The study of countries, cities, provinces, and states. Each has a birth chart that is used to forecast trends and major events affecting that entity. Mundane astrologers would use a city’s chart, for example, to forecast a natural disaster, or a country’s chart to forecast the general welfare of the people for a certain time period.
This branch of astrology also includes the study of wars, peace agreements, presidential inaugurations and other government-initiated events. From the birth chart erected for the start of the event the astrologer can predict the outcome.
Weather forecasting, or astrometerology, is another area included in mundane astrology.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Sandra Kynes, author of several books, including The Herb Gardener's Essential Guide, Plant Magic, and the new Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical Plants, among many others.
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