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{{Astrology}}

[[Image:Astrological Glyphs.svg|thumb|left|250px|[[Astrological symbols|Astrological glyphs]] for some of the [[planets in astrology|planets of astrology]], including the [[Sun]], the [[Earth]], the [[Moon]], and [[Pluto]].]]

The core beliefs of astrology were prevalent in most of the ancient world and are epitomized in the [[Hermeticism|Hermetic]] maxim "as above, so below". [[Tycho Brahe]] used a similar phrase to summarize his studies in astrology: ''suspiciendo despicio'', "by looking up I see downward".<ref>{{cite web| title=Tycho Brahe and Astrology| author=Adam Mosley| url=http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/tychoastrol.html | accessdate=2007-06-19}}</ref> Although the principle that events in the heavens are mirrored by those on Earth was once generally held in most traditions of astrology around the world, in the West there has historically been a debate among astrologers over the nature of the mechanism behind astrology. The debate also covers whether or not celestial bodies are only signs or portents of events, or if they are actual causes of events through some sort of force or mechanism.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}