“Meteorological astrology”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Ancient classical astrologers created weather forecasting known as meteorology{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} by noting the positions of stars, planets, the Sun and Moon. According to their texts, when planets occupy constellations as seen from Earth that are mutually harmonious or that are favorable, the Earth in general experiences positive weather conditions. But when planets hold discordant mathematical aspects, the atmosphere responds and the weather is unseasonable.

For centuries, forecasting advance weather, especially medium and long-range, was attempted as a way to know when to plant crops, voyage the seas and predict the climate in preparation for winter. Meteorological phenomena correlated to planetary configurations were recorded by the ancient Babylonians.^[3]

Classical astrologers of note such as Claudius Ptolemy constructed a treatise on forecasting weather via astrological means, In 1686 a large volume written in English was devoted to astrometeorology by John Goad in his book Astro-Meteorologica^[4] published in London, England. Goad's volume consisted of proposed principles and rules for forecasting weather astrologically. Johannes Kepler recorded meteorological observations to support his belief that the conjunction of Saturn and the Sun would produce cold weather.^[5]

References

1. ^{{cite journal |last1=Jenks |first1=Stuart |last2= |first2= |date=June 1983 |title=Astrometeorology in the Middle Ages |journal=Isis |volume=74 |issue=2 |pages=185–210 |publisher= |doi= 10.1086/353243 |jstor=233102}}
2. ^{{cite journal |last1=Lehoux |first1=Daryn |date=June 2004 |title=Observation and prediction in ancient astrology |journal=Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=227-246 |publisher= |doi=10.1016/j.shpsa.2003.12.009 |quote="Astrometeorology is the oldest branch of astronomy/astrology in the Greek tradition. As early as Hesiod (c. 700 b.c.), who is among the earliest of extant Greek authors, we find..."}}
3. ^{{cite book |last=Frisinger |first=H. Howard |date=2003 |title=History of Meteorology to 1800 |url=https://books-google-com.revproxy.brown.edu/books?id=RaVUDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP8&ots=7swmmwehkf&dq=astrometeorology%20babylonian&lr&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false |location= |publisher=Psychology Press |page=2 |isbn=9780415161954 |author-link= |quote=They have also indicated that meteorology developed a new character in Babylonian culture. For by trying to connect atmospheric phenomena with the movement of the heavenly bodies, the Babylonian astronomer-priests founded astrometeorology.}}
4. ^{{cite book |last=Goad |first=John |date=1686 |title=Astro-meteorologica |url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A42876.0001.001/1:2?rgn=div1;view=toc |location=London |publisher=J. Rawlins for Obadiah Blagrave |page= |isbn= |author-link=John Goad }}
5. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/keplerweather.html|title = Kepler and Weather Prediction|first = Sachiko|last = Kusukawa|author = |authorlink = |date = 1999|publisher = Department of History and Philosophy of Science|location = University of Cambridge|page = |pages =| doi = |archiveurl = |archivedate = |accessdate = 11 Feb 2011|ref = }}