The Astrology Book

the waxing phase for most yearly food crops that produce their yield aboveground—

may be the human race’s oldest astrological practice. In the more recent history of the

West, agricultural astrology has been referred to as “planting by the signs”—the prac-

tice of planting seeds according to the astrological sign of the Moon, which, because

Agricultural Astrology (Planting by the Signs)

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The medieval Wheel of Life with the five Ages of Man: child, young man, mid-life, older,

and senescent. Reproduced by permission of Fortean Picture Library.