Ophiuchus – early ages For thousands of years man looked towards the heavens for inspiration and guidance. Before the invention of the sextant, sailors followed paths in the constellations. Some of the earliest maps contained paintings of constellations. We will see that Ophiuchus was discovered a bit later. You need an intuitive guide? Talk to a psychic right now! Ancient Egyptians portrayed the heavens as a wheel, where all things were contained within this wheel, but also rotated outside in a contrary direction, just like the moon and sun move around the Earth. Celestial observations gave prophecy to major events like flood, famine and drought. The moon’s gentle power moved oceans and tides like the virtual life blood of the planet Earth. The Sun warmed, creating new life with each day, not one person, element or animal escaped the power of the planets. The oldest undisputed evidence of astrology, as a knowledge system integrated into every person’s life, was Babylonian, so the first formed system known to man appeared in the 2nd millennium BC. The …