The great men of Israel in the Middle Ages, viz., Saadia Gaon, in his commentary on the Sefer Yetzirah Solomon ibn Gabirol in his Keter Malkhut, and Abraham bar Hiyya, ha-Nasi and Abraham ibn Ezra considered astrology to be true wisdom and even expressed this belief in their works. Rava says, "Duration of life, progeny, and subsistence are dependent upon the constellations." Two people born under the same star are also said to have a bodily and spiritual kinship ( Nedarim 39b Baba Metzia 30b). a particular star which is his patron from conception and birth ( Shabbat 53b Baba Kama 2b) and which perceives things unknown to the man himself ( Megillah 3a Sanhedrin 94a). In several places in the Talmud it is stated that every man has a celestial body ( mazzal), i.e.
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Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi reported that Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said in the name of Bar Kappara: Anyone who knows how to calculate astronomical seasons and the movement of constellations and does not do so, the verse says about him: “They do not take notice of the work of God, and they do not see His handiwork” (Isaiah 5:12). Said Samuel of Nehardea, "I know the pathways of heaven as I do the pathways of Nehardea, excepting the comet, about which I know nothing." Other rabbis have vaunted their knowledge of applied astrology. The opinions of Abba Arikha, of Samuel of Nehardea and of Rabbi Akiva, however, seem to be supportive of applied astrology, even though the people of Israel are not bound by the influences of the constellations. Conversely, Johanan bar Nappaha held the view that "Israel is not bound by the effects of the changing horoscopes." He assayed to bring proof from a verse taken from the prophet Jeremiah: "Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them." The supportive opinions are of Joshua ben Levi, who lists the types of people according to the various zodiac signs, and of Rabbi Hanina, who believes that the astrological constellations ( mazzal) can make a person wise and can even make a person wealthy. In the Babylonian Talmud a controversy is presented among the sages of Israel as to whether the zodiac signs affect a person's destiny.
Lengnau wimpel from 1726 showing a finely embroidered scorpion, in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland.Ī famous meme that underscores the importance with which Judaism views the influences of the horoscope is found in " Idra Rabba" of the Zohar:Įverything is dependent upon mazzal (= astral influences), even the Torah scroll in the Heikhal ( הכל תלוי במזל ואפילו ספר תורה שבהיכל)
In Judaism this belief is expressed by the biblical affirmation: " Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? Canst thou set the dominion thereof in earth? (Job 38:33)," from which statement the Sages of Israel have inferred, "There is no single herb below without its corresponding star above, that beats upon it and commands it to grow." Ĭomplementary to the records of past civilisations, the corpus of Jewish literature has preserved many of the details instructive of the determining factors involved in rendering any astrological forecast, although astrology in terms of modern science is understood to be a pseudoscience. At times, it involves a complex combination of several of these factors working together. In each of these time categories one of the seven planetary spheres, or what are known as the seven classical planets: the Sun, Venus, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, or Mars, along with the month's current Zodiac constellation, come into play and influence the sublunary world. This involves the study of the celestial bodies' respective energies based on recurring patterns that change by the hour, by the week, month, year or by several years (time categories). Astrology in Jewish antiquity ( Hebrew: מזלות = mazzalot) is the belief that celestial bodies can influence the affairs of individuals and of entire nations upon the earth.
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