Agricultural astrology

[2]: 16  Evidence of its practice dates back thousands of years to the ancient peoples of the Nile and Euphrates River valleys.

[3]: 83  There is a lack of scientific evidence proving the beneficial effects of astrological gardening.

[4] Although agricultural astrology is primarily used as a guide for growing crops, it also has been applied to the practice of animal husbandry.

For example, agricultural astrology encourages poultry farmers to set up their chicken's eggs to hatch when it is a new moon and in a "fruitful" sign.

[7] One sources of this methodology is the annual Farmers' Almanac, which bases its Gardening by the Moon Calendar on the concept of agricultural astrology.