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__History of Astronomy__

Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences studied today. Astronomy dates back as far as 1000 BC and people back then use to use ancient artifacts to also study the stars, planets, comets ect. Back in the early days when people used ancient artifacts they didnt just use them to study star,planets etc. They also used them to tell when the next season was, to study the alignment of certain planets.

=__Galileo Galilei__=

Galileo Galilei is one of the world most famous astronomers, born on the 15th of February,1564 in Pisa,Italy and died on the 8th of January 1642 aged 77. galileo died from a fever and heart palpitation. He is to be considered 'the father of science'. Galileo is known for constructing a telescope to watch lunar craters, he found 4 new moons orbiting jupiter and he found mountains on the moon. In 1572 his family moved to Florence but he eventually moved back to Pisa and started to studied preithesthood, but instead enrolled for a mediacal degree but never went through with it instead got a degree in mathematics at the University of Pisa. In 1592 he was appointed a much higher salary to the position of a mathemitcian at the University of Padua. Later in 1600's he meet his wife Marina Gamba and they had three children together Virgina and Livia in 1601 and their first and only son was born in 1606 his name was Vincenzo. In 1610 he published his first book The Starry Messenger and went on to publish 10 more books in his lifetime. Galileo has worked all over Europe in a different varites of Universities sharing his skills and knowledge.

=__Johannes Kelper__=

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Johanne kelper was a famous german mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, he was born on the 27th of December 1571 in Weil Der Stadt near Stuttgart, Germany, and died on the 15th of November in 1630. Johannes Kelper is best known for being a key figure in the 17th century of scientific revolution. Johanne was involved in astronomy from a very young age, and eventually developed a love for the science that would span across his entire life. At age 6 he veiwed the Great Comet of 1577, writing that he "was taken by his mother to a high place to look at it." At age 9 he veiwed yet another astronomical event, a lunar eclipse in 1580, and recorded that the moon was 'quite red' and that it was 'outdoors'. Johanne unfortunately got small pox which left him with weak vision and crippled hands which limited him to study astronomy as a child. in 1589 he finished grammar school, then he went on to the university of Tunberg and studied Theology. He proved to be a talented mathematican and earned himself a reputation of being a wonderful astrologer and would tell horoscopes for other students. In 1594 when he had completed his degree in mathematics and astrology he got offered a position as a mathematic and astrology teacher at a school in Graz, Austria and later got himself a teaching position at the University of Graz. In 1595 he met Johanne was introduced Barbara Muller, who was a 23 year old widow (twice) with a young daughter, Johanne started courting them. Eventually johanne and Barbara got engaged and married on the on the 27th of april 1597, then later on had 2 children heinrich and Susanna whom died through child birth. Later in 1602 they had their first daughter Susanna, in 1604 they had a son called Friedrich and in 1607 they had their second son Ludwig. In 1612 Johanna divorced his wife Barbara from a long unhappy marriage, and then remarried to 24 year old Susanna Reuttigner, he had considered 11 disserent matches. He eventually reunited himself with Susanna (fifth match) and dedicated a book about his previous marriage and his marriage with Susanna he wrote, " won me over with love, humble loyalty, economy of household, diligence, and the love she gave the stepchildren." The first 3 children Margareta Regina, Katharina and Sebald all died in childhood. Three of them survived till adulthood Cordula, Fridmar and Hildebert and according to his biography his marriage was much more happier than the first one. Through his life he produced hundreds of biography's on astronomy and some have never been published they were only for his personal ideas, notes etc. He made the 3 laws of planetary motion for astronomical calculations. He has got numorous amounts if honor awards and is one of the most famous european astrologers in history.======

=__Star Signs __= Star signs represent 12 equal divisons of the zodiac sign. According to astrology your star sign can mean 'as above, or so below'. In Western and Asian astrology the main focus is space, the movement of the sun, moon and planets in the sky through ech of the zodiac signs. In Chinese Astrology they mainly focus on the cycles of months, years and hours of the day and which is what their zodiac operates on.

__This table shows the english translation. It also shows the element and quality of each sign,__
__The Four Elements: Earth:__ Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn- Earth represents one's material resources, environment and possessions. __Air:__ Gemini, Libra and Aquarius- Air represents the intellect and one's ability to reason and communicate. __Water:__ Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces- Water represents imagination, human feelings and one's ability to love and sustain. __Fire:__ Aries, Leo and Sagittarius- Fire represents one's desires and creative energies.
 * ~ __Sign__ ||~ __English name__ ||~ __Element__ ||~ __Quality__ ||
 * Aries || The Ram || Fire || Cardinal ||
 * Taurus || The Bull || Earth || Fixed ||
 * Gemini || The Twins || Air || Mutable ||
 * Cancer || The Crab || Water || Cardinal ||
 * leo || The Lion || Fire || Fixed ||
 * Virgo || The Virgin || Earth || Mutable ||
 * Libra || The Scales || Air || Cardinal ||
 * Scorpio || The Scorpion || Water || Fixed ||
 * Sagittarius || The Archer || Fire || Mutable ||
 * Capricorn || The Sea-goat || Earth || Cardinal ||
 * Aquarius || The Water Carrier || Air || Fixed ||
 * Pisces || The Two Fish || Water || Mutable ||

__The Three Qualities:__ __Cardinal:__ Aries, Libra, Capricorn and Cancer are associated with initiation and creativity. __Fixed:__ Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquaries are associated with stabilisim and determination. __Mutual:__ Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces are associated with resourcefulness, holism and adaptability.

__Additional Classifications:__ While knowing element and quality of your own star sign is important to discover your qualities, attributes, rulling planets etc. Your own star sign will either be Personal, Interpersonal or Transpersonal.


 * **Personal Signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer** - are principally aware of and concerned with individual concerns.
 * **Interpersonal Signs - Leo, Virgo, Libra, and Scorpio** - are principally aware of and concerned with social and societal concerns.
 * **Transpersonal Signs - Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces** - are principally aware of and concerned with humanitarian and existential concerns.