What Does the Future Hold?
占卜：參透未來的藝術
Fortune-telling has a history as ancient as human civilization. What is fortune-telling anyway? For people who believe it, it’s a way to look into the future. For others, it’s simply an amusing guessing game or a trick.
Astrology is thousands of years old and still popular today. Astrologers observe how stars and planets move to determine the future. In Western astrology, one’s star sign is determined by the day they were born. Many cultures have their own unique astrological traditions.
占卜的歷史就與人類文明一樣久遠。究竟什麼是占卜呢？對於相信占卜的人而言，它是一個洞悉未來的方法。對於其他人而言，它不過是一個有趣的猜測遊戲或把戲。
占星學具有千年的歷史，至今仍然受到歡迎。占星學家透過觀測恆星和行星移動的軌跡來判斷未來。在西方的占星學中，人的星座取決於他們出生的日期。許多的文化有他們獨特的占星傳統。
生活必備字詞：
what the future holds 未來可能發生的事
ancient a. 古老的
amusing a. 有趣的，娛樂性的
本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見八月號。
