What is Astrology?
Astrology involves the study of distant objects like stars and planets in relation to their influence on human lives. It is said in Astrology, that the position of stars, moon, sun and planets at the time of the birth of people shape their personality, predict their economic fortunes, affect their romantic relationships and other divination's.

Typical Astrology That Most People Know About:
The most typical form of astrology that most people usually refer to when they are eager to know their future is the one that is published in newspapers or on different websites of the internet. This is the astrology about their ‘sign’ which refers to one of the 12 different constellations of Zodiac. It is probably one of the simplest forms because there is nothing required to make predictions only the date of birth which is used to generate the sun-sign horoscope. According to most of the astrologers, this form of astrology is very simple and only produces limited results.

Different Types of Astrology:
There is no single theory or practice of the astrology. Different forms of astrology were practiced in ancient cultures and some of them combined and evolved in the common western astrology of today. Eastern cultures practice their own different forms of astrology; Vedic, Chinese and Tibetan astrology are among the most popular practices of astrology.

Even within the western astrology, there is a significant diversity of philosophies and methods. Some divide the astrology by the end result, and those types are:
Mundane Astrology: This type of astrology is used to make predictions and forecasts on a macro level. Which means that the predictions in Mundane Astrology are made about the national affairs, economies and wars etc. Most of the astrologers who come on televisions or news and talk about the future of the country use the Mundane Astrology.

Interrogatory Astrology: This type of astrology can be further subdivided, but it generally refers to the astrology that focuses on an individual rather than the masses. This is used to make analysis or predictions about the events or objectives of a subject within his/her life.

Natal Astrology: This is the type of astrology that most of the people think of when they hear the word astrology. This is the same newspaper astrology where predictions and forecasts are made based on the date of birth of a person. This type of astrology is solely based on the idea that everything happens to anything is expressed at the very beginning of that particular thing. This is the reason that astrologers see the date of birth to make predictions because that is the very beginning of the subject(s).

Final Words:
So this is all about the astrology. This information will be enough to give you the idea of what astrology is and what are its main types. Now you would have also gotten the idea that astrology is not just limited to horoscopes and date of births. There is more to it, and it is being practised since ancient times.