Celtic Astrology: Did It Exist? (2 of 2)

According to PCT, the Celts expanded from westward towards the East (not vice-versa under PIE theories). The Irish migrated from Iberia to Great Britain. However, the Greeks, who spread astrology in Europe, had closer roots to Anatolia in Eurasia. Through the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Greeks also had connections with India. What traces of Vedic astrology in later Irish astrology may have been transferred through the Greeks.

In my opinion, the Celts did not have astrology until they came into contact with the Romans. Early Celtic culture does not support any practice of astrology. They had their own methods of divination and knowledge of the stars. The Celts did not need to use astrology.

Footnotes:

1. Diffusion of early Pro-Indo European languages.










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2. Paleolithic Continuity Theory by Mario Alinei

1. “Continuity is the basic pattern of European prehistory and the basic working hypothesis on the origins of IE languages.”
2. “Stability and antiquity are general features of languages.”
3. “The lexicon of natural languages, due to its antiquity, may be "periodized" along the entire course of human evolution.”
4. “Archaeological frontiers coincide with linguistic frontiers.”

Alinei, Mario, “The Paleolithic Continuity Theory on Indo-European Origins”, 2009, 2 April 2009, http://www.continuitas.com/ .
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