Fantasy Astrology

A good place to start is I think to take some inspiration from Western Astrology. I'll admit some of this is fuzzy to me, but if you know better, then do correct me.

In Western Astrology, each sign is associated with an element, which is the character of the energy:

Fire is action.
Earth is steadfast.
Air is contemplative.
Water is flowing.

Each sign also has a quality to it:

Cardinal is taking the lead.
Fixed is holding it in place.
Mutable is flexible.

Each Sign is composed of one of each of those qualities:

Aries: Cardinal Fire
Taurus: Fixed Earth
Gemini: Mutable Air
Cancer: Cardinal Water
Leo: Fixed Fire
Virgo: Mutable Earth
Libra: Cardinal Air
Scorpio: Fixed Water
Sagittarius: Mutable Fire
Capricorn: Cardinal Earth
Aquarius: Fixed Air
Pisces: Mutable Water

There would be a 13th sign that has been merged with Scorpio that rests somewhat in between Scorpio and Sagittarius called Ophiuchus (The Serpent Bearer), but for the sake of a cleaner Zodiac, was merged into Scorpio (Do speak up if I'm wrong).

Each sign has the traits of those qualities and elements. That's it.

Another thing to consider are the Houses. That is, Where on the Zodiac the planets and stuff are in relation to your Rising Sign (The Sign that was on the horizon when you were born). The Houses determine where those incidences happen.

And that's not getting into what each planet means, and how they interact with one-another by way of Conjunctions, Oppositions, Sextiles, etc.

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>>53975580
>What deck are playing?
>What are the strengths?
>What is the weakness?

>What deck are playing?
Grixis Pyromancer Therapy
LINK: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/lgc-grixis-pyromancer/
DECKLIST:
1 Bayou
2 Bloodstained Mire
4 Brainstorm
4 Cabal Therapy
1 Engineered Explosives
4 Force of Will
4 Gitaxian Probe
2 Island
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Swamp
1 Thoughtseize
4 Tombstalker
3 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
4 Young Pyromancer

Sideboard:
1 Counterspell
1 Flusterstorm
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Pyroblast
2 Thoughtseize
2 Vendilion Clique

>What are the strengths?
1. Answers [ALMOST] Everything W/ Cabal Therapy, Gitaxian Probe, and Young Pyro synergies.
2. TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO
3. I get to crush the field with the Tombstalker tech. Flying over massive bodies and being able to block + bolt a Griseldaddy is troll worthy. Crushing BUG ground based offenses with speed or flying.
4. JVP is gas for delve, card selection, and snap casting at a sorcery speed for proactive interaction.
>What is the weakness?
1. Very little. The deck is 45-55/45-55 against the field. Knowing how to sequence and how to maximize all the synergies to maximize simultaneous triggers is very important

Not OP, but I want to bump this before I go to bed.

Might yield something interesting.

OP look into more obscure astrologies from our own world and use them as inspiration. Consider looking into the proto-Indo-European religion and its symbols and such, or maybe native american religions. Off the top of my head, I remember reading that the Andean indians have their word for back refer to behind you and to the future (it is unknown), and forward refers to the past (because you can see it/remember), so completely the opposite of the western way of thinking

>>53975580
None of that level of detail will ever come up in game, meaning that you're doing useless work.

>>53978227
Thanks, I'll remember to look at those when I get back from work two-three days from now (shipping my ass to the middle of nowhere and back after we welcome some country band and them kick em out). This is going to be somewhat important when I get into designing how the various cultures interpret them, since the symbols are the same across the entire globe.
>>53978259
Well, it satisfies my autism, and it can make useful plot hooks for really powerful magical rituals (In a year when X sign is rising on the eve of the summer solstice, and on the third sign before is the full green moon, begin your preparations under the waxing half blue 2 signs after the solstice until the third full white has passed, and upon the following new white start the casting at sunset).
I'm also thinking of tying some stat bonuses into your characters horoscope.
Navigation and astronomy would be pretty advanced though is my thought.

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Bumping it before it dies out in the swarm

>>53975580
Elder Scrolls has astrology, I think... you are born under a sign and you get that signs powers, idk, that's the only thing I've seen in any setting close to astrology.