards Orion before crashing to earth and devastating the highly advanced, irrigation-based agricultural civilization of Akkad and Sumer, destroying the entire Akkadian empire and capital city of Agade. It was made by an unknown Sumerian astronomer, who sensed the historic

A ceiling carving in a temple in Ranakpur, Rajasthan, India. The human at the center is surrounded by knots which represent the interlinking notion of karma. Karma simply means "action", in that everything we do, think and feel reverberates into the ether causing a reaction which we eventually receive, in this life, the next, or a distant future life.

Geocentric universe and the hierarchies of cherubim and seraphim, etc., leading to God.

The historic Monastery of Dekoulos or Dekoulos, is a 16th century building with the triple church of Zoodochos Pigi, Agios Nikolaos and...

Kalki is described as either a white horse or a warrior on a white horse. In paintings from the Punjab Hills he is usually shown, as...

From left: Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Balarama, Krishna, Kalki. 1. The Fish denotes the fatal day /...

Venus goes retrograde along the zodiac approximately every 18 months for about 40 days. The general effects of Venus retrograde are: 1)...

Mercury is the second-fastest planet (the Moon is the fastest) to travel along the zodiac, and is the most frequent planet to go...

Mutual Friends: Sun/Moon, Sun/Mars, Sun/Jupiter, Mars/Jupiter, Mercury/Venus, Venus/Saturn Mutual Neutral: Mars/Venus, Jupiter/Saturn...

The arrow indicates the day of the week on the inner ring of the dial, on which the days of the week are represented by their Germanic deiti

Splendor Solis is an alchemical treatise created in the 16th century by the alchemist and physician Solomon Trismosin –– alchemical...

"De Sphaera d’Este" ("A description of the celestial sphere and the planets") is the most famous astrological manuscript of the Renaissance.

These are key astrological dates to mark on your calendar for the next three months:

The figures represent constellations or protective deities, and the columns of text in the upper part list planets and stars known as the...

A marble sculpture depicting Atlas, the Titan of Greek mythology. Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Naples, Italy.

The first clock on the site was built in the 14th century, the second in the 16th century, and the current third clock was built in...