A History of Astrology, Divination and Prophecy

by D.K. Publishing

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Astrology

320 pages, Hardcover

Published August 19, 2025

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Nattapon Chotsisuparat · Rating 5 out of 5]

A History of Astrology, Divination and Prophecy by DK. I mostly bought science books because I love science. However, I thought it wasn't a bad idea to try to understand the physical world from a different perspective even if it's not based on falsifiability as Uncle Karl Popper liked. After all, billions of people believe in astrology, which is also related to religion and culture so it has an important historical perspective. This book is a survey of the history of astrology all around the world, starting with Assyrian astrology over 3000 years ago. The book mentions an ancient city named Nimrud. I Googled it and discovered the city was destroyed by ISIS in 2015, which almost brought tears to my eyes. DK books are superb, as always. Even their non science books are well researched and the illustrations and pictures are beautiful. This is a brand new 2025 book and I love it. There are so many things in astrology to explore and some are very interesting such as the Chinese zodiac, Yin Yang, etc.

[Patricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an interesting read, with lots of good pictures and illustrations. I appreciated the attempts at including other parts of the world besides Europe.