"WORLD ASTROLOGY travels through the ancient world, tracing the origins of modern astrology. Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia and India all had systems with which to read the stars, and the discovery of a 4th-century star-map from China shows that the Chinese had been star-gazing for centuries. Marshall examines both Western and Eastern astrology, explaining how each culture developed a unique way of interpreting the stars, while illuminating the common ground they shared."