Chapter 1 It Came from Babel, Not the Bible Astrology is the belief that the destinies of nations and individuals are determined by the relative positions of the stars. These destinies can be discovered by a detailed examination of horoscopes which have been drawn by professional astrologers. By “astrology” we mean Western astrology. Oriental or Chinese astrology has twelve “signs” or animals (i.e., rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig). Oriental astrology’s